Career Vault — Your Structured Career Evidence System
ES Reference: Phase 1 (INTOS-ES-P1-001) — Career Evidence Vault, Sections 4–7
Overview
The Career Vault is the durable system of record for your professional identity. It converts resumes and user history into structured, source-linked Career Evidence, supports verification and conflict resolution, and powers evidence-grounded answers and stories.
Sub-Screens
1. Career Vault Home (/dashboard/career-vault)
Hub with quick links to all vault sections.
Buttons & Actions:
| Button | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Upload Source | Upload a new resume or document for extraction |
| View Evidence | Navigate to structured evidence records |
| View Resumes | Manage resume versions |
| View Stories | Access the Career Story Bank |
| View Answers | Open the Answer Studio |
| Verify Evidence | Open the verification queue |
| Migration | Access data migration tools |
2. Career Evidence (/dashboard/career-vault/evidence)
Structured professional facts extracted from your documents — employment, projects, achievements, skills, and competencies.
Evidence Detail (/dashboard/career-vault/evidence/[id])
Buttons & Actions:
| Button | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Confirm | User explicitly marks evidence as verified |
| Reject | Marks evidence as incorrect; excluded from generation |
| Edit | Modify evidence fields manually |
| Merge | Combine duplicate/overlapping evidence records |
| Archive | Soft-archive (dependency-aware: shows affected stories, answers, kits) |
| Restore | Restore archived evidence |
| Delete | Controlled permanent delete |
Evidence Statuses:
| Status | Meaning | Allowed Use |
|---|---|---|
| EXTRACTED | Produced from a source, not reviewed | May inform suggestions; claims are flagged |
| INFERRED | Model-derived interpretation | Not factual without confirmation |
| USER_CONFIRMED | User explicitly confirmed | May be used with source attribution |
| SOURCE_VERIFIED | Direct support from approved source span | May be used; preserve source link |
| CONFLICTED | Contradictory facts exist | Block approval until resolved |
| REJECTED | User marked incorrect | Exclude from retrieval/generation |
| ARCHIVED | No longer active | Retain history; exclude by default |
3. Resume Versions (/dashboard/career-vault/resumes)
Versioned resume management with master selection and job associations.
Buttons & Actions:
| Button | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Create New Version | Start from master or upload new document |
| Set as Master | Designate one active master career resume |
| Compare | Show section/field changes between versions |
| Export | Generate DOCX/PDF asynchronously |
| Archive | Archive version (preserves historical kit link) |
4. Source Documents (/dashboard/career-vault/sources)
Original immutable document artifacts with metadata and processing status.
Buttons & Actions:
| Button | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Upload Document | Upload PDF/DOCX with validation |
| View Artifacts | See derived artifacts (converted, generated) |
| Retry Processing | Re-attempt failed extraction/conversion |
| Download | Secure signed-URL download |
5. Career Story Bank (/dashboard/career-vault/stories)
Structured reusable stories mapped to competencies and question types.
Story Detail (/dashboard/career-vault/stories/[id])
Buttons & Actions:
| Button | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Create Story | Manual story creation with evidence attachment |
| Generate from Evidence | AI drafts story from selected authorized evidence IDs |
| Edit | Modify story content, context, or mapping |
| Check Readiness | Shows missing: context, ownership, action, metric, or learning |
| Archive | Archive story (does not remove evidence or answer lineage) |
| Delete | Controlled delete (explains dependencies) |
Story Fields:
- Identity: title, category, state, confidentiality, owner, tags
- Context: employer, role, project, dates, situation/challenge
- Contribution: responsibility, actions, decisions, stakeholders, team/budget
- Outcome: result, metrics, learning, business impact
- Mapping: skills, competencies, question types, seniority, target roles
6. Answer Studio (/dashboard/career-vault/answers)
Evidence-grounded answer creation with versioning, approval workflow, and claim validation.
Answer Detail (/dashboard/career-vault/answers/[id])
Buttons & Actions:
| Button | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Create Answer | Start from a question with selected evidence |
| Generate Draft | AI generates draft from evidence (CAR/STAR/Executive structures) |
| Edit Draft | Modify answer text |
| Approve | User approval gate — validates claims first |
| Create Variant | Generate 30s/60s/2min versions from same fact set |
| Add Follow-up | AI generates probing questions on ownership, metrics, trade-offs |
| Version History | View and compare answer versions |
| Archive | Archive answer version (never overwrites approved silently) |
Answer Lifecycle:
DRAFT → NEEDS_EVIDENCE → READY_FOR_REVIEW → USER_APPROVED
↓ ↓ ↓
+──────────────+───────────────────→ ARCHIVED
7. Verification Queue (/dashboard/career-vault/verify)
Conflict detection and resolution workflow.
Buttons & Actions:
| Button | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Resolve Conflict | Choose between competing values with source preview |
| Bulk Confirm | Confirm low-risk facts in batch (sensitive/metrics excluded) |
| View Source | Preview source document span for verification |
8. Migration (/dashboard/career-vault/migration)
Data migration, backfill, and reconciliation tools.
Buttons & Actions:
| Button | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Start Migration | Begin checkpointed batch backfill |
| View Reconciliation | Before/after counts, duplicates, unresolved |
| Confirm Batch | Review and confirm migrated records |
Related ES Requirements (Phase 1)
| ID | Requirement |
|---|---|
| P1-EVD-001–009 | Career Evidence Vault core requirements |
| P1-ANS-001–009 | Answer Studio requirements |
| P1-E01–E07 | Phase 1 epics |
| AC-01 | Users manage structured Career Evidence with provenance, confidence, verification |
| AC-03 | Story Bank supports reusable evidence-linked stories and lifecycle |
| AC-04 | Answer Studio generates, edits, versions, and approves grounded answers |
| AC-05 | Unsupported metrics/conflicted evidence cannot enter approved answers silently |