Greg Perry

I remember the exact street I was on when I decided to go to college. I was picking up garbage in January, ten degrees outside, in Northeast Ohio. I was 28 years old. I'd been doing that job since I was 18.

That decision changed everything. I earned my Bachelor's degree in Psychology — magna cum laude — in under three years. Two years after that, I had my Master's in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. By the time I finished my M.A., I was already doing my internship at the government agency where I still work today.

That was nearly ten years ago. I've spent that time doing the work, not theorizing about it.

What I Actually Do

I work in county government as an I/O Psychologist. Over the course of my career, I've:

• Screened more than 10,000 resumes against civil service minimum qualification standards
• Developed or co-developed more than 100 civil service examinations
• Written more than 100 position descriptions for county government roles
• Participated in designing and conducting more interviews than I can count

I understand government hiring from the inside — not from a textbook, and not from the applicant side. I'm the person who decides whether your resume documents enough evidence to pass minimum qualifications. I know exactly what screeners are looking for because I've been doing it for a decade.

Why I Built HireReady

I got into I/O Psychology because I've always been fascinated by how people are selected for jobs — what makes that process fair, what makes it valid, and what makes it break down. Growing up working-class in Northeast Ohio, I understood early that a job isn't just a job. It's stability. It's options. It's what changes the trajectory of your life.

I've screened thousands of applications from people who clearly had the capability to do the work — and I still had to pass on them. Not because they weren't qualified. Because their resume didn't prove it in a way I could credit under the rules I was applying.

That gap bothered me for years. Resume builders help people format. Job boards help people find postings. But nothing existed that answered the only question that actually matters before you apply: Does my resume prove I meet the requirements?

HireReady is my answer to that question. It evaluates your resume against a job posting using the same logic I use in real screening decisions — and it tells you where your evidence is strong and where it falls short, before you submit.

A Note on Honesty

HireReady won't flatter you. It's not a tool designed to make you feel good about your resume. It's designed to tell you what a real screener would conclude — and give you a chance to fix it before it matters.

I built it that way on purpose. You deserve an honest assessment, not a confidence boost.