Academic job applicants must manually upload identical recommendation letters to dozens of university systems with incompatible portals

PhD candidates and postdocs applying to multiple UC schools face a fragmented application process where each institution requires separate letter uploads through different portals, forcing them to coordinate with recommenders multiple times and manually manage dozens of uploads. Current solutions fail because universities don't share application systems, recommenders lack a centralized way to submit once-and-distribute, and applicants waste hours on administrative busywork instead of focusing on research or other applications.