How to Track your Job Applications

Why is it important to stay organized in your job search?

Keeping track of your job applications is crucial to making the most out of your job search. With an organized approach, you can:

Keep a record of the jobs you have applied for
Follow up with employers in a timely manner
Know which positions require additional materials before applying
Avoid applying for the same job twice, and
Evaluate your progress over time and make improvements to your search strategy

So, here is how you can use Tech Jobs for Good to track your job applications.

How to Track your Job Applications on Tech Jobs for Good

Whenever you click the Apply button on a Tech Jobs for Good job posting, it is saved on the My Applications page.

For each application you will see the date that you first clicked Apply, the job title and company name, a status where you can keep track of where you are in the process, and the date that you last updated the status of your application.

There are eight different statuses for your application, here’s how we recommend that you use them.

Started Application - This is the default status, which indicates that you took some initial step to indicate that you’re interested in applying to this job.
Submitted Application - Update your application to this status immediately after you have finished sending your application for a job. This way you can remember which jobs you still need to apply to and which jobs you’re expecting to hear back from.
Interviewing - Once you hear back from a hiring manager and are in an interviewing stage, you should set this stage as your status.
Offer Received - If you receive a job offer from an organization
Hired - Once you accept a job offer from an organization, mark it as Hired. Congratulations! Marking a job as hired helps us to better understand when we connect great people to impactful work.
Offer Declined - If you receive an offer, but decide not to accept, you should select this status.
Not Hired - If at any point in the process, you are no longer in the running for this particular job
No Response - If you never hear back from an employer after submitting your application, select this status so that we can understand which employers are not providing helpful feedback to their applicants.

If you keep track of your job applications, you will also be able to see a high level overview of the number of jobs applications that you started, the number of applications that you submitted, and how many of those led to interviews.

A job search can take a long time and having insight into these numbers can help diagnose issues you might be having, whether you aren’t applying to enough jobs or you need to work on your resume and cover letters to get more interviews.

Remember, the more organized you are in your job search, the easier it will be to follow up with employers, avoid mistakes, and evaluate your progress over time.

If you have additional suggestions on how we can help you organize your job search, email us at support@techjobsforgood.com