Tagged “tracking”
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Save the Posting, Not the Link
Job adverts come down, and the link in your tracker breaks exactly when you need it. What to capture instead, in the thirty seconds you already have.
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What "Posted 3 Days Ago" Actually Means
The date on a job listing describes the listing, not the hiring process. What it can and can't tell you, and why your own first-seen date is better.
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One Vacancy, Many Listings
The same role reaches you three times under three titles. How to tell listings from vacancies, trace the original, and pick a route to apply through.
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How Many Applications Is the Right Number?
The answer isn't a number someone else can give you. How to find your own rate by reading response data instead of copying an invented benchmark.
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Build a Job Application Tracker
The twelve columns that earn their place in an application tracker, the ones that turn it into abandoned homework, and how to actually use it.
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The Notes You Take After Every Conversation
A five-minute debrief after every call, with the eight fields worth capturing — so week nine doesn't erase what someone told you in week three.
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Restarting a Search You Let Go Cold
A 45-minute procedure for restarting a search you dropped: triage the old rows, salvage what's live, re-enter at the smallest possible cadence.
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Keep the Search Out of Your Main Inbox
A dedicated address or a filtered label, a five-minute daily triage, and a rule for linking messages to tracker rows — so nothing arrives and gets missed.
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The Form Fields You Retype Every Time
One reference document with your exact dates, addresses, referees and links turns a twenty-minute application form into four minutes of copy and paste.
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Reapplying to a Company That Said No
Rejections are usually role-specific, not candidate-specific. Record the stage, set a cooling-off period, and judge when a second try is worth it.
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Never Apply to the Same Job Twice
Duplicate applications are an unforced error with four causes. A dedupe key, a check before submitting, and what to do if you already have.
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When Your Response Rate Drops and Nothing Changed
Before rewriting everything, check whether the number moved for a boring reason: definition drift, channel mix, a small sample, or a hiring pause.
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A Target List of Companies, Not a Feed of Postings
Postings expire; companies don't. Keep a durable list of employers next to your tracker, and sourcing stops being a search from scratch each week.
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Recruiters as Part of Your Pipeline
Tracking recruiters as a channel: the collision when two agencies pitch you to one employer, what to log, and when a relationship isn't worth time.