Why You Need a Job Application Tracker

If you are applying to 50+ jobs a week using the "spray and pray" method, you are likely overwhelmed. When a recruiter calls you three weeks later to schedule an interview, blanking on what the company actually does is a massive red flag.

The Chaos of Spreadsheets

Many candidates start their job hunt by opening Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. While better than nothing, a spreadsheet quickly becomes a chaotic wall of text. It's difficult to visually grasp where you are in the hiring pipeline. You miss follow-up opportunities because you forgot to check cell D42.

Enter the Kanban Board

A Job Application Tracker built on a Kanban board (like Trello, but purpose-built for job hunting) changes everything.

With columns for **Applied, Interviewing, Offer, and Rejected**, you get an instant visual overview of your career pipeline. When you get a callback, you simply click and drag the company card to the next column.

Key Benefits of Dedicated Tracking:

- **Never miss a follow-up:** Add notes to cards so you remember to email the hiring manager exactly 5 days post-interview.
- **Track your conversion rate:** Seeing 100 applications but only 1 interview tells you instantly that your resume needs work (probably ATS optimization!).
- **Mental clarity:** Externalizing the stress of the job hunt into a clean, organized system dramatically reduces anxiety.

Start tracking your applications today with our free Job Tracker dashboard.