Job Application Tracker
Job hunting is high-volume, repetitive, demoralising admin, and after thirty applications nobody can honestly remember which company asked for a portfolio, who they already spoke to, or which version of the CV went where. One row per application: the date, company and role, where it was advertised, the salary as advertised, the location or remote arrangement, which CV and which cover letter went out, the contact and their role, the stage it has reached, the date of the first interview and any later rounds, what was asked, what was said about next steps, when to follow up, the outcome, and notes. The column that quietly earns its place is the CV version — the moment an interview is booked, the only thing worth re-reading is the exact document that got you it, and six weeks in that is genuinely hard to reconstruct. The log's real value, though, shows up on the days it is hardest to keep. A month with no replies feels like a month of failing; a page listing nineteen applications, four interviews and two firms that never wrote back is that same month made legible as work done. Keep it for the record, and for the bad weeks. It stores what you type. It sends nothing, contacts nobody, rates no CV, judges no application and forecasts no outcome.
Your database
Fields
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| Date applied | date |
| Company | text |
| Role / job title | text |
| Where it was advertised | text |
| Salary as advertised | text |
| Location / remote arrangement | text |
| CV version sent | text |
| Cover letter version sent | text |
| Contact name and role | text |
| Stage | select |
| Date of first interview | date |
| Dates of later rounds | text |
| What was asked | text |
| What they said about next steps | text |
| Follow up on | date |
| Outcome | text |
| Other notes | text |
Frequently asked
Where is my data stored?
Only on this device, in your browser. Nothing is ever uploaded — a dispute record holds who you argued with and how it went, and a job-hunt log holds where you applied and where you were turned down, and neither belongs on someone else's server. Export to CSV to back it up, to print it, or to move it to another device.
Does it chase anything or work anything out for me?
No. It stores exactly what you type and nothing else. It watches no date, sends no message and no email, contacts nobody on your behalf, rates nothing, and does nothing while the tab is closed. Silence from this tool never means a thing has been handled — it means nobody has looked. Put anything time-sensitive in whatever calendar actually interrupts you, and use this to hold the detail behind it.
Why record the salary as advertised and the rejections?
Because they are the only real data you will ever have about the market you are actually in, and they vanish if you do not write them down as you go. Advertised figures across twenty live adverts for your role are a better picture than any single number anyone quotes you, and they are the thing you will want in front of you the day an offer arrives. The rejections matter for a duller reason: they stop you re-applying to the same firm through a different advert, they remind you who you already spoke to when a second role opens there, and a company that turned you down in March is a company that already knows your name in October.