The Job Search Tracker has a new question it can answer: are the jobs I’m applying to the jobs I meant to apply to? A search can drift a long way before you notice, and a plain list will not tell you.
What’s new
- Job details on every application (optional): posted pay, field, job level, and industry. Leave anything blank and that application is simply left out of that view.
- Targets on your Profile tab (all optional): your experience by field, the level you are aiming for, your target industries, and a target pay. Experience is counted as years in your field, not total years worked, and fields are never added together.
- New analytics panels: outcomes by job level and by industry, how many applications fall below, within, or above your target level, how applications inside your target industries compare with the rest, and where each posted pay range falls against your ranges.
- Bridge searching, on purpose: many people take a job below their target to keep income coming while they keep looking. Set a bridge floor if you want one, and tick “applying on purpose” on an application to count it as intentional. Nothing is ever blocked, and the tracker never asks about your savings or budget.
- Resumes as base resumes with versions: when you rewrite a resume, switch to its next version. The old version leaves the dropdown, but every application you already sent with it stays in your history and analytics.
- Job boards as a checklist: tick the boards you use, add your own, and pick the board on the application form when the source is a job board.
- Staffing agencies too: a second checklist for firms like Insight Global or Robert Half (add your own), an optional agency dropdown on the form, and a By Staffing Agency view in analytics so you can see how those applications went next to the ones you sent direct.
What it doesn’t say
These views describe your search. They do not grade it. They cannot say why an employer chose someone else, or whether a level or pay target is realistic in your market. The year ranges attached to each level are typical, not rules. Treat a mismatch as a question to look into, and the How to Read Your Data guide shows how.
The User Guide, Quick Start Guide, and How to Read Your Data guide were updated to match.
Already have it?
Updates are free. Export a backup first, download version 1.2 from My Account, and copy all of the files over your old ones. This version adds three settings files, so copying only some of them will not work. Your existing resume versions are grouped into base resumes automatically and keep their data, and the README in the ZIP has the steps.
Get it
The Job Search Tracker is $25, one time, with no subscription. It runs in your browser, and your data stays on your machine. If you know someone who is job hunting, send them this post.
— Joel
Workers’ Rebellion LLC