The newsletter went out a few days ago, and the tracker work hasn’t stopped. Using it every day in my own search keeps turning up things to fix. Here’s what’s coming in the next update: More to come as I keep using it.
Most of a job search is not applications. It is the staffing firm you registered with, the recruiter who went quiet, the job you asked about but never applied to, and the screen you took with no person on the other end. Version 2.0 of the Job Search Tracker counts each of those for what … Read more
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, … Read more
The Job Search Tracker has a new panel: Application Pace. It answers a question every job hunter asks and few tools can answer: am I applying enough, and am I applying consistently? What it shows What it doesn’t say It measures effort, not results. A busy week is only a good week if your interview … Read more
An update on the Job Search Tracker, why I chose the charities I did, and where to find me if you need help. My last Rebellion Report gave you the statistics as they stood that day. The application numbers have kept climbing since. They are in the hundreds now, and the callbacks haven’t kept pace. … Read more
Applicant Tracking Systems don’t just reject people. They funnel everyone into one shape — full-time, W-2, or nothing — even when that’s not what either side actually needs. We’re done pretending that’s the only way to work together. Workers’ Rebellion LLC now offers C2C and 1099 IT consulting on flexible contract terms — technical analysis, … Read more
384 applications (and counting). 3 callbacks. Here’s what got built instead. That’s not a typo. That’s not a fluke. That’s what months of doing everything “right” — tailored resumes, cover letters, following up, playing the game exactly as advertised — actually got back in return. Almost nothing. Not rejection, even. Silence, mostly: 154 of those … Read more
