When job hunting, it is important to track where you send applications. It gives you a reference point when you are contacted and keeps you from applying to the same job multiple times. There are a number of ways to do this. Some, write down information. Some use a spreadsheet. These days there are websites that help you do this. The following are two that I came across an am testing in my own job search.
- Jobkatch.com: The amount of information you can track through this site is good. They also have a bookmarklet you can add to your browser to make it easier to input information as you are on job boards.
- Startwire.com: I just started using this one recently. The information you can track isn’t quite as detailed. However, if you get an email response from an application, you can foward it and it will automatically be entered without having to do much of anything. Other plusses? They will ask you if you would like your resume forwarded to various job sites and you have control of the status of your lead (marking an interview, etc) where jobkatch does not have a way to do this yet
There are other sites out there that I haven’t tried yet. What do you recommend?