Job application tracker
Company, role, stage, and the date of the next thing you owe.
Job application tracker
Sample layout
| Company | Role | Status | Next |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwind | Analyst | Applied | Oct 2 |
| Contoso | Intern | Recruiter call | Sep 30 |
| Fabrikam | Designer | Drafting | Sep 28 |
Sample rows. Companies are placeholders, not openings.
The sheet
An application sheet, job application tracker, or job tracker spreadsheet has one row per role. Columns: company, role title, status, date applied, next step, and next date. Status values that stay useful are drafting, applied, talking, offer, and closed. A jobs tracker with fifteen statuses is a status you will not update.
This is not a list of jobs at Notion. Those are on the careers page Notion publishes. The companies in the sketch are placeholders so the columns are visible.
The next date is the point
Every active row needs a next date: when you will send the application, when you will follow up, or when they said they would reply. Put that date on the weekly planner. A row with no date is a wish. When you write to someone, the email opening page is the pattern. Store the job link on the row. Do not store passwords.
Questions
- What columns does a job tracker need?
- Company, role, status, link, and the next date. A salary column is optional and should use the range from the posting, not a guess you treat as an offer.
- Can this live in a spreadsheet?
- Yes. The same columns work in Google Sheets. Use Notion if you want the next date on a calendar with the rest of your week.