Careers
Application tracker Template
What you sent, when, and the follow-up date that actually produces replies.
Four steps
How to print a application tracker
- 1
Start from this form
Opens on the application tracker: Month, Target a week, a table and the rest.
- 2
Put your own heading on it
Replace "Job Application Tracker" with a name, a business or a date range.
- 3
Set the row height
18 rows at 6 mm fits more in; 14 mm suits a form filled in by hand.
- 4
Print or save as PDF
The follow-up date, at the moment you apply is the line to get right.
Who prints this
Anyone applying for more than a handful of roles, where the applications start blurring together after a fortnight.
The field that decides whether it works
The follow-up date, at the moment you apply. Left until later it never gets decided at all, and a surprising share of replies come from the follow-up.
Why it is laid out this way
A target for each week sits at the top, because a job search fails on volume more often than on quality. The follow-up column is last and widest, so a blank in it reads as something still outstanding.
What is on the sheet
2 sections, in this order: Month, Target a week; a table. Set the row height anywhere between 6 and 14 mm across its 18 ruled rows, put your own heading at the top, and find the application tracker alongside 4 other forms on the job search templates page.
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