Job Application Tracker

Save every job before you apply, log the resume version you sent, set a follow-up date, and review your pipeline weekly. A job application tracker like Enhancv's automates most of this, so the habit actually sticks.

The method matters less than the consistency behind it. A spreadsheet you update daily beats a polished tool you abandon after a week, but a dedicated tracker removes the friction that usually breaks the habit in the first place.

Enhancv's Job Application Tracker is free with no application cap, which is rare in this category. Teal and Simplify also offer solid free tiers, and a well-maintained spreadsheet works too if you're willing to update it by hand.

The real differences show up in the details: how much manual entry each tool needs and whether the free tier caps how many jobs you can log. Enhancv's tracker has no cap, which is exactly where most competitors start charging.

Give each application a status: “Bookmarked,” “Applied,” “Interviewing,” or “Offer,” and update it as things change. Pair that with a reminder for every follow-up so status changes don't slip past you.

Update the status the moment something happens rather than at the end of the week, when the details are already fuzzy. If it's been longer than the timeline the employer gave you, treat that as your cue to follow up.

A job tracker is a tool for organizing every job you're pursuing in one place, instead of across spreadsheets, browser tabs, and email. It shows each job's status, the resume you sent, and what to do next.

Think of it as one record per opportunity that updates as your search moves forward, so nothing depends on memory alone.

Yes. You can track unlimited applications without entering a credit card. The tracker itself is free; other Enhancv tools, like premium resume templates, are part of paid plans.

That distinction matters because a lot of free trackers cap you at ten or twenty saved jobs before asking for a card to keep going. The Job Application Tracker specifically doesn't do that.

No, you can add jobs manually with just a link. If you do install the extension, it only reads the job posting you're actively viewing. It doesn't track your browsing elsewhere or sell your data.

In practice, most people install it after manually adding a handful of jobs and getting tired of retyping the same five fields each time. There's no penalty for waiting and no benefit to installing it before you're ready to use it.

You can upload any resume, built with Enhancv or not. The tracker's match score works with whatever file you attach.

Upload a PDF or Word file the same way you'd attach one to an email. The match score reads the content, not the formatting, so a resume built somewhere else scores exactly the way an Enhancv resume would.

Start with a sheet with columns for company, role, status, resume version, and follow-up date, then fill it in as you apply. Or skip the setup: download our free Google Sheets or Excel template and start with the columns already built.

Add a status column with a fixed set of options, like Bookmarked, Applied, Interviewing, Offer, and Rejected, rather than typing a slightly different word every time. Consistent statuses make the sheet easier to filter and sort later, which is most of what a spreadsheet-based tracker depends on.

A spreadsheet can do the job if you keep up with it by hand. A tracker like Enhancv's adds one-click capture, automatic follow-up reminders, and a resume match score, the three things people most often let slide in a spreadsheet.

The honest answer depends on how disciplined you already are. If you've kept a spreadsheet current through a full job search without missing a follow-up, a tracker mostly saves you time. If you haven't, the automation is doing real work for you.

Most people are fine tracking five or so applications by memory. Past fifteen, a spreadsheet starts to strain, and somewhere around thirty, most job seekers lose track of something, a follow-up, a resume version, an interview time. That's the point where a tracker comes in.

If you're only applying to two or three roles you're genuinely excited about, a tracker is overkill. It earns its keep once you're running more than one process at a time and need to keep the details straight across all of them.

Yes. The tracker isn't limited to US job boards or US-style applications. It works wherever you're applying.

The Chrome extension captures postings from major international job boards the same way it does from US ones, and you can always add a job manually regardless of where it's posted.

Yes. “Interviewing” and “Offer” are both stages on your board, and you can add interview notes and offer details directly on the job card.

That includes salary numbers and any deadline you're given to respond, so if you're weighing two offers at once, everything you need sits side by side on two job cards instead of scattered across separate emails.

At minimum, five things: the company and role, the date you applied, the resume version you sent, the current status, and your next action. Add a contact name and the posting's original link when you have them.

Keep it short and specific. Reference the role and the date you applied, then ask directly where things stand.

One follow-up per stage reads as organized. Two or three in the same week reads as something else.

A five-minute weekly review catches most of what falls through the cracks in a job search:

1. Check every “Applied” card. If it's been more than two weeks with no response, decide whether to follow up again or archive it.
2. Confirm upcoming interviews have notes and prep tasks attached.
3. Update any status that's changed but hasn't been moved on the board yet.
4. Compare how many new jobs you saved this week against how many you actually applied to, and adjust your pace if the gap is growing.