We’ve all been there. We start applying to jobs and find that we need to keep notes on each one before it becomes a blurry haze. inkscroll helps you stay organised with its Application Tracker.
The Platform does not apply to the job vacancy automatically on your behalf unless you see Apply via inkscroll option. If it isn’t showing then you need to do apply on the company website yourself as a separate action.
Application Tracker features
You can add an application even if the job wasn’t listed on our Job Board.
The Application Tracker has a number of sections (tabs) and the default active tab Open applications will show you applications that are currently open.
The sections are:
- Qualify to Apply
- Open
- Closed
- Archived
- Responses
- Analytics
Adding an application
Hopefully you have already found an interesting job vacancy and applied to it by whichever means is required by the prospective employer or recruitment agency. You can retrospectively add information about the application, this is a two step process:
Step One: You add the job vacancy
Step Two: Record your application details against the job vacancy
To add a new vacancy and application:
- From the Job Search / Application Tracker page, click on Add application record
- Enter as much information as you can and select Next
- If the listing isn’t known to us, the Platform will automatically at it and set the vacancy to Record as Applied for you
- Enter as much application information as you like (don’t forget the covering note details if you want) and select on Add
Open applications
Your application records can be accessed by selecting Job Search / Application Tracker. Your applications are grouped into different columns depending on what application state they are in:
- Applied
- Interview
- Offers
You can view your open application record details at anytime to add more notes or see if anyone else has added public information to the job vacancy since you last checked your application.
When viewing application details, you can quickly update it to indicate what round you are in, what the next action is for it is or change the status of an application.
While your open application is ongoing, if the vacancy is closed and no longer accepting new applications, the System will automatically notify you of this change.
Closing and archiving applications
When an application record has been closed by you, it will appear in the Closed section as part of the total with its details below. Closed application records can be archived in batches by clicking on the Archive closed applications into a batch. Once they are archived you can no longer see the application details. The batch naming is automatic and a date range.
The Responses section
The responses will show all the information that you’ve provided across all applications as a quick reference for you that you can also copy and paste to use again with new applications.
What’s in the Analytics section
This section tells you at a glance useful insights such as:
- How many applications you have in total
- How many applications are still open
- The ages of your oldest and newest open applications
- The total count of closed applications and its closure reasons subtotals