Job Seekers Drowning in Application Tracking
Job seekers are overwhelmed by the repetitive and disorganized nature of the application process. They face challenges like tracking multiple applications, re-entering information, and tailoring resumes for each role, leading to frustration and a desire for simplified solutions. Many are building tools to address these specific pain points.
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“Three months into job hunting and my "system" was: LeetCode tab, a Notion doc that hadn't been updated in two weeks, a spreadsheet tracking companies I'd applied to, and a notebook for behavioral answers I kept forgetting to review. I had no idea if I…”
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sure dm me the details, i been in IT and job hunting is like full time job on its own now. how much tailoring it does, like it rewrites bullet points or…
“imo the biggest risk here isnt the architecture, its that you spend a week building a system instead of actually applying to jobs. start with two databases (applications + mba tasks), link them to a shared calendar view, and add complexity only when something actually breaks”
“So lately I’ve been working on making an OpenClaw setup that can just apply to jobs for me, as lazily as possible, because I really do hate applying to jobs that much. I hate having to fill out the form, read the description, look up where it is, decide if I want to work there, see if I even meet the qualifications to work there, etc. it’s soul sucking and I hate it. I’m finally making progress on my OpenClaw, but I noticed something kinda odd. I could be crazy, but maybe you guys can help me de”
“Thank you for providing this asset for free! As a fellow job app producer (also free) I am struggling the LinkedIn's recent obfuscation of their job posting pages. How are you coping with this, or don't you import the job description? Really looking for tips!”
“Depends how good your side project is. It can be the reason your resume is tossed, it can be the reason you're hired. Self taught, no degree, my side project 100% got me dozens of interviews and eventually a job starting as lvl2 a month ago, in this market, and definitely gave me the experience to excel at my job. Many of my interviews were just an hour explaining my project. One company even interviewed me twice about it.”
“whole thing reads like a textbook knew a guy who formatted his exactly like this and got zero callbacks until he stripped the objective and led with projects”
“Back in the job market. Spent the last couple weeks brushing up on leetcode and putting time into some open source projects to get sharp again. I applied for a BE role and received a HackerRank test link for a thing called Chakra. Expected a standard coding OA, but instead it was an AI interviewer (just voice). It asked about my background, went through my experience, and then moved into some technical questions. I brought up a cache invalidation bug from an old job and it kept going in on it li”
“in my job search, there are several cities and areas I would consider moving to. I would love a website or app that allows me to look at a map, decide a circumference around a city or area that I’d like to live/work in, set a salary range for that area (ie NY is more expensive than GA), and then have the option to set up job alerts with filters based on each location. it would be great to have a map visual element. is that a tall order to build? *thanks* submitted by /u/OwnChance5513”
“man i wish i had this two years ago when i was applying for teaching jobs. the workday portals are soul crushing, you fill same info like 50 times and then just... nothing. crickets. i made account just now, "done". curious to see how the brutal roasting works, like will it tell me my resume is generic trash or actually give useful gaps? that gap-analysis feature sounds like the real value here if it's not too vague. one thing i noticed on signup page, the email field doesnt have a”
“Hey, if there's something you deal with often and keep thinking there should honestly be an app or a website for this, just share it below. Curious what people are actually dealing with. submitted by /u/shubham359 [link] [comments]”
“I struggled with application chaos — deadlines lost, scholarships unseen, essays unreviewed. SchoolUp Academy organizes it. Free plan includes: School comparison and deadline tracking Scholarship matches by profile (not a random list) Essay feedback (line notes on clarity and structure) Mock interviews with scoring Currently 12,400+ students from 89 countries are using it. No card needed, no trial that converts to a charge. I want feedback. What features would help? What's missing? sub”
“had a spreadsheet with like 9 columns once. company, role, date applied, contact, follow-up date, status, notes, etc. it felt productive but i was spending more time formatting the spreadsheet than actually applying to anything. submitted by /u/AvaSaysSo [link] [comments]”
“Interessante o approach de simular entrevistas junto com o roadmap de skill gap - a maioria das ferramentas de job hunt para no scanner de currículo e larga a pessoa sozinha na parte mais dificil, que é se preparar pra entrevista de fato. Uma pergunta pra quem constroi automacao: como voces estao gerando o scoring de fit da vaga? Se for baseado so em match de keywords do JD, o roadmap de 30 dias pode ficar enviesado pra vagas que "parecem" compativeis no texto mas nao sao na pratica. S”
“the job hunt burnout is real, i was spending hours just to find 3-4 jobs worth applying to and then my resume never matched exactly. the roadmap idea is clever, way better than generic skill lists you see everywhere. does it pull real job listings or you have to feed it manually?”
“Between finding jobs I was actually qualified for, figuring out what skills I was missing for my dream roles, and tweaking resumes, I was burning out. I ended up building a side project to automate the worst parts of it. Instead of just a resume scanner, it acts like a career copilot. You put in your background and your dream job, and it builds a 30-day roadmap to close your skill gaps. It also scores open jobs based on how well you actually fit them, and simulates interviews so you can practice”
“EDIT: To add some context here - I'm asking because many of the jobs I've recently applied to have field for portfolio site, or github repo on the application page. I've been out of work for a while and actually need to create either of those to boost my chances, which is why I'm asking. I'm not doing it for any other reason, just to show examples of my work for the job applications. Some of the applications I built are too large to actually provide a working demo, is it ok t”
“It looks great! And when you apply for a job - along with 100's of other people - does the HR person want to load 100's or random websites and spend a few minutes on each page figuring out if the applicant meets the minimum requirements they advertised? (HINT: most applications are from people you don't want to hire and who don't meet the job spec)”
“I like the layout but it seems like there is some CSS transition issues/glitching with your scroll animation!”
“Hello everybody, hope you are doing very well. I am searching for postdoc positions in computer science using ApplyKite platform, however, the negative side of this application is that after some pages searching, some offers becomes blurred and showing dummy data (when you delete the blur), anyone here have an ApplyKite paid account? submitted by /u/Adventurous_Buy8290 [link] [comments]”
“So… apply for jobs you know well? I used it to “hand” tailor my application to the job description. It’s all about keywords and buzzwords these days, but the knowledge requirement has been pretty much the same across my entire job sector(IT).”
“The fact that they clearly mention a "mockup" and the requirement to submit "a single HTML file" indicates they don't expect any functionality.”
They only want a single HTML tho. Just put some texts and inputs there.
“So, after spending a considerable amount of time exploring LinkedIn, Naukri, company career pages, Workday portals, and apparently every other website where the word “careers” exists, I figured I’d expand the search to Reddit. I’m a BBA Finance graduate based in Pune, currently looking for entry-level opportunities in Finance, Financial Operations, FP&A, Business Analysis, Consulting, or related roles. A little about my background: • BBA in Finance • Internship experience at a CA firm • Expe”
“I'm doing one of those applications where I put in my resume, and I am now filling out a million mandatory drop down questions about the things already in my resume. One of the unskippable questions is, for the last 5 jobs I've held (I assume every job and not just the relevant ones, but the application doesn't specify that), I need the name, title, and contact info for my supervisors. *If I had two supervisors at different points at a job, which one should I put? The one who hired m”
“I'm a product designer. I turned 40 and lost my job a few weeks later. Happy 40th, you have no job anymore. I had a lord of the rings themed 40th bday party, we already put down a large deposit on some rented tables before I lost my job. But I digress. I then spent the next five months sending somewhere around 300-400 applications into the void. Around month two I got frustrated enough to build the job feed I actually wanted, with AI doing most of the coding. The one thing it won't do is”
“We posted a few jobs lately...1400 applications for each one. The only real way to hire at this point is by distilling referrals and direct outreach to me about the job via email or LI messages”
“Hmm, we do sweeps every morning. Sounds like we need to tune it a bit more. Sorry about that.”
Thanks, appreciate it! let me know if you have any recommendations
I’m doing a short round of ATS checks tonight for people who are actively applying. I’ll take the first 5 who comment with: the job description you’re targeting (title + responsibilities +…
“Whats the lowest paid tier thats automated? Edit: 29 a month for 20 tailored resumes and cover letters a day. One tap apply. This one has opus. Free is 3 a day, not opus. Considering how all the rules/files I have to give opus to not lie or mess things up, I wonder how the paid tier does. Would frankly love to try even 1 opus tier one click to see if its worth paying for.”
“We actually have a lot of specified prompt constraints for the resume & cover letter generation to make it still sound human, import the right number of keywords (not too many), and not run into the pitfalls you might if you just dropped it in yourself. It is actually very different. Also, the convenience is valuable - find the best matches automatically and tapping a few buttons to have thes outputs saves a bunch of time relative to copying and pasting and going back and forth. We don't”
“I was hoping to get some feedback on my resume. Here is the link https://imgur.com/a/eACCBUY I appreciate the help everyone! submitted by /u/Senior_Kiwi_586 [link] [comments]”
“I noticed using A.I to help find job listings is a great way to get a deeper reach on finding your desired job. I have been working on a prompt but it still needs help. My current prompt is altered to search based off my resume. I have also made a cover letter Template on a pdf and use that to make new cover letters based off where I am applying to. Please feel free to improve or use this prompt (I know it sucks): this is my version: "I need you to act as an expert technical recruiter and j”
Not really ranked but Do this humiliating thing of giving a resume everywhere I went Making a custom resume and cover letter for each app Applying to things I was perfectly qualified…
“Like a lot of people here, I got tired of losing track of where I stood with every application which companies I'd asked for referrals, which interviews needed prep, which offers I still needed to compare. I ended up building a system in Obsidian (free note-taking app) to track all of it in one place applications, referrals, interview prep, and a weekly check-in so I wasn't just carrying it all in my head. Happy to share more details on how I set it up if anyone's interested, or just”
“Kept applying to roles that turned out to be months old. Job boards show "posted 3 days ago" but that's when they scraped it, not when the company put it up. So now it checks the real publish date on 7,231 companies every morning. What came out of it: A third of everything listed right now is over 90 days old. Canonical has a role that's been up 2,621 days and they posted a new one four days ago. Some companies have two job boards and forgot about one. Etched has 108 roles on o”
“How many API calls to scrape everything? How do you store your data in a minimal and efficient way to keep costs down?”
“Thank you for your feedback. I need to go beyond the resume and corporate stuff”
“This is a very busy CV generally, but I see what you're trying to do with it. I would advise condensing the homelab bit, provide a high level of what you built, any IT Team worth working for will ask the right questions to get the technical details out from you during an interview. Give yourself something to talk about in the interview. Name the homelab/project and provide a one line list of tech involved, and remove the excess listing of practise tech for your exam prep (they will know what”