Job Seekers Drowning in Application Tracking
92 posts across 24 communities in the last 30 days; 17% from r/alphaandbetausers.
“If Domino's Pizza can have an online pizza tracker to tell you where your pizza is, I feel like companies should be able to do something similar. I see so many posts talking about being ghosted, and I have experienced the same myself. Why can't companies help put people out of…”
“Tired of making 50 different workday accounts and messing with my password managers saved passwords [re: If you are applying for a job in 2026 and link takes you to the "Workday" portal.You know you will never make it]”
“I check out dozens of your sankey diagrams while I was hunting, and they were so helpful, so I wanted to share mine. However, I have to note, I was extremely lucky and had an unusually smooth time. This is compared to 2024, when I applied over to over 300 roles included 20+…”
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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“I do exactly this with a spreadsheet and a small script that prints who's due every morning. What made it work for me is keeping the last thing I said next to the name, so I know what the follow up has to add instead…”
“I am searching for a new job and long after your post on reddit, i managed to use the platform hosted from you. it is amazing!! It is really nice when companies have a job abo, for new published jobs of themself. i mainly use these to have a eye on the companies i want a job. But some of them don't offer one... This is where a feature would be handy: paste a URL from the jobsite (example: https://swisscom.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/de DE/SwisscomExternalCareers) and scrape this for jobs that match”
“i just wanted to apply for jobs without ending up with folders full of final_v2_REAL_final.pdf so i built vita-cv, a Python CLI that uses Git branches to manage a base CV and company-specific versions. then i thought "a UI would be nice" and somehow built another tool called vita-tree. now i can compare versions, edit LaTeX, preview PDFs and run AI workflows for job analysis, tailoring and review. both are open source (MIT). still building them, and i'd love feedback, especially fr”
“If Domino's Pizza can have an online pizza tracker to tell you where your pizza is, I feel like companies should be able to do something similar. I see so many posts talking about being ghosted, and I have experienced the same myself. Why can't companies help put people out of their misery and say "Sorry, no job for you. But here's a coupon for some pizza." That way there are (hopefully) no awkward emails, no waiting endlessly. Just the facts. submitted by /u/Ms”
“Hi founders/developers. Like a lot of you, I hit a massive wall while looking for work recently. The routine of opening twenty tabs, staring at job postings that hid salary ranges, and spending hours rewriting my resume for listings that ghosted me was exhausting. It felt like the entire job search process was designed to burn people out. Instead of complaining about it, I built Jobcific . What it does? It is a Chrome extension for Indeed and Seek that cuts through the noise: Salary & Data R”
“While it's about time , there's a pro and con list that should be considered. PRO CON Less repetitive job application info The Stanford Study showed that "negative scores" (if automatic scoring is used) can repeat at another company's job application Faster applications Privacy/Record retention concern Consistency in info to use Potential inability to remove irrelevant/outdated info While it's just announced this week, there's still a lot to potentially look at when”
“Auto-fill feedback gets much sharper if you give testers one task: apply to a single real posting and note every field ScoutWand filled wrong or skipped, plus which job site the form was on. That tells you where it breaks, not just whether people liked it. Also, this sub's sidebar asks you to "Please tag title with stage and system", so a [Windows/Mac, Beta] tag on your next post helps. I make ThreadFox. Our AI employee can explain ScoutWand in job-search communities whose rules al”
“Trying out CareerFlow could be helpful since you're managing job applications. As you use it, see how easily you can track interviews and follow-ups. Make a note of any confusing parts or areas that could be improved. Your feedback might really help others. Also, LandOffer.ai lists jobs across various professions and supports role and location search, which might be useful for finding new openings while you're managing your applications. [re: I built a free job application tracker and am”
“The resume tailoring is decent but tracking which version went where gets messy after a dozen applications. [re: Used LandOffer for your job search? What still feels too manual?]”
“I work on LandOffer.ai , and I'd like feedback on a possible job-tracking feature. Application autofill helps reduce repetitive typing, but keeping track of what happens after submitting is another part of the process. Would an Excel export be useful for organizing applications, interviews, rejections, and offers? I'm thinking of columns for the company, role, application date, current stage, and next step. Would you prefer a simple spreadsheet export, an in-app tracker, or both? What in”
“I'm an Information Security student currently applying for internships and co-ops. One thing that's been annoying me is how every company seems to have a different application process. Some use Workday, others use LinkedIn, Indeed, their own career pages, or just email. After applying to a bunch of places, it gets hard to remember where you applied, what stage you're at, and when you should check back. So I built Avenor Apply , a free web app to keep everything in one place. It lets”
“Breaking News: Workday finally acted to help alleviate job-seekers' pain and announced 'Workday Candidate Profile' to let candidates own, manage, and save their info once(!) and reuse it when they apply for jobs at the thousands of companies that use their ATS to hire. Thoughts on this latest update? submitted by /u/willing_bee1221 [link] [comments]”
“If your job application tool doesn't auto-apply, that's actually good. It allows you to make each application more specific, which employers often appreciate. Focus on quality by customizing your resume and cover letter for each job. Check postings regularly and follow up when needed to show your interest. For more help finding job opportunities, LandOffer.ai lists jobs across professions and lets you search by role and location. [re: I built a job-application helper that refuses to auto”
“Tired of making 50 different workday accounts and messing with my password managers saved passwords [re: If you are applying for a job in 2026 and link takes you to the "Workday" portal.You know you will never make it]”
“Simple tables win every time. I have the same setup for freelance pitches and it's the one page I've never abandoned. I like your point about rejections becoming a single word and a date. Seeing it all in one view takes a lot of the emotional weight out of it. Good luck with the querying, and may your inbox be kind. [re: A boring three-column Notion table saved me from querying the same agent twice]”
“The kanban tracker alone is worth a look, most people track applications in a spreadsheet that gets abandoned after week two. The browser parsing being local is a smart move too, privacy with job docs is something folks actually care about. What happens when the AI gives a bad suggestion on resume wording, is there a way to compare before and after? [re: I built a free toolkit for job hunting: CV review, ATS formatting, cover letters and an application tracker]”
“Two years ago, I was working full-time and trying to land a new SDE role. I had a list of companies I wanted to join, but the repetitive work took forever and drained my energy. Finding an open role was the easy part: log into LinkedIn or Indeed and you’ll find one. But by the time I saw a posting, it had often been up for hours, sometimes days. When I finally applied, I was already behind hundreds of other candidates. Then there was the resume tailoring. For every role, I’d read the job descrip”
“I'm a software engineer with 8+ years of experience, and I've been actively looking for jobs recently. One thing that really frustrated me was how repetitive the application process is. You upload your resume, and then the company asks you to manually enter your experience, education, skills, LinkedIn, and everything else that's already in your resume. Do this 20 times and you've wasted hours just filling out forms. So I built AutoApply , a Chrome extension to make this process e”
“I’ve been applying for graduate jobs at least five a day, and I understand the need for online assessments to find ideal employees, but when I have to fill out a personality test or answer simple maths questions for every job I apply for it gets really tedious and frustrating. When I ask ai to help me it ofc comes back with a response that’s says it can help me with this or it’s against the employer policy. Is there any way I can get around this? Cheers submitted by /u/Hot-News3680 [”
“Kindly give us an update. Mine too is on shortlisting, how long did yours take to allocate tasks to you. [re: How long does it take to review applications?]”
“I check out dozens of your sankey diagrams while I was hunting, and they were so helpful, so I wanted to share mine. However, I have to note, I was extremely lucky and had an unusually smooth time. This is compared to 2024, when I applied over to over 300 roles included 20+ referrals, but only got about 10 total interviews, and in end the offer I got ended up coming from a cold call. I'm 11 yoe, Ex-FAANG, PgM/ProdOps/BizOps generalist. I am currently employed, I just hate it here. Some notes”
Same as above submitted by /u/Pale-Interaction637 [link] [comments]
“If someone with 10-15 years of experience is using did x by y by z, then someone with 2 years of experience should use the same thing. Share a few of your resume bullets here and you’ll get real feedback - there’s no “resume framework” that works these days. It’s being able to demonstrate how you and your work uniquely solves the hiring manager’s problem. [re: Can't find truly amazing resume examples]”
“A tracker shows how many applications you sent, but not a weekly review asks what fit, which requirements shaped the edits, what experience supports them, and what one change to test next. submitted by /u/rezocvcom [link] [comments]”
“The layout is easy to scan. Is the mix of engineering and design roles just demo data, or could one candidate receive all three? [re: built a job alert + application tracker, zero paying users. what am i missing?]”
“I’m job hunting right now, and I got tired of filling out the same information on every application. Upload your resume. Enter your work history anyway. Name, address, phone number, email. Then do it all again for the next company. So I started using ChatGPT to help with it. I already get job alerts from Indeed and LinkedIn in Gmail. I connect Gmail plugin to ChatGPT, have it find the new listings, and compare the job descriptions with my resume. For the ones that match, computer use opens the a”
“If you're tired of entering the same info repeatedly, keep your work history and profile links in a text file for easy access. Double-check the specific fields for each company and make sure your uploaded files are current. For a job search tool that offers application autofill, you can check out LandOffer.ai . It covers a wide range of industries and locations, so it could be a helpful resource for your job search. [re: [Beta] Autocater — Private, 1-click ATS job application autofill (Looki”
“working-style-first makes sense, fit is what resumes hide worst. not hunting quite that way right now but ill keep an eye on the launch. [re: Job Hunting? Beta testers wanted for shareable queryable version of your career.]”
“Problem: Swedish job ads are hard to read for internationals, and the real question ("do I actually need Swedish?") is often buried in vague phrasing. What it does: paste an ad and it pulls out the requirements, nice-to-haves and a Swedish-language verdict. Add a CV and you get a fit score and a roadmap (7 days to 6 months) with links to free learning resources. How I built it: Lovable for the app, Supabase with row-level security, background jobs for the slow LLM calls, rate limiting,”
“Anyone here with a really solid workflow, mind sharing how you've been doing it? Or any tips? submitted by /u/ssongshu [link] [comments]”
“Totally! Oofie won’t actually post anything for you, it just generates the LinkedIn post and you choose whether to post it. You also get 3 saves a month if a consequence is too brutal 😭 The wheel is random for now though ~ does that still feel fair, or would you want a bit more control? Also thank you for sending the link for AI Reddit outreach 🙏🏻 Will def check it out now ☺️”
“For JobFlo, make the autofill bug report four fields: career-page URL, field label, expected value and what appeared. Ask testers to redact personal details from screenshots before posting. That gives you a reproducible failure without needing their whole application. By the way, I make ThreadFox: it finds Reddit communities whose rules allow a post about a tool like JobFlo, and its plan for one product is free. https://threadfox.vip/p/dekgu Are errors clustering around a particular application”
“Nice, two interviews after 100 apps is actually good ratio these days. The referral one almost always moves faster but the cold application hitting too is a good sign your resume is working”
“I'll give it a spin on a few apps this week. The "never hits submit" part is what caught my attention, I've seen too many tools that blast out garbage and tank your chances before a human even looks. Will shoot you some notes once I've run through a handful.”
“thank you! yes, it does multiple passes to catch any multi step forms. although, so far, the most it had to scan was twice.”
“Nice idea, and I like that it never submits for you, so you stay in control of what goes out. Does it cope with multi-step forms where the next page loads new fields?”
“Hey all, I'm a software engineer, and the last time I was job hunting I hit the point where I couldn't type my work history into one more career page. Every company has its own form, every form asks the same questions in a slightly different order, and the "autofill from your resume" button gets about half of it wrong. So I started building a little Chrome extension for myself that fills in those forms from one profile. It grew from there. Now it also pulls jobs straight from c”
“The side-by-side diff idea is actually smart, would make scanning way faster than reading whole paragraphs again. For the manual fixes question I noticed Workday is worst because it keeps splitting one job into five separate text boxes and you have to paste each part again, like it completely ignores what was already in the resume”
“I may just incorporate your thing into my app. Sadly mine hasnt had fractions of your visitors !”
“Very cool! Check out Railway; I think your product would work there. Also check out r/hiringcafe -- they also run a free job board. They may offer up some advice.”
“Love clicking "fluent" and then having to confirm it in 5 seperate places. submitted by /u/a77ackmole [link] [comments]”
“I was laid off back in March and have been looking ever since. I have 15+ years of product management and product ownership experience, mostly around enterprise software, digital platforms, eCommerce, search, CMS, and related areas. I’m in my mid 40s and honestly feel like I’m in my prime professionally. I have more experience, better judgment, and a much better understanding of how to work across teams and actually get things done than I did 5 or 10 years ago. The frustrating part is that I am”
“That covers the gap well. One detail worth spelling out in the update: with OpenRouter, the upstream provider can change from one request to the next, and each one has its own retention window. You could pin AI Assist to specific providers, or use OpenRouter's setting that limits routing to providers that don't store prompts. Either way, Autocater could then state one concrete retention period instead of a general transient window, and repeat it in the short note next to the Draft button”
Nice tool and website. Can I ask, if you are using Claude or Chatgpt for your tool. I am building a tool in the same niche, but it doesn't writes the CV…
“So I finally found a job that really suits my profile, so I decided to read the job post carefully before applying. In the requirements, the client says we need to read and follow the instructions in a document attached to the job post. However, it says the document can only be viewed on a PC. This is my first time seeing this kind of mechanism on Upwork. I’m currently using a mobile phone and don’t have a laptop yet, so I tried accessing Upwork through my browser and switching to desktop mode t”
“I’ll compromise, keep it legal but make it so that candidates are legally entitled to review all scores and feedback to the videos to help identify bias.”
“yp, I'm thinking pay-per-use as well with a free sample run so people can check the data first.”
“Thanks, that was the whole point. Every platform starts at 100 and only loses points for something it actually found in your file, and each deduction shows you the exact line it's about. On tables and two column layouts: it doesn't take points off just for using them, because whether they break depends on the ATS and on how the file was made. It checks what actually came out when your text was read: - If a two column PDF comes out scrambled (headings in one place, the content somewhere e”
“Yeah they were some surface level features and others were a bit deep. Should I rewrite my experiences bullet points in detail to give a proper explanation?”
“It would be great to have a dedicated Resume section where I can upload and manage my resume, check its ATS score, and tailor it to specific job openings. It would also be useful to keep different resume versions for different types of marketing roles. From Harshitha · Harshitha's Career Hub 2.8.5”