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Hello Cultural Cheerleaders, today’s blog is about job tracking, and its benefits, but what is job tracking? Essentially, it’s keeping track of roles and positions you’ve applied for.

What are the benefits of tracking jobs?

Keeping thorough records of the documentation you submit will make adapting applications for similar roles easier. By keeping all data in one place, you’ll have easy access useful documents such as job descriptions and person specifications, which can be valuable to look back over.

I tend to use job trackers to keep copies of forms, and I’ve found them especially useful to be able to track my strengths and other areas I’ll need to work on, for instance an application may have been good, but the interview might not have been successful.

Job tracking with Notion

Notion is my favourite platform to use for job tracking, helping me to keep up to date with progress on multiple applications at once. Notion is the platform that I personally use, as it’s free to sign up to and you can easily create and adapt templates that are perfect for tracking jobs. Notion pages are ideal for keeping everything in one place.

I created a fully customisable template, with space to add interview notes, (including questions asked) and your strengths, as well as skills to develop – this is a great way of keeping track of prioritised skills. You can access and add this to your own Notion account from here

Other suggestions:

1. Google
   When asked what other people used to track jobs, google provided another great option, using a google drive folder for job tracking. Google docs and Google sheets are good options for this. Google accounts can be accessed via most devices, by logging into your account, making it another great option.
   
   
2. Microsoft
   Similar to google, you could create a database using Microsoft excel, or use a Microsoft word doc to take down interview notes.

Do you track job applications? If so, what’s your favourite programmes to use?