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Comment · 4 months ago
Same, I'm at about a 40% ghost rate & 5% response for any applications I put out.

Most everyone I talk with is looking as well, but nobody has moved roles. It feels like were all stuck.

Comment · 5 months ago
I want to learn more about this.

As a job seeker, I see the chaos from my side of the table, I feel like its well known and discussed.

The other side of the table however, the recruiters and hiring managers, I want to understand this more. I feel like I could assume the struggles your having, but I would love to see more discussion around this.

Comment · 1 year ago
I had thought about it, but I found that in practice that the majority of applications I send out wind up in the 'Applied' state and don't get much further, leading to a large list in a narrow swim lane.

That and I am able to customize the flow of applications, and the number of swim lanes would be a bit messy. I have my app setup to track interviews, phone screens, take home assignments, and many more.

I found that a smart sorting algorithm is best for displaying the applications.

But its still early days of the app, possibly someday.

Comment · 1 year ago
https://getapptrack.com/

I wanted a better way to keep track of applications I sent out, A spreadsheet just seemed like a poor way of tracking data. So overtime I built a desktop application to track my job search activity for me. Most alternatives are web-based, but I didn’t love the idea of broadcasting my job search to third parties. This is a native desktop app (Windows/macOS) that keeps everything local.

Still working on code signing (so no scary "unknown publisher" warnings), but otherwise, v1 is ready.

Would love feedback—especially from others who’ve struggled with job-search tracking!

Comment · 2 years ago
The link you have listed (https://www.linkedin.com/hiring/jobs/4042889423/detail/) appears to link to an admin's view of the job ad. I am asked if I would like to be redirected to the candidate view, and if I select yes, I am sent to the LinkedIn careers home page.
Comment · 3 years ago
https://github.com/imcnaugh/InterviewNoteHelper

A small electron app that let me take notes while interviewing candidates and save the notes in a format. I used the rating system of chess moves (!!, !, !?, ?!, ?, ??) to mark down notable points of the interview and what i though of them. It even has a little keyboard i build with an ardunio to enter in the ratings subtly.

It was a fun project, I learned quite a bit about electron and software for embedded systems. But the hiring freezes hit and it took a bit of motivation from me as well.

Someday when things are better Ill boot it back up. and maybe even use it for interviews again.

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