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Job search log: every application on one list

A job search is a lot to hold in your head: where you applied, on what day, who you spoke to, who has not answered, and what you said you would do next. Put each one here. The page sorts them by where they stand, lists your next steps by day, counts the entries in each week, and prints a record week by week. It also saves the record as a spreadsheet file.

Private by design. Nothing you type is sent anywhere. Your log stays in this browser on this device, and one button erases it. This page runs no analytics or tracking. How we handle privacy. Anyone who uses this browser on this device can read the log, so on a shared or public computer print or download the record, then use Erase everything.

This page keeps a record. It does not look for work for you. It does not find jobs, fill in an application or send anything to an employer, and it cannot send you a reminder. It also does not know the rules of any unemployment office: if you have to report your job search, ask that office what it wants and in what form.

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How the log works

Each entry stands in one of five places: To apply, Applied, waiting, In talks, Offer or Over. The box on each entry moves it from one to another.
An entry for something you did needs the day you did it, and that day cannot be later than today. A job you only mean to apply for has no day until you move it on.
Next steps lists every entry that has a next step and is not over, with the nearest day first. A day that has passed is marked.
The count for a week is the number of entries whose day falls in that week, by this device’s clock. One entry is one job, so a second call to the same place does not add to the count; write it in the notes, or add another entry.
You choose whether your week starts on Sunday or Monday. The printed record uses the same choice.
Over moves an entry into its own folded list. It stays on the record, with its day, until you delete it.

If you claim unemployment benefits

An unemployment office may ask you to keep a record of your job search and to show it. What counts as a search activity, how many it wants each week, which day its week starts on and which form it accepts differ from state to state, and this page does not know your state’s rules. Ask your state’s unemployment office what it wants.

The printed record here is your own record. An office may not accept it in place of its own form; you can copy from it onto that form. Lost your job has more on unemployment benefits, your last paycheck and health coverage.

What this page can’t do

It does not find jobs, apply for one or send anything to anyone.
It cannot send a reminder, a text or an email. It has no way to reach you when it is closed. Dates to keep can make a calendar file for an interview or a day to call back.
It does not check anything. If you type the wrong day or the wrong name, it keeps the wrong one.
It is not advice about benefits, the law or how to get hired, and it makes no promise that keeping a log leads to a job.
It does not move to another phone or computer by itself. Print it, download it, or use My data on this device to carry a backup across.

Ways people use a log like this

Add the entry the same day, before the details fade.
Write the confirmation number or the name of the person under “Who, or where”, so it is there when they call back.
Put jobs you have seen but not applied for under “I mean to apply”, so the list for tomorrow is already made.
Mark an entry over when you have stopped waiting, so the list shows only what is still open.
Print the record before meeting a job coach, a caseworker or a probation officer who asks what you have done.

These are everyday ideas in our own words. They are not advice from an employment counsellor, and they do not suit everyone.

If a record or a disability is part of the search

Fair chance is about looking for work with a criminal record. Work accommodations helps you write a request for changes at work. Join Now is Scarlet Beast’s own open door for neurodivergent people and people with records.

Tools that go with this

Lost your job: unemployment benefits, the last paycheck, health coverage and where to find help.
Dates to keep: put an interview or a deadline on one list, with a file for your phone’s calendar.
Call script: know what you will say before you dial.
Paper trail: write down every call, letter and visit with an office.
One step at a time: break an application into steps small enough to start.
Energy budget: plan a day around the energy you have.
Save these tools on your phone so they open without a signal.

A record, not advice. This page keeps what you type and counts it. It does not know your state, your claim or your field of work, and it does not replace an unemployment office, a job center or a lawyer.

The tool and its wording were written with AI (Claude) for Scarlet Beast (our AI policy). It was not reviewed by an employment counsellor, an unemployment office or a lawyer, and it was not checked against any state’s job search form. Also in Spanish: Registro de búsqueda de trabajo; the two pages keep the same log on a device, and neither one translates what you typed. The page holds up to 200 entries and keeps them until you erase them. Found a mistake? Email [email protected].