This post is inspired by a link sent to me by my friend, Debra Feldman, owner of JobWhiz and Executive Talent Agent, titled Smart Organizational Hacks to Speed Up Your Job Search.
My response to that article is one single, easy hack:
Use JibberJobber!
If using JibberJobber is too hard, then you can do what they suggest, creating your own organizational system with a bunch of tools put together. Here are some of their points, from the link above, to help you know what your organizational system should do:
- Keep track of companies (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Keep track of applications (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Track company name (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Track application status (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Track job titles (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Track application deadline (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Track application submitted date (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Track contact at company, with name, title and email (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Track when you did an informational interview (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Track when you last contacted the company so you can send a follow-up email (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Track all of this in “one place” even though you have a lot of it in your email inbox (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Document all meeting notes (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Track everyone you spoke with, or want to speak with (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Follow-up (which is the “critical factor for success”) (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Schedule email follow-up reminders (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
- Keep your important docs, like cover letters, resumes, etc. in one place that’s easy to find/access (Check! You can do this in JibberJobber)
There’s plenty more that you could do… in JibberJobber. One reason we designed JibberJobber is so that you don’t have to monkey around with all kinds of folders and other apps… just do it all in one place. Kind of has an appeal to it, doesn’t it?