Job Applications Grid

The job applications grid is where your job applications are summarized.  Motivated job seekers should find themselves spending a good amount of time here.  A look at the Job Applications node,

The job applications grid is designed to give you a snapshot view of your candidacy with every opportunity.  The details of each column are provided below.

The status of your job application.  The status of your job application is a forward moving process only.  In the interest of minimizing data entry errors, JobTabs will only allow you to move forward one stage at a time which is to say you cannot move from Draft to Closed.  There are a few other measures taken by JobTabs to maintain the integrity of your data.

• You must have a resume referenced to move from Draft to Open.
• You must have an application date to move from Draft to Open.
• When you send an email, the resume you attached is inserted into the grid, the applied date is automatically set, and your job application is automatically moved from Draft to Open.
• While in Draft mode, you may edit your cover letter from the grid.  However, once the job application has moved to Open status, clicking the icon will take you to the activity. 
• While in Draft mode, you can select the resume to apply to this job application.  This cannot be changed in the grid once the job application moves to open.

Fortunately, you will not need to be aware of many of these built-in controls because JobTabs is doing so much of the work behind the scenes.  If you just follow the natural process of applying for a job, you will not be encumbered at all.

How does a job application move into Draft mode?  When you complete the job application wizard.  The job application wizard can only be started from the Saved Jobs node.  Once the wizard moves fully to completion, the job application wizard will open your cover letter to allow you to put any finishing touches you may want to apply.  At this point, JobTabs will move the focus from the Saved Jobs node to the Job Applications node where you will see the job applications grid with your job application in Draft mode.

Date you applied for the job.  This is set manually for print and online applications.  It is set automatically for email.

The method you used to apply for the job.  The icons legend is,

	Email
	Print
	Online

The company to whom you are applying.  This is typically an employer or a recruiter.

The person's name to whom you are applying.  You may change this at any time, but you can only select from the contacts that exist for that company.  Therefore, if you have a recruiter who leaves the recruiting firm you are working with, then you will have to add the new recruiter who assumes your candidacy to the firm on the recruiter tab.  Then you can update the grid with the new recruiter's name.

This is a free form field that can be changed at any time.

This is a free form field that can be changed at any time.

This field can never be changed.  It was set by JobTabs when the job was saved to JobTabs and is therefore read-only.

CL is an abbreviation for Cover Letter.  This field contains the cover letter for the job application.  You can edit if from the grid simply by clicking the cover letter icon.  Once your job application moves from Draft to Open, clicking the icon will take you to the appropriate activity.  While we cannot see why anyone would want to edit the cover letter at this juncture, it can be done in the activities listing. 

The resume you used to apply for this job.  You can change this field as often as you want to while in Draft mode.  Once the job application moves to Open, it cannot be edited.  Upon setting focus on this field with the mouse pointer or keyboard arrow keys an add resume icon will show up on the right hand side of the field.  Click it to open the resume selection dialog.