Statuses and tags¶
Statuses¶
A status is where you are with a job. jobdork sets the first two for you; the rest are yours. Set one with the buttons on a post (Job posts) or in its window.
| Status | Means | Set by |
|---|---|---|
| new | Found by a scan; you have not opened it yet | jobdork |
| viewed | You opened it, and have not decided | jobdork, when you open it |
| interested | Worth applying to | You |
| applied | You applied (or started to) | You, or Apply |
| submitted | The application is in and complete | You |
| interviewing | You are talking to them | You |
| offer | They made you an offer | You |
| rejected | They said no | You |
| withdrawn | You pulled out | You |
| skipped | Not for you | You, or Skip |
| closed | The job is gone: filled, or taken down | You, or Check still open |
Settled posts are hidden. rejected, withdrawn, skipped and closed are done with, so they leave the list. Choose Including settled in Job posts to see them again.
Posts you are pursuing are always kept. applied, submitted, interviewing and offer are never removed by a clean-up, an age limit or a change to your rules: a decision you made outranks a rule.
Every change is dated. From interested on, each status a job is given is kept with its day: My applications lists the jobs you applied to with when, and each one's stages.
A status belongs to the job, not the link. When one job is posted in several places, the copies share one status.
How old a post is¶
The age tag beside the title says how long ago the job was posted, by the employer's own date where there is one:
| Tag | Age | What it means for you | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| New · 1d | 0 to 2 days | Top of the pile: apply now | +5 |
| 5d | up to a week | When most people apply | 0 |
| Risky · 12d | 8 to 21 days | Interviews may have started | −5 |
| Stale | over 21 days | May be filled, or a listing reposted by a script | −15 |
| Ghost | over 90 days | Almost certainly not a real opening; dropped | |
| Date unknown | The board gives no date |
Only ghost posts are dropped. A stale post for the job you want most is still worth a try, so it is marked and ranked lower, never removed unless you remove it.
Is it still open?¶
Check still open on the Dashboard, or Check if still open in a post's window, asks each posting whether the job is still up. A tag shows the answer:
| Tag | Means |
|---|---|
| Still open | The posting is up (shown in the post's window) |
| Maybe gone | It is no longer on the employer's board, or has not been seen for a while |
| Closed | The posting says it is closed or is gone; the post is set to closed |
When one job is posted in several places, it closes only when every copy has gone.
Recruiter¶
Recruiter means a recruitment or staffing firm posted the job for a client, so the employer may not be named. Point at it to see why jobdork thinks so. Use Posted by the employer or Posted by a recruiter in the filters to see one kind.
If you apply to the same job directly and through a recruiter (or through two recruiters), the employer may see you twice and drop you. jobdork warns you when a post looks like one you are already pursuing.
Tags to know¶
| Tag | Means |
|---|---|
| Arrangement not stated | The post does not say remote, hybrid or on-site. It is kept whatever you chose |
| Unconfirmed salary | No pay stated. It is kept whatever your floor is |
| Salary in EUR, floor is USD; not compared | Pay in another currency is never converted, so it never hides a post |
| Dealbreaker (soft): … | One of your dealbreakers set to costs 8 points |
| Posted 9 days ago (older, risky) | See age |
| Fit: has …; wants … | Which of the advert's skills you have, and which not (Fit) |
| Advert is only 180 chars, too short to screen | Only a summary arrived. Fetch missing adverts, or paste it in the post's window |
| States it will not sponsor a visa | The advert says so. Most say nothing: treat a post without it as unknown, not as sponsoring |
| Not on Acme's own board, which jobdork read: may be filled, or not a real opening | A post from a site that carries many employers' jobs (Adzuna, Himalayas, Arbeitnow, Kalibrr) whose job the employer's own board does not list, though jobdork read that whole board in the same scan. Such sites keep some posts after the job is gone, and some were never real. Worth checking on the employer's site before you apply. A board jobdork read only partly, or not at all, never gives this tag: the job post's window has Check the employer's own board for those |