Huntr: a Kanban board for your job applications (huntr.co)
almost 4 years ago from Rennie Haylock, Full Stack Software Engineer
almost 4 years ago from Rennie Haylock, Full Stack Software Engineer
if you need this, you're probably applying to too many jobs at a time.
someone's never been on the hunt before!
been on the hunt plenty of times, also hired plenty. typically best to select fewer targets and spend more effort on them.
I was teasing, bro. It's unfortunate Designer News doesn't support emojis. (also mansplaining, lol. maybe your best job hunt isn't others' best job hunt)
Or senses of humor.
sorry! saw the below comment and assumed i was being flamed. carry on.
How does gender have anything to do with what he said?
Stay out of this, Todd.
Why? It was a genuine question.
Has no one here been on twitter, or joked around before? I'm worried for you all.
Sorry, jokes are hard to get across over the ol' interwebs.
You sound like some bro from reddit.
This is interesting but I tend to agree with @Jim Silverman, have you identified people who really apply to so many positions that they need to keep track of all of them? What is there to do after sending an application - if they decide to move to the next stage you'll hear back, if not they'll send a generic fuck off message. Would people forget the steps of sending an application so they need a checklist every time?
I'm not saying this wouldn't necessarily work or that it's a bad idea, I'm asking if you have identified this need in the market.
Hey Cristian, appreciate your comment. I think Huntr is useful even for a modest number of applications. I built Huntr from my own experience with the job hunt, I must have applied to no more than 15 or 20 positions and found myself frustrated at the lack of visibility on where I was in terms of my efforts, and at the fact that my main job search tool (email) was mixed with personal, school and all other kinds of stuff.
Here's a few use cases our users find Huntr good for:
As some people have mentioned, Trello and Spreadsheets are the go-to tools for this, and they do a great job, but I think there's a lot more that can be done to help applications. The product is not even close to it's full potential, but I definitely think there's a market for it, we have some very interesting features coming out in the next few months!
Speaking of upcoming features, I hope deadlines/reminders are on the list!
Neat!
Have you though about doing the same but for the company? Currently I'm using a Trello board to keep track of job applicants and share notes with coworkers, but could be greatly improved!
I could definitely see myself using this, I live in a city where there's a huge lack of talent, every day I get multiple recruiters emailing me with jobs, it's really difficult to keep track of the ones I've already applied to and at what stage they are.
I used to keep notes in Evernote, but for some reason that doesn't really work for me. So something more organised might do the trick.
Basically a Trello for job application but extending its features and making it more useful. Nice!
Brilliant idea! Looks great.
Very useful tool!
Interesting. Certainly for people who work through recruitment and selection agencies.
Although I would recommend recruiting and selection agencies to offer such services by default in their own environment to temporary workers. That should also be a must for job board companies. For such companies, the applicant is also a kind of customer and wants to be provided with good services. From start to finish in the application process. Is my application being processed and when is the follow-up etc.
Apart from that, your product looks great and offers the user the necessary opportunities during the job application process.
This is brilliant
this looks awesome. can i ask what your stack is?
I usually just use a spreadsheet since I can do a compare/contrast of details like compensation, benefits, wfh policy, commute situation, etc. I'm not sure how useful this is since once they get a job, the use cases basically become null. However, I could see this being wildly useful for sales users since they are constantly managing contacts and going on customer visits. Something to think about!
Interesting idea, but not sure I personally see value in it.
I always keep a list of past job applications that I've made in a Google Sheet, along with a note of whether I heard back from them or not. A spreadsheet does this job more than well enough.
Cool project, but again not sure who it's targeted at.
Is this not something you can already do with a free Trello board?
It's a good thing to do when job hunting, though. Can also be accomplished with a spreadsheet.
Agreed it can be done in Trello, but I appreciate that I can visually differentiate jobs by logo and can map them out as well. Let's me think about them in a slightly different way.
Love that someone made this.
Had a wunderlist to-do idea with a simliar premise. Looks great!
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