As someone
who is trying to find a work at home job, you may be applying with lots of
different companies. In fact, you may be applying with so many companies that
you don't remember where you applied and where you didn't!
While we do recommend
applying with lots of different places, you should not do so without keeping
track of your applications. It may seem ridiculous to keep track. After all,
you're casting a wide net. If anyone is interested, they'll contact you. Why
should you keep a running list of where you're applying?
Below, I've shared with you
the five main reasons you absolutely should keep a tracking sheet of your work
at home job applications — especially if you are applying with lots of
different companies most days of the week.
5 Reasons To Track Your Work at Home Job Applications
1 – To Prevent You From Applying For the
Same Job Twice
It may seem crazy that
there are so many work at home jobs out there now that you could actually
forget where you applied and where you didn't, but thankfully that is the world
we live in now. I assure you, that was NOT the case ten years ago when most people
thought remote work = scam across the board.
If you don't know where
you've applied and where you haven't, you could easily apply for the same job
twice. This is a waste of valuable time you could use searching for and
applying with other companies.
2 – To Prevent You From Being Scammed
I don't know about you, but
I frequently receive emails telling me I've been “hired” for amazing-sounding
work at home data entry jobs, typing jobs, virtual assistant positions, etc.
These emails always tell me I'm going to make outrageous amounts of money for
doing simple work on my own schedule. Yeah, right!
I've been looking into work
at home long enough to know these are emails from scammers, and I mark these as
spam and delete without replying. But if you're new to work at home, you may
not immediately realize someone is trying to scam you, and you might take these
emails seriously.
If you've been tracking
your work at home job applications, you could quickly check the list of
companies you've applied with to see if the “company” that sent you the email
is on your list. If they're not, and the position already sounds suspiciously
too good to be true, then you know what to do! Mark spam, delete, and move on.
3 – To Ensure You Are Hitting The
Application Goals You Should Be Setting For Yourself
There is a lot of
competition for work at home jobs, and it can take a long time to find
something. This is why I recommend applying with lots of different companies.
To ensure you're applying
with many different companies, it's not a bad idea to do a little goal-setting.
Tell yourself you want to put in X number of applications per week to increase
your odds of hearing back and getting a job.
Job application trackers
can help with this goal setting because you can see, at a glance, if you are
meeting your application goals.
4 – So You Can Follow Up If You Don't Hear
Back
Unfortunately, it's pretty
common to not hear back after you've applied for a work at home job. I'm not
sure why this is — maybe it's because these companies get so many applicants
that they are too overwhelmed to reach out to every single person after they
apply.
When this happens, it's
good to take matters into your own hands. Don't be shy about sending out an
email to your primary contact at the company if it's been more than a week
since your interview (assuming you were interviewed). Just a polite message
asking for an update on your status.
If you're applying with
lots of companies, you should definitely be tracking your applications so you
can make notes about who gave you an interview, and who you heard back from and
who you didn't. You should also mark the dates you applied and interviewed so
you can decide when an appropriate amount of time has passed for you to follow
up.
5 – To Keep Track of Key Details About Each
Company/Position
When you're applying to
work for many companies, you're going to want to remember key details about
each job so it doesn't get all confused in your mind.
You want to remember who
your primary contact is at each company, the email address and/or phone number
of the primary contact, the position you're trying to get, the date you
applied, the date of your interview, and so on.
A job application tracker
can help you jot down all of these details so they are right there in front of
you when you next need them.
Download My Work at Home Job Application Tracker
To help you start keeping
track of work at home job applications, I've created two different work at home
job application printables you can download and print off. These are very inexpensive
— just $2 — and once you have the file, you can print off as many copies as you
need!
There is a simple”
tracking printable and a “detailed” tracking printable.
The simple tracker has
fields for you to list the company name, position, date you applied, and the
response you got. There are also fields at the top to help you with tracking
your application goals for the month, assuming you've set them.
The detailed tracker has
fields for contact person, contact email, the date you applied, where you found
the job, and a few lines for other notes you may want to add in.
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