As you may or may not know, ya girl is on the job hunt… HEAVY. One of my go-to job boards is Welcome to the Jungle, formerly known as Otta. It’s an interactive platform where you can swipe through job matches based on your profile.

I love how easy it makes finding jobs, but when it comes to actually tracking them? That’s where things start falling apart.

The Problem: Job Tracking is Incomplete

Right now, WTTJ lets you:

• Save jobs to apply to later

• Mark when you’ve applied to a job

• Track when you’re interviewing

• Mark when you’ve accepted an offer

That sounds useful—until you realize what’s missing.

There’s No Way to Track Rejections or Ghosted Applications

If I apply for a job and don’t get it, there’s no way to log what happened.

• Did the company reject me?

• Did I go through multiple interviews but never get an offer?

• Did they just ghost me?

WTTJ only tracks applications that are still active, but knowing which jobs didn’t work out is just as important. Otherwise, I could end up reapplying to companies that already turned me down.

One way to fix this is by adding a Closed Applications section where jobs can be categorized based on outcome:

• Rejected – If the company denied the application

• No Response – If they ghosted me

• Interviewed, No Offer – If I made it through interviews but didn’t get the job

This keeps everything organized without cluttering the main job tracker.

The “Move” Feature is Confusing

WTTJ uses a “Move” button to update a job’s status, but the options don’t always make sense.

If a job is under “Interviewing”, why am I still seeing choices like:

• Saved Jobs

• Application Started

• Applied

At that point, the only relevant options should be:

• Offer Received

• Interviewed, No Offer

• No Response After Interview

• Withdrew Application

Same thing with the Offer Received section—there’s no way to mark that I declined an offer. If the company reaches out again months later, I might not even remember why I passed.

No Way to Track Declined or Withdrawn Offers

Let’s say I get an offer but decide not to accept it. Right now, WTTJ has an “Offer Accepted” section, but what if I didn’t take the job?

There’s no way to log declined offers, which means:

• I might forget that I already turned down a company

• If the same company reaches out again, I won’t remember why I passed

This could be fixed by expanding the Offer Accepted section to include:

• Left Voluntarily

• Laid Off

• Contract Ended

Having these options makes tracking past offers way more useful.

A Smarter Way to Track Jobs

The “My Jobs” section could be much more intuitive with a few small changes:

• A Closed Applications section for rejections and ghosted apps

• More logical Move options based on the job’s actual status

• Better tracking for job offers, whether accepted, declined, or withdrawn

I put together some quick mockups to show what this could look like.

Before:

After: