# Tracking job applications
> Save a job you are applying to, pick the resume you will send, and follow it from saved to offer in Hiresweep.
**Applications** is where you keep every job you are applying to. Each job gets its own page with the posting, how well your resume matches it, the resume you will send, the application itself and your notes.
Open it from **Applications** in the dashboard sidebar, under **Job search**.
Reading a posting, scoring your resume, tailoring it and writing a cover letter use AI actions. Saving a job,
choosing a resume, setting a status and writing notes don't. See [Plans and usage](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/plans-and-usage).
## Add a job
There are two ways to add a job:
- **Paste a link.** Select **Add job** in the top right of **Applications**, paste the posting's full address into **Job link** and select **Add job**. The link must be a public web address.
- **From Discover.** Select **Add job** on a match. See [Discovering jobs](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/discovering-jobs).
Hiresweep saves the job and opens its page. Adding a link you are already applying to opens that application instead of a new one. If the earlier application was closed (rejected, withdrawn or ghosted), you get a new one.
A job added from a pasted link starts without a resume; choose one on its page. A job added from Discover uses the resume you searched with.
## How an application moves forward
Each application page shows five steps along the top:
| Step | What it means |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Saved** | You added the link. The posting hasn't been read yet. |
| **Reviewed** | The posting was read, and your chosen resume was scored against it if you had chosen one. |
| **Ready** | You have a resume to send, optionally tailored to the posting, and a cover letter if you want one. |
| **Applied** | The application was sent. |
| **In process** | The employer is responding: screening, interviews or an offer. |
When there is an obvious next step, the page header shows it as the main button: **Review** for a saved job, **Tailor** once it is reviewed and has a resume, and **Go to apply** when it is ready.
### Review and score
The first time you open a saved job, Hiresweep reads the posting on its own, and scores your resume against it if one is chosen. The **Match** card shows a score out of 100 and, under **Missing**, the keywords the posting asks for that your resume never uses. Without a resume, it shows **No match score** until you choose one and select **Score**.
- **Review** reads the posting again, for example after the employer updated it.
- **Score** rescores your resume against the posting already read, for example after you edited your resume.
Each uses one AI action.
### Choose the resume you will send
Open the **Resume** menu and choose one of your resumes. Everything that follows (the score, the tailored copy, the application) uses it. You can change it until the application is sent, except while an application run is going. Each resume keeps its own score, so switching back brings its score back. After sending, the menu becomes **Applied with** and shows the resume that went out.
### Tailor and write a cover letter
On the **Ready** step, **Tailor** writes a copy of your resume rewritten for this posting, and the **Cover letter** card writes a letter for it. See [Tailoring and cover letters](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/tailoring-and-cover-letters).
### Apply
On the **Applied** step, select **Fill in my browser** and Hiresweep fills in the employer's form in your browser. You can also start an application in Hiresweep's own browser from the applications list. See [Applying to jobs](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/applying-to-jobs).
## Status
The status badge in the page header is a menu. Select it to set the status by hand:
| Status | Use it when |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Saved** | You only saved the job. |
| **Reviewed** | The posting has been read and scored. |
| **Ready** | You are ready to apply. |
| **Needs action** | An application run stopped and needs you. |
| **Applied** | You sent the application, through Hiresweep or yourself. |
| **Screening** | A recruiter is screening you. |
| **Interview** | You are interviewing. |
| **Offer** | You received an offer. |
| **Rejected** | The employer said no. |
| **Withdrawn** | You pulled out. |
| **Ghosted** | The employer stopped responding. |
Hiresweep also shows **Reviewing**, **Tailoring** and **Applying** while it works on a step. You can't pick those yourself.
**Rejected**, **Withdrawn** and **Ghosted** close the application, and the outcome is shown next to the steps along the top.
## Notes and posting details
The **About this job** card on the side of every step holds:
- **Notes**: recruiter names, interview times, questions you were asked or salary figures. Notes save when you click outside the box.
- **Posting**: the company, location, job type, salary and posting date Hiresweep read from the posting.
## The applications list
The list shows every application with its match score, role, status, the resume it will send (the tailored copy, unless you chose the original) and when it last moved.
### Filter by stage
The row of tiles above the list filters it by stage. Each tile shows how many applications are in it:
| Tile | Caption |
| ---------------- | ------------ |
| **Saved** | Check fit |
| **Reviewed** | Tailor next |
| **Ready** | Apply next |
| **Needs action** | Run stopped |
| **Applied** | Waiting |
| **In process** | Interviewing |
| **Closed** | No action |
Use **Match** to keep only jobs scoring 50+, 70+ or 85+, and **Clear filters** to show everything again.
### Act from the list
Rows that are ready for their next step have a button for it:
- **Tailor** on a reviewed job tailors your resume in the background. A message with **Open** appears when it is done.
- **Apply** on a ready job starts an application in Hiresweep's browser in the background. When you have no hosted submits left, or the employer's site needs you to sign in, it opens the application page instead. See [Applying to jobs](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/applying-to-jobs).
Select a row to open its page.
## Delete an application
Open the **…** menu in the job page's header, or the row's actions menu in the list, select **Delete** and confirm. The application and everything kept about it are removed. This can't be undone. The posting is also removed when no other application of yours uses the same link.
## Troubleshooting
Only public web addresses are accepted. Links to `localhost` and private network addresses are refused. A link
that redirects to one is caught when the posting is read, and the review fails.
Review is disabled while Hiresweep is working on the application. If the page says **AI isn't available right
now**, try again later.
Some job boards block automated readers or show the posting only after you sign in, and the page says why the
review failed. Open the posting in your browser to confirm it is public, then select **Review** again.
The application was deleted, or the link belongs to a different account. Select **Back to applications** to see
the ones you have.