Your job hunt is a funnel. Track it like one.
The open-source job-tracker trend exists because pipelines beat vibes. Adjust your strategy below — the 3D funnel and the weeks-to-offer math update live. Drag to rotate.
The numbers behind the funnel
Baseline conversion rates
Cold online applications convert to recruiter screens at roughly 5–8%. Screens convert to full loops at ~35%, and loops to offers at ~20–25%. Multiply through: ~1 offer per 100–150 cold applications — which is why volume alone is exhausting.
Tailoring roughly doubles step one
Matching your resume's language to the job description (the thing "AI resume reviewers" automate) mostly affects the first gate: screen rates move from ~6% to ~12% because both ATS keyword filters and 7-second human skims see relevance immediately.
Referrals skip the worst gate
Referred candidates reach interviews at several times the cold-apply rate (studies put referral hire share at ~30–40% of all hires from ~7% of applicants). Each 10% of your pipeline moved to referrals is worth more than 20 extra cold applications.
Track four timestamps
Applied → first response → loop scheduled → decision. If first-response rate is under 8%, fix the resume, not the interview prep. If loops don't convert, drill the interview. A tracker turns anxiety into a diagnosable metric.