What do you do in the 48 hours after you apply?

Hour 0: put the posting on Job Tracker with the URL. Hour 24: move the card to Applied and set a follow-up date. Hour 48: follow up, wait with that date, or Close Job. FluxResume does not send the follow-up for you, and a closed tab is not a record.

• Hour 0 is capture: company, title, posting URL, and the resume you sent.
• Hour 24 is truth: stage Applied, date applied, follow-up date on the card.
• Hour 48 is a decision: send a short follow-up, wait with that date, or Close Job.
• Contacts you spoke to belong on the job, not in a separate inbox you will not reopen.
• Nothing in FluxResume emails you when the date comes due.
• Silence after two days is not a rejection signal by itself.

The six fields that belong on every card are in how to track 20+ job applications without losing track. The daily habit that keeps those fields honest is what an organised job search looks like day to day.

The 48-hour loop​

Hour 0 happens before you close the posting. Add the job in Pipeline if it is not already there. Attach the resume you actually sent. If you found the role outside FluxResume, Add Job is the path; roles you saved from Job Search should already be on the board.

Hour 24 is the stage check. If you submitted, the card is Applied, not Bookmarked. Date applied is what makes later silence measurable. The follow-up date is a note you set yourself from list view or the job timeline.

Hour 48 is a choice, not a ritual. Follow up only if you have a real contact or a portal that accepts a note. Otherwise leave the date and wait. If the posting vanished or you would not take the role, Close Job on the job detail status bar.

People you already emailed belong in Contacts. Product entry: https://fluxresume.io/job-tracker/.

Common questions​

Do you follow up with every application after two days?​

No. Follow up when you have a name, a recruiter thread, or a portal that takes a short note. A generic “just checking in” to a no-reply inbox is not a next action. Set the date anyway so the wait is visible on the card.

What if you applied and never saved the job?​

Recreate the card the same day if you still have the URL. Without the URL you cannot prove what you sent or when. That is why Hour 0 is capture, not a Friday cleanup.

Does FluxResume remind you at hour 48?​

No. The follow-up date sits on the job. Due people surface in the Follow Up column of Contacts. No email, no push, no calendar write. If you need a ping, it comes from your own calendar.

When do you Close Job this early?​

When the posting is gone, the role is a mismatch you would not take, or you applied to the wrong requisition. Closing is cheaper than leaving a dead card in Applied that you keep rereading.