3 Time Management Tools to Organise Your Job Hunt

3 Time Management Tools to Organise Your Job Hunt Being on-time, fast  and persistent is vital  to an effective job hunt. Staying organised may be the way you stand out and  beat the  competition for your dream job. Do you have a set routine planned with your days dedicated to your job search? To make job hunting easier, we strongly recommend using time management tools to keep you focused and completing  important tasks in the correct order. It  will also be reassuring to be aware  that  youre  making  significant progress.  Be sure to  refer back to this checklist everyday! Wed love to hear how you keep  focused with your job search. Do you use any tools to stay  organised? Here are three vital time management applications  we recommend to optimise your job hunt: 1. Fantastical Fantastical is a quick and easy way of managing your calendar and reminders. With one click, you can open up Fantastical and see your schedule for the week or month. Fantastical also allows you to set reminders that you can attach to specific dates or leave as a simple checklist. Alarms can also be set to remind you of specific events. Also, Fantastical is brilliant  on iOS platforms, which automatically syncs with the Mac desktop application. Whilst Fantastical isnt free, its perhaps the best calendar app available on Apple devices  due to its versatility and stylish interface. Staying  organised with an effective calendar application is essential to productivity and remaining  focused. What calendar app do you use on your smartphone or computer? Let us know in the comments. 2. Trello Trello is a fantastic task management web tool, especially with users collectively working on a specific task.  Trello is simple to use with a lot of flexibility. Tasks you create in Trello are displayed in small cards, and then sorted in columns that you can customise. These columns display the progression of each task, from ideas to done. Everything is automatically synced to the cloud, so all users and devices are continually up-to-date on the latest project developments. You can write ideas, concepts or tasks to  be completed  onto  Trello cards. Cards also allow comments, photos, videos and PDFs to be attached, and you can include particular  users to work on specific tasks. A useful notification sidebar  indicates the latest actions made by all users. Keeping track of a collaborative projects progress is easier than ever with Trello. Checklists can also be added to cards  to ensure each smaller task is completed thats part of a bigger piece of work.  Boards can be customised to cater to anyones requirements, and you can even change the background image! Theres also a Trello app for smartphones, allowing you to manage your Trello whilst your away from the computer.  Have you tried Trello? Let us know in the comments! 3. Todoist Todoist places a strong emphasis on design. Simplicity is the main draw  of this task management application.  Its easy to keep everything in order with Todoists minimalist approach  and flexibility. Todoist claims to offer more features than any other to-do list meaning more customisation, organise tasks and optimise productivity. You can  add tasks by email and access tasks on iCalendar. Todoist also features sub-tasks, labels and the ability to colour coordinate content. You can also chat real-time to others when collaborating on projects. While Todoist is free to use, it also offers a  premium subscription thats  $28 ( £18) a year that gives you more abilities, such as notifications (either by  time or location), automatic backups, and the ability to add notes or file attachments.  There are a few lacking features, such as Apple Handoff support between iOS devices and Macs, but this feature  may  appear at some stage. With time management applications and tools, I advise trying  each tool to discover which one you prefer and stick with it for at least a month. Each user has different requirements from a task-management tool, so explore whats available  and find out which one suits your needs. For example, my requirements are based on it having multi platform support, ease of use and stylish simplicity. All three of these apps are perfect for my requirements. Staying organised with a job hunt is easier when using any one of these three apps. Do you use any of the applications mentioned? How do you stay on top of your tasks? Let us know in the comments! Image: Shutterstock