How to Save LinkedIn and Indeed Jobs to a Tracker in One Click
Stop copying job titles into a spreadsheet. A browser extension can read the posting for you and file it, company and all, in one click.
You find a good posting on LinkedIn. You open your spreadsheet, copy the title, copy the company, guess at the salary, paste the link, and by the time you're done the next posting has scrolled past. Multiply that by fifty applications and the tracking becomes the job. Here is the faster way.
What a one-click save actually does
A browser extension runs inside the page you're looking at, so it can read what you read: the title, the company, the location, the salary if it's shown, the deadline, the description and the requirements. JobEJ's extension sends that to your tracker, which creates the job and the company (with its website, headquarters and size when the page mentions them) and marks the job as prospecting. Total effort on your side: one click on the JobEJ icon and one on Save this page.
Why the browser matters
LinkedIn, Indeed and most large boards block automated visitors, so a tool that tries to fetch the page from a server gets nothing. An extension doesn't fetch anything: it reads the page your browser already loaded, logged in as you. That's why it works on every job board and on any company's careers page, including the ones with heavy bot protection.
Setting it up (once)
- Install the JobEJ extension from the Chrome Web Store and pin it (Chrome hides new extensions behind the puzzle icon).
- In JobEJ, open Dashboard → Extension and create a token. It is shown once; copy it.
- Click the JobEJ icon in Chrome, paste the token, press Connect. You'll see 'Connected as' your email.
- Open any job posting, click the icon, choose Save this page. The job appears in your tracker within a few seconds.
What happens to duplicates
Save the same posting twice and the extension tells you it's already in your tracker instead of creating a second copy. The posting's address is the key, so the same job found through two different searches still counts once.
A habit that pays off
Save everything that looks interesting, even if you're not sure you'll apply. Saving costs one click; deciding can wait for the evening. When you do apply, change the status and the job moves along your pipeline. Postings expire, but your copy of the description stays, which matters when the interview comes three weeks later and the original page is gone.