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▶Job Search System + ATS Resume Templates
Track every application in one place, prepare for every round, and see each offer as a paycheck, not just a salary.
Thirty applications in, the spreadsheet says "applied" and nothing else, and the offer letters talk in salaries when the rent is paid from paychecks.
- Six ATS resume templates in Word: Classic, Modern and Two-Column Look, each one-page and two-page, one column underneath with real headings and no tables or text boxes
- A cover letter, a reference sheet and four follow-up email templates, also as Google Docs copies
- A Pipeline for 300 applications where one STAGE dropdown drives every count, with follow-up dates and the most overdue first
- An Interviews tab for every round: date, format, interviewer, prep status, thank-you sent and outcome
- Up to four offers side by side: total comp for year one, PTO value, hourly equivalent and estimated take-home per paycheck
- A Pay Calculator with the 2026 federal brackets and standard deductions, a planning rate for every state and DC, Social Security and Medicare
- A Dashboard with applications, this week, response rate, interviewing, offers, days searching and applications by week
- A fillable Interview Prep Kit: five STAR story cards, 60 questions by round, 10 questions to ask and the follow-up email, on US Letter and A4
Overview
Track every application in one place, prepare for every round, and see each offer as a paycheck, not just a salary.
Thirty applications in, the spreadsheet says "applied" and nothing else, and the offer letters talk in salaries when the rent is paid from paychecks.
This system keeps the whole search in one tracker and turns every offer into what lands in the bank. In the invented sample search, three offers sit side by side: Offer B is worth the most on paper, $9,820 a year more than Offer A, and pays the least per paycheck, an estimated $2,411 against Offer A's $2,482. Raise Offer A's base salary from 95,000 to 102,000 and its take-home reads $2,650 and its total comp $128,880.
What's Included
One ZIP, 17 files:
- Six resumes in Word: Classic, Modern and Two-Column Look, each as a one-page and a two-page file
- A cover letter, a reference sheet and a file of four follow-up email templates in Word
- The Job Application Tracker, Colorful edition, with eight tabs: Start Here, Setup, Pipeline, Interviews, Offers, Pay Calculator, Dashboard and Help; the same workbook in the Editorial palette, and a zip holding the Colorful, Light and Dark editions
- The Interview Prep Kit as a fillable PDF on US Letter (14 pages) and A4 (13 pages), 129 fields
- A PDF with the Google Sheets copy of the tracker and the Google Docs copies of the nine Word files
- A two page Quick-Start PDF and a START-HERE file that names every file
Key Benefits
Why this one
All six resumes are one column underneath: real Word headings, plain paragraphs, dates on a tab stop, no tables and no text boxes. The Two-Column Look gets its look from shaded bands, not columns, and every file reads back in the order it was written.
Company, role, source, date applied, stage, next action, follow-up date, contact and salary range, one row each. Change a STAGE and the counts, the response rate and the dashboard follow.
Type the base, bonus, signing bonus, equity, retirement match and benefits for up to four offers. Offers works out total comp for year one and an estimated take-home per paycheck for each, side by side.
Write five STAR stories once, then work through the 15 questions for the phone screen, the hiring manager, the panel or the final round, with an answer box under each.
The Pay Calculator shows every tax line: federal brackets, the state rate, Social Security and Medicare. Every rate is an amber cell you can check against your own pay stub.
Who It's For
Built for
- A job seeker sending applications every week who wants every company, stage and follow-up date in one tracker
- Someone changing jobs or careers who wants a clean, ATS-safe resume to type over in Word or Google Docs
- Someone with an interview coming who wants their stories and answers written down round by round
- Someone holding two or three offers who wants to compare them on total comp and on the paycheck
How It Works
Up and running in minutes
Choose Classic, Modern or Two-Column Look, one page or two, and type over the sample in Word, Google Docs or Pages.
Type your name, target role and start date on Setup, then log each application on Pipeline and set its STAGE.
Write your five STAR stories in the Interview Prep Kit, answer the questions for your next round, and log it on Interviews.
Type each offer on Offers and read total comp and take-home per paycheck side by side, with the settings from Pay Calculator.
Why It's Different
Not another template
Most resume listings sell one Word file. This is the whole search: six ATS-safe resumes in three layouts, the letters and follow-up emails, a tracker that counts every stage and flags every follow-up, an interview kit with 60 questions by round, and an offer comparison that shows what each offer pays per paycheck, not just what it is worth on paper. The paycheck is a planning estimate with every tax line shown, and it says so.
Delivery & Compatibility
Instant, and it opens in what you already use
As soon as your order is complete you get instant access to download the ZIP: six resumes and three letter files in Word, the Job Application Tracker in four color editions, the Interview Prep Kit on Letter and A4, the Google Sheets and Google Docs copy links, a two page Quick-Start PDF and a START-HERE file. Start with the Quick-Start guide and the free video walkthrough. Nothing ships and nothing installs.
One ZIP, instant download. The resumes and letters open in Word 2016 or later, Google Docs or Pages; the tracker in Excel 2016 or later or Google Sheets through the copy link; the Interview Prep Kit in Adobe Acrobat Reader (free), Preview or most browsers. On a phone, use the Google Docs and Google Sheets apps with your copies. No Canva, no macros, no account and nothing to install.
FAQ
Questions, answered
What format is this?
Nine Word (.docx) files, one workbook (.xlsx) in four color editions, and the Interview Prep Kit as a fillable PDF on US Letter and A4, with a quick-start PDF, a START-HERE file and the Google copies PDF. 17 files in one ZIP.
Does it work in Google Docs and Google Sheets?
Yes. Open ACCESS-YOUR-TEMPLATE.pdf and click Make a copy for the tracker or any of the nine Word files, or upload the .docx and .xlsx files to Google Drive. The resumes also open in Pages.
Will the resumes get through an applicant tracking system?
They follow the common parser-safe rules: one column, real headings, plain paragraphs and bullet lists, and no tables or text boxes. Every file reads back in the order it was written. Applicant tracking systems differ, so keep that structure when you edit.
Is there a Canva version?
No. The resumes are Word files that also open in Google Docs and Pages. No Canva account is needed.
What does the tracker work out?
The count at every stage, applications this week, response rate, days searching, follow-ups due, interview rounds ahead with prep status, applications by week, replies by source, and total comp and take-home per paycheck for every offer.
Is the take-home figure exact?
No. It is a planning estimate from the 2026 federal brackets, one planning rate for your state, Social Security and Medicare. It leaves out credits, itemizing, local taxes and bonus withholding. Verify it against a real pay stub and your state.
The pay and tax figures are estimates for planning, not filing figures and not tax advice. The 2026 federal brackets, the standard deductions and the Social Security wage base are pre-filled from the IRS and the SSA; the state table carries one planning rate per state, rounded for a graduated state. Verify every rate against your own pay stub and your state, and update the amber cells each January. Offers taxes base salary only, and bonuses and stock are withheld differently. Applicant tracking systems differ, and Pages may paginate a line differently from Word and Google Docs. Priya Castellanos and every employer and figure in the sample were invented for the example. The four color editions are separate files. Digital product; because the files are delivered instantly, all sales are final.
