During a search, you will make contact with many employers, either through the letter-writing campaign, by telephone, or through personal interviews. To be most effective and make the best use of your limited time, you will need to establish some system of keeping a record of your activities.

By using a form, you will be able to keep track of the employers to whom you have written, when you did this, those with whom you conducted an interview, when, the outcome, when you received an offer of employment or a letter of rejection, when you followed up with other correspondence, etc. Using this form will assist you in determining the next step you should take to either keep this contact alive or close it off, and when to begin making other contacts.