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Job Applications

Job applications are the core of Nico. Each one represents a position you’re interested in or actively pursuing.

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Creating an application

The fastest way to add an application is to paste the job posting URL. Click New Application — you’ll get a single URL field. Nico fetches the page, detects the ATS (Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, Workday, Personio, Oracle Recruiting, and dozens more), and pre-fills every field it can extract:
  • Job title and company
  • Location and work mode
  • Salary range, currency, and pay period
  • Employment type
  • Posted date and full job description
Review the parsed fields, edit anything that’s off, and save. New applications start in Draft status by default.
Parsing works best with a direct link to the posting (the page you’d apply on), not a search-results or careers-homepage URL.
If you found the posting via Job Search, you can add it as an application directly from the job detail page — no copy-paste needed. The same parser output that powers Job Search is reused, so creation is instant.

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Fill in manually

If you don’t have a URL (or parsing didn’t pick up what you needed), click Create without URL on the New Application screen for the full manual form:

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Import from a spreadsheet

Already tracking applications in a spreadsheet? Import your whole history at once via CSV — including past applications, interviews, and outcomes, so your statistics start with your real track record. See Importing Job Applications.

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Proposed by AI

When an AI agent adds a job for you, it arrives as a Proposed application. You’ll see it in the Draft column of your kanban board. From there you can:
  • Accept it — move it to Draft and start preparing your application
  • Apply directly — skip Draft and move straight to Applied
  • Dismiss it — withdraw the proposal if you’re not interested

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Viewing applications

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Kanban board

The kanban board shows your applications in five columns matching the status categories:
  1. Draft — Proposed and draft applications
  2. Applied — Submitted and acknowledged applications
  3. Interviewing — Phone screens, interviews, and final rounds
  4. Offer — Offers and negotiations
  5. Finished — Hired, rejected, and withdrawn
Drag and drop cards between columns to update their status.

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List view

The list view shows all applications in a filterable table. You can filter by:
  • Status or category
  • Company
  • Date range

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Application details

Click any application to see its full details:
  • Status timeline — Every status change with timestamps
  • Interviews — Scheduled and past interviews
  • Notes — Your notes and AI agent notes
  • Company info — Company details and other applications at the same company

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Editing an application

Click the edit button on any application to update its details. You can change all fields except the company (to change the company, create a new application).

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Updating status

Change an application’s status by:
  • Dragging on the kanban board
  • Using the status dropdown in the detail view
  • Clicking a transition button — Nico shows only the valid next steps
See Statuses & Transitions for all available status changes.