Weekly job-search plan workbook
Assign each of 35 weekly blocks an activity from a dropdown (finding roles, tailoring, follow-ups, interview preparation, conversations, learning, protected rest). Formulas count blocks used, tailoring blocks and rest blocks; the targets sheet sets the week's applications, follow-ups, interviews and conversations, with a Friday review line. It plans effort, not outcomes.
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What is inside
- Week plan sheet: five time blocks across seven days with an activity dropdown, plus counts of blocks used, tailoring blocks and rest blocks.
- This week sheet: planned and done columns for applications, follow-ups, interviews and conversations, and the Friday review.
- Seven activities in the dropdown: finding roles, tailoring an application, follow-ups and admin, interview preparation, networking or a conversation, learning, and protected rest.
How to use it
- Plan at least two tailoring blocks per application you intend to send.
- Protect rest blocks first; a search without them does not last.
- Fill the done column on Friday and write what to stop, start and continue.
Why it is built this way
- Blocks are activities rather than hours because the pattern of a week matters more than its total.
- Rest is a dropdown option so it is planned deliberately instead of being whatever is left.
Accessibility
The workbook uses a frozen header row, plain text labels and list dropdowns, with formulas only where a sheet calculates something; nothing depends on colour alone (shading only marks input cells). It is a standard .xlsx file whose structure was checked programmatically; it has not been tested in every spreadsheet application. This page lists every sheet and column.
Keep going
- Weekly job-search plan guide
- How many jobs to apply for each week
- Job-search fatigue
- Let Luceria sequence the week for each application
- Also: Follow-up planner workbook
- Also: Five-task preparation plan worksheet
Published 6 November 2026 · Files are generated from version-controlled source so every copy is identical. Drafted with AI assistance and checked against Luceria’s editorial standards.