How to Set Up Your Job Pipeline in Erioun

Setting up a job application pipeline in Erioun takes about ten minutes, and it changes how the rest of your search feels. Instead of a messy mix of browser tabs, saved emails, and half-remembered deadlines, you get one board that shows every role and exactly where it stands. This walkthrough covers your first day: the stages, how to add roles, and how to move them as things move in real life.

The short version is this. You add a handful of jobs as Saved, decide which ones are worth real effort, prepare those, apply on the official site, and then track replies and interviews as they come. The pipeline does the remembering so you don't have to.

What you set up when you build a job application pipeline

A pipeline is just the path a job takes from the moment you spot it to the moment it ends, one way or another. Erioun gives that path a set of stages so you always know what's next.

Here are the stages, in order:

• Saved — a role you're interested in but haven't committed to yet.
• Preparing — you've decided to apply, and you're getting your CV and answers ready.
• Applied — your application is in.
• Assessment — a test, task, or screening step the employer asked for.
• Interview — you're talking to a human.
• Final Stage — last round, panel, or decision-making conversation.
• Offer — they said yes.

And three honest endpoints for everything that doesn't reach an offer: Rejected, Ghosted, and Archived.

That last group matters more than people expect. A job search produces a lot of dead ends, and pretending otherwise just clutters your view. Having a clear place to put a rejection or a role that went silent keeps your active stages focused on what's still alive.

If the whole idea of a candidate-side tool is new to you, it's worth reading what a candidate-side ATS is for the bigger picture. The pipeline is the part of that idea you touch every day.

Add your first few roles as Saved

Don't try to build a perfect, complete board on day one. Start with two or three jobs you genuinely care about.

For each role you save, Erioun keeps a few things together:

1. The role — title, company, and the link to the posting.
2. The CV version you'd use — so you always know which document went where.
3. A spot for replies, notes, and a follow-up date — empty for now, but ready.

Saving a role is a low-stakes decision. You're not committing to apply. You're parking it somewhere you'll actually see it again, which is more than most saved-job features on job boards manage. A bookmark on a job site tends to vanish into a list you never reopen.

Why attach a CV version this early? Because the version you pick is a clue about how well you match. When you later compare that CV to the job description with the CV Fit Score, you get a practical percentage signal and a list of missing keywords. It's a decision signal that helps you choose where to spend your energy, not a promise of an interview. A weak score on a role you loved tells you to either tailor the CV or let it go.

Move from Preparing to Applied

Once a Saved role looks worth real effort, drag it to Preparing. This is where the Application Workspace earns its keep.

In the workspace you can:

• Write down what the role actually needs and where you fit.
• Choose the right CV version for this specific job.
• Draft your answers to any application questions in advance.

Then you go to the official site and apply there yourself. Erioun does not submit anything for you, and it never will. The point of preparing inside Erioun is that you arrive at the employer's form already clear on what to say, instead of writing it cold in a tiny text box with a timeout.

When the application is in, move the role to Applied and set a follow-up date. A sensible default is somewhere around one to two weeks out, depending on the role. That date is the difference between a polite, well-timed nudge and a job you simply forgot about. If writing the nudge itself trips you up, a follow-up email after applying walks through what to say.

Handle the middle stages without overthinking

After Applied, the path stops being predictable, and that's fine. Some roles call you in for an interview the next day. Others send an assessment first. Some never reply at all.

Move each application to wherever it genuinely is:

• Got a coding test or take-home task? Move it to Assessment.
• Booked a call with a person? Interview.
• Reached the last round? Final Stage.

You don't owe the pipeline a tidy, linear journey. A role that jumps from Applied straight to Interview is normal. A role that sits in Applied for three weeks is also telling you something. If you're unsure whether silence means trouble, knowing a stalled application from normal waiting helps you read it.

One quiet advantage shows up here: the Email Hub. Erioun gives you alias-based addresses so replies from employers land connected to the right application. When a recruiter writes back, you're not searching your personal inbox at 11pm trying to remember which company this was. The message is already attached to the role it belongs to.

Keep the board honest with the endpoints

A pipeline only helps if it tells the truth. That means using the endpoints when the moment comes, not letting dead roles linger in Interview because looking at them stings less.

• Rejected — you got a no. Log it and move on. If the no lands hard, handling a job rejection is worth a read.
• Ghosted — a fair amount of time has passed after a follow-up with no word. Move it here so your active stages stay real.
• Archived — a role you're stepping away from, or one that's no longer relevant.

None of this deletes anything. The history stays. You can look back at which CV version got replies, which companies went quiet, and what you learned. That record is genuinely useful when you tailor your next application or update your CV.

When you've got more than a handful of roles in flight, the board stops being a list and becomes a dashboard. You can see at a glance that you have four in Applied, one in Assessment, and two interviews coming up. That picture is hard to hold in your head and impossible to keep in a spreadsheet you forget to update.

A simple first-week rhythm

Here's a routine that keeps the pipeline working without taking over your life:

1. Monday — add new roles as Saved. Check fit on the ones you like.
2. Midweek — prepare and apply to your best one or two. Set follow-up dates.
3. Any day — when a reply lands in the Email Hub, move the role to its new stage.
4. Friday — clear the dead ends. Mark rejections, ghosts, and archives.

Small and steady beats a frantic weekend of applying to forty jobs you'll never hear back about. If your search runs at high volume and you need a heavier system, organising a high-volume job search in Erioun goes deeper on managing dozens of roles at once.

The whole thing rests on a few principles worth saying plainly. Erioun doesn't auto-apply, doesn't scrape job boards or LinkedIn, and doesn't sell your data. It's an EU-based, GDPR-compliant tool from a Greek company, and you can export or delete everything whenever you want. The pipeline is yours, and it stays that way.

Start small and let it grow

You don't need a finished system to begin. Add two roles you care about, attach a CV version, and move them as life moves. By the end of your first week you'll have a board that quietly answers the question that usually keeps job seekers up at night: where do all my applications actually stand?

If you'd like to try it, you can set up your job application tracker and start a 14-day free trial. Begin with a single role, see how the stages feel, and build from there. The AI features like CV Fit Score are metered by credits, but setting up your pipeline and tracking applications is the core you'll use every day. And if you ever want a human in your corner for the CV or interview itself, the Kaeros sibling service is there as an option, not a requirement.