Puvio
· Written by the Puvio team · Deepam, founder · Corrections · Start free
Steps
Check the posting is still open
If it closed, do not chase it. If it is open, a portal "checking in" email is optional and weak.
Find an alum or someone on the team
School, prior employer, or people already on that team. Do not bet the follow-up on guessing the exact hiring manager.
Send a note with homework on day 0
Role name, one line from your record, one line about their work, a small ask. Copy a Puvio draft if you used it. Send it yourself.
Wait about a week. One bump. Then stop
If they never replied, one short bump. A third note is how you become spam. Puvio does not auto-send and will not sequence for you.
Day 0, day 7, then stop
| When | Where | What to send | What to skip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 0 | Alum or someone on the team | Role, one win, their work, small ask | Just checking in on my application |
| Day 7 | Same thread, only if silence | One line bump. New fact or none | A second PDF, a new novel |
| After day 7 | Nowhere on this name | Stop. Pick another posting or name | A third poke, a sequence tool |
| Portal | ATS follow-up form | Only if policy requires a packet update | Using the form as your only follow-up |
Most "application received" mail is a machine. A second click into Workday is a second row. Recruiters are not waiting for your nudge. They are clearing a queue that was full before you applied.
The person who can move you is on the team or an alum who will refer. That is a different inbox. Treat the portal as filing. Treat the note as the follow-up.
The role, in their language from the posting. One concrete line from your work. One concrete line from theirs. A small ask: referral, intro, or fifteen minutes.
Skip "just following up on my application." They can see you applied if they care. The note has to earn a new reason to care.
Day 0 is the day you decide the portal is not going to talk. It can be the same day you applied. It should not be week six of refreshing the status column.
Day 7 is one bump to the same person, only if they never replied. Add a new fact if you have one. If you do not, keep it to one sentence. Then stop. Find another name or close the card.
Daniel Cho used this loop after a layoff instead of a nineteenth Easy Apply. Two replies in nine days. Story: puvio.app/stories/after-the-layoff
Save the posting you already applied to. Fit, company research, and ranked contacts sit on that card. Paste a LinkedIn URL if you already have a name. Puvio drafts the follow-up in your voice. Critic pass. You copy and send.
No sequences. No auto-send. If you need a tool that nags people for you, that is a different product, and it is how accounts get restricted.
One sentence on the same thread. "Wanted to bump this in case it got buried. Still happy to send a two-liner if a referral is realistic. If not, all good." Then stop.
Do not bump if they already said no, if the posting closed, or if you already have an offer elsewhere and you are only poking out of habit. Pick another live posting. Easy Apply silence is a different page: puvio.app/answers/why-linkedin-easy-apply-no-response