{"id":"pro-job-application-deadline-list","audience":"job-seekers","category":"planning","technique":"grounding","title":"Sort your job applications by deadline after updates","free":false,"task":"You're applying to several jobs and want one list of what's due. You want exactly 4 numbered lines sorted by deadline, each as deadline - company - what to submit, under 55 words, plain text. Drop the posting that closed early and use the extended deadline from the other update. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your tracker and emails (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"My application tracker - January\n\n- Riverside Library District - Program Assistant - resume + cover letter - due Jan 16\n- Harbor Point Insurance - Claims Assistant - online application + typing test... (test link in email) - due Jan 20\n- Brightmoor Hospital - Patient Access Rep - resume + 3 references - due Jan 23\n- Cobalt Ridge Partners - Ops Analyst - resume + writing sample - due Jan 27\n- Elm Street Credit Union - Member Services - resume only - due Jan 30\n\nEmail from Riverside Library (Jan 9): \"Due to a high number of applicants, we have closed this posting early.\"\nEmail from Brightmoor (Jan 10): \"We've extended our deadline to Feb 3.\"\n\nNotes: buy printer ink. Ask Prof. Lee to be a reference.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":55},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Keeping the closed posting","why":"Riverside is first in your tracker.","fix":"Add: \"Drop Riverside, it closed.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing the extension","why":"Jan 23 is in the tracker.","fix":"Add: \"Brightmoor extended to Feb 3.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not re-sorting","why":"The AI keeps the tracker order after changing Brightmoor's date.","fix":"Add: \"Sort by deadline after applying the updates.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Letting the AI pick the layout","why":"The AI makes a table.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines, plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText","r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 55 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each line under 9 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b"]},{"label":"Drops the closed job","patterns":["riverside","closed","drop"]},{"label":"Uses the extension","patterns":["feb(ruary)? 3","extend","brightmoor"]},{"label":"Sorts by deadline","patterns":["sort","deadline","earliest"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Two emails changed your tracker. Tell the AI what to drop, what moved, and to sort after.","rubricLabels":["Lines are sorted by deadline: Jan 20 Harbor Point, Jan 27 Cobalt Ridge, Jan 30 Elm Street, Feb 3 Brightmoor","Brightmoor uses the extended Feb 3 deadline (not Jan 23), and Riverside Library (closed) is left out","Each line says what to submit (for example 'resume + writing sample'), and the printer ink and reference note are left out"]}