CSV import/export is available in the web app. Open Reactive Resume in your browser to use it; the mobile app does not offer CSV import/export.
If you’ve been tracking your job search in a spreadsheet, you can bring it into Applications in one go. Save the sheet as CSV, paste or upload it, check how the columns were matched, and import. You can also export your applications to CSV at any time.
Import applications#
Open Import from CSV
In Applications, select the import/export button (the two arrows next to Save job), then Import from CSV…. If you have no applications yet, select Import from CSV on the empty page.
Add your rows
Select Upload .csv to choose a file, or paste rows into CSV data. The first row must be the column headings. Select Use sample to see an example.
Check the column matches
Under Columns, each heading from your file points to the field it goes into. Reactive Resume matches common headings automatically. Change any match with its menu, or choose Leave out to skip a column.
Review the summary
The summary says how many applications are ready to import, and how many rows or contacts will be skipped. Invalid stage, stage-date or posting-source values are listed by row; correct them or choose Leave out for that column before importing.
Import
Prepare your spreadsheet#
Each row becomes one application. Only Company and Role are required; rows missing either are skipped. Select Download them in the summary to get the skipped rows as a CSV file, fix them, and import them again.
These are the fields you can match columns to, with the headings that match automatically (capitals and extra spaces don’t matter):
| Field | Headings matched automatically | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Company, Employer, Organization | Required. |
| Role | Role, Title, Position, Job Title | Required. |
| Stage | Stage, Status | One of saved, applied, screening, interview, offer or closed. rejected is read as closed. Other nonempty values block import until corrected or left out. Rows without a stage import as Saved. |
| Stage date | Applied Date, Stage Date, Stage Entered At | The date the application entered its stage, as YYYY-MM-DD. Invalid nonempty dates block import. With no stage date, today’s date is used. |
| Location | Location | |
| Salary | Salary, Salary Range, Compensation | |
| Source | Source | Shows in the Insights sources chart. |
| Link | URL, Link, Job URL, Job Posting | The job posting’s address. |
| Notes | Notes, Note | |
| Tags | Tags | Separate tags with commas, semicolons or vertical bars, such as remote;unity. |
| Contact name, Contact role, Contact label, Contact email, Contact phone | Contact Name, Contact Role, Contact Type, Contact Email, Contact Phone | One contact per row. |
| Archived (closes it) | Archived | For files exported from older versions: true imports the application as closed. |
A contact needs a name, and its email must be a valid address. If not, the summary counts it as skipped and the application imports without it.
Here’s a small example:
Import large files#
Up to 500 applications import at a time. If your file has more, the summary says how many were left out. Split the file and import the rest separately.
After importing, use the List view’s checkboxes to tag, move or close many applications at once. See Tracking job applications.
Export applications to CSV#
Open Export to CSV
Choose what to export
Under Applications to export, choose Current filters (the applications matching your current search, closed ones included) or All applications (including closed).
Limit by date, if you like
Set Application date from and Application date to to export only applications from that period. Leave them empty to include every date.
Download
The file is named applications-YYYY-MM-DD.csv and opens in any spreadsheet app. It has these columns: Company, Role, Stage, Lane, Lane Category, Lane Closed Reason, Stage Date, Application Date, Location, Salary, Source, URL, Tags, Contacts, Notes, Closed Reason, Stage History, Timeline, Created At and Updated At.
Stage is always one of the standard stages, so other spreadsheets and older versions can read it. Lane is the name of your own stage, Lane Category what it counts as, and Lane Closed Reason its preset outcome, if any.
You can import an exported file again; most columns match automatically. When a file names stages (a Lane column), the Stages list asks where each one goes: one of your stages that counts the same, or Add “name” as a new stage. Matching names are suggested, but nothing imports until every stage has a choice, so no application quietly lands in the wrong stage. A stage that contradicts the row’s Stage value is listed as invalid. On a server without custom stages, the names aren’t kept and rows import with their standard stage. To download everything in your account, including documents, see Exporting your data.
Troubleshooting#
Some rows were skipped
Every row needs a company and a role. Check that those columns are matched under Columns, then fill in the missing values. Download them gives you the skipped rows.
A column wasn't recognized
Pick the right field from the column’s menu under Columns, or rename the heading in your file to one from the table above.
A stage or date didn't import
Use one of the stage values listed above, and write valid dates as YYYY-MM-DD, for example 2026-09-02. The error
names the row to correct. You can choose Leave out for a column when you intentionally want its default instead.
MCP clients can import applications too. See Managing applications with MCP.