WP Job Manager Applications creates a job_application post for every submission, with cover letter, resume URL, and status saved in postmeta. The default screen shows that data as a basic CPT list, which means anyone hiring for more than two roles spends time clicking into individual applications to check context or change stages.

SleekView Charts treats the job_application post type as a chart source. A Number card pins total applications over a hiring window. A Pie shows applications by stage (new, screening, interview, offer, rejected). A Bar ranks open roles by applicant volume. An Area plots applications per week so a promising lead-gen channel or a stalled posting shows up as a curve, not a guess.

The dashboard shares filters with the table view: scope to a single role and stage, set a date range, and every chart card updates together. The hiring team gets a single board that answers the questions a paginated CPT list cannot.

The Applications add-on does its job well: every submission becomes a job_application post with the right context attached. What it does not do is summarise the funnel. The default screen is built for triaging individual candidates, not for answering questions like "how many offers are in flight across all roles this quarter" or "which postings have stalled".

Teams without a dedicated ATS answer those questions by exporting to a spreadsheet and losing track of which copy is current. SleekView Charts reads the same job_application data the table view reads, pivots the postmeta the plugin already writes, and lets a few cards do the summarising. The plugin keeps owning the candidate record, and the chart view finally gives recruiters and hiring managers a board they can actually run hiring from.