diff --git a/jobs-core/src/job_info.rs b/jobs-core/src/job_info.rs
index b55ad80..8bf32d0 100644
--- a/jobs-core/src/job_info.rs
+++ b/jobs-core/src/job_info.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ impl NewJobInfo {
         &self.queue
     }
 
+    pub fn timeout(&self) -> i64 {
+        self.timeout
+    }
+
     /// Whether this job is ready to be run immediately
     pub fn is_ready(&self) -> bool {
         self.next_queue.is_none()
@@ -240,6 +244,16 @@ impl JobInfo {
                 && (self.updated_at + Duration::milliseconds(self.timeout)) < now)
     }
 
+    /// Get the status of the job
+    pub fn status(&self) -> JobStatus {
+        self.status.clone()
+    }
+
+    /// The the date of the most recent update
+    pub fn updated_at(&self) -> DateTime<Utc> {
+        self.updated_at
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn is_in_queue(&self, queue: &str) -> bool {
         self.queue == queue
     }
diff --git a/jobs-core/src/lib.rs b/jobs-core/src/lib.rs
index 67fe03d..0879577 100644
--- a/jobs-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/jobs-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -125,6 +125,31 @@ impl JobStatus {
     }
 }
 
+impl std::fmt::Display for JobStatus {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            JobStatus::Pending => write!(f, "Pending"),
+            JobStatus::Running => write!(f, "Running"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Eq, Hash, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd, thiserror::Error)]
+#[error("Invalid job status")]
+pub struct JobStatusError;
+
+impl std::str::FromStr for JobStatus {
+    type Err = JobStatusError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        match s {
+            "Pending" => Ok(JobStatus::Pending),
+            "Running" => Ok(JobStatus::Running),
+            _ => Err(JobStatusError),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
 /// Different styles for retrying jobs
 pub enum Backoff {