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Online Job Applications

THANKS FOR VISITING OUR
ONLINE JOB APPLICATION


The Important Points:

   FAST START-UP
You can be up and running in one (1) day.

   BRANDING
The fast start-up includes your Logo on each page of
your version of our standard Job App.

   IT IS EASY TO PUT THE LINK ON YOUR WEBSITE
The hyperlink is easy to put on your website, and it can
carry a code to steer the Job App to the interested manager.

   NO UP-FRONT MONEY
This is one of the things we do.  If your company wants to
start, we would really like to provide you with our great
customer service.

   CUSTOMIZATION IS LOW COST
The generic Job App is branded to you, and asks for the
Identification, Education, Employment, Reference, and
Skill Set information that you want.  However, you can
request as much additional customization as desired to
have exactly the online Job App that you want.

   USE OUR CLIENT INTERFACE
Included, is the use of our Client Interface to securely
store, review, and print your Job Apps --- and store your
online Interview Notes too if you want to.

   OR, HAVE EACH JOB APP EMAILED TO YOU
The Job Apps can be sent to you upon completion
wherever you are.

   OR, CODE THE LINK ON YOUR WEBSITE
That way, each hiring manager can directly receive
the Job Apps intended for him or her.

   WE ALSO OFFER ONLINE IMAGING
Your candidates can fax their Resume, professional license,
or other work-related papers to our Imaging Server, and
the image will be stored as a companion report to their
Job App for your easy reference and retrieval.

   INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY EVEN FURTHER
With all the candidate's information stored for easy retrieval,
if you want to, you can do your FCRA compliant background
checking with just a few clicks of your mouse and the cost is
very modest.

   INEXPENSIVE
A        25 employee company is $ 3.25/week
A     200 employee company is $ 24.60/week
A 2,000 employee company is $ 181.30/week

   PROTECT YOUR COMPANY
Below we explain how a Job App is a Legal Document that
can save your organization lots of time and money in the
future.


DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
A REAL LIVE CLIENT DEMO ?


Just call us:  (972) 484-6140

We would like to show you how clients
are accepting Job Apps online, and saving
a lot of time and money by doing it.

The advantages are obvious !!!



Additional Insight Below:

You will be amazed at the terrific capability of our online Job Application.   There is no start-up cost, and no charge to have us brand the Job App to your organization with your logo and/or page header.   We can show you some impressive branded online Job Apps of current clients that are working wonderfully for them.   While you may not want any customization, it is quite inexpensive.

It is an easy matter to add the hyperlink of our Job App to your website --- or, you can use it from our website.   You can have a completed Job Application emailed to you, or you can use our Client Interface with your browser, keep your interview notes securely online if you want to, and perform background checks if you want to, with just a few clicks of your mouse.

When a candidate uses our Job App branded to your company, they will see a Job Application to complete that has your company name and logo.    The system parameters can also be set, if you want, such that you will get an Auto-Alert email telling you that another candidate has just completed his or her online Job Application.

Job Application forms are viewed by candidates as a pain at best.   But for employers, the Job Application can be your best legal defense.  Our Job Application controls which data fields you mandate must be filled-in.   Right away an applicant's approach to an online Job Application gives you a first impression about:

  how a candidate follows instructions
  their experience
  their mobility
  their education
  their candor
  their use of English
  their willingness to supply information
  their technical ability to use the Internet
  their willingness to stretch the truth
to make themselves look good
  and in general, how they expect to
approach getting a new job.

Using online Job Applications gives you additional advantages.    The software insures that all required fields are completed and very critical items such as SSN and DOB, if you want to solicit them at the Job App stage, are properly formatted.    Further, the system totals the employment history time and the residence history time as the entries are made so that if you request the most recent 5 or 7 years, that is what you will get.   In addition, the system formats the printed version of the Job Application and gives you readability and uniformity.   And, you can store your Interview Notes, at no additional charge, with the Job Application.

All job applications must be signed and dated so that they can be used in the future as legal documents.    Employers need to approach job applications as legal documents that are not only used at hiring time, but may be used again in the future if a problem with the employee arises.    In fact, having a good job application in the file can save an employer lots of time and expense in the future.

Your job application should begin with all the normal formalities like full legal name, other names or aliases, current address, phone numbers, job applied for, availability date, salary desired, and more.   Do not let candidates merely enter "negotiable" or some other neutral phrase where specific information is requested.

You must keep in mind that while is it legal to ask for this information, it is often illegal to disseminate it or to use it as decision criteria for your hiring.    Sex and Race are required for example in order to conduct criminal conviction histories in accordance with Federal law, but of course cannot be used to discriminate in the hiring process.

Your Job Application should also require residences for the past 7-10 years so that you know where your candidate has lived.    You will need this information for your background checking, and if the candidate ever causes you a problem as an employee, you will likely then wish you had the residence history of your candidate.

Your Job Application usually requires past employers for the past 7-10 years.   Insist on the information no matter how insignificant the job, so that you have a picture of continuity, achievement, growth in responsibility, salary progression, and industry experience.    Don't let a lazy or insincere candidate write "See Resume" in one of the blanks and assume that covers the past job history.

Your Job Application requests accurate "start" and "end" dates, supervisor's names, phone numbers, addresses, major tasks, past compensation, and other things that you will want to verify.   Don't let the candidate bluff you out of the information.    The way that the candidate handles this gives you a lot of insight into their laziness, candor, and willingness and ability to recall detail.    Further, every candidate knows that this detailed information is your key to discovering hidden problems.   If they hold back, you should wonder why.

The education portion of your job application should request all the normal information that it will take for you to verify the record.   This includes institution, city, state, degree, date awarded, and area of study.   If your company has a particular need for emphasis on education, you may also want to require department, major advisor, and phone number.   Your candidate should know this information or have it with them if they are seriously applying for a job in a specialty in which that kind of information is normally used for evaluation.

Finally, there are certain questions and statements that need to be in the signed Job Application.

  First, there is the question: "Have you ever been convicted of
a crime?" You want this so that you can check out any
affirmative answers, and if the answer is negative,
so that you have it as part of the signed application.

  Second, there is the statement: "If it is ever shown that any
information provided above is false, I understand and
agree that having provided that false information will
be grounds for my immediate termination."

  Third, you want the job application to expire if you
do not hire the person. It should contain the statement:
"I understand that this application will remain valid
and in force for the duration of my employment if I am
hired; however, it will only be valid for 60 days for
open positions that I am being considered for, after
which time period a new application must be completed."
There will be times when you will wish that you had a
timed-out Job Application.

Be sure that each candidate signs and dates the Job Application.    It is also important to say here that you need to do at least a preliminary verification of the person's identity by asking them to produce a photo ID, usually a valid driver's license.   You should be sure that they resemble the picture on the license, and attach a photocopy, no matter how bad a copy, to the Job Application.


RECRUITING
FAQs
What Is
   Important About
   Online Job Apps ?

Why gather
   Job Applications
   online ?

How Do I Collect
   Integrity Center
   Job Applications On
   My Own Website ?

What makes a Job
   Application an
   important legal
   document ?

How do online Job
   Apps get us better
   information ?

How do online Job
   Apps increase my
   productivity ?

Why keep interview
   notes online ?

Are the online
   interview notes
   multi-user ?