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Geetika Kaushal

Our fundraising director feels that we should do away with application form for roles in his department.

The logic of consistency does not appeal to him, as he feels there are so many fundraising jobs in market and he would rather provide ease of application to potential candidates.

Any more evidence based reason in favor of using a application form as opposed to CV.

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  • Hi Geetika

    My experience is that the more senior fundraising roles can be very hard to fill and having to complete an application form would be enough to make many potential candidates in this profession decide not to bother. I have the same perception as your fundraising director: in fundraising there are a lot of recruiters chasing a fairly small group of potential recruits. If you work for one of the very big name charities, that in itself may be sufficient to overcome the perceived barrier of the application form as fundraisers will want to get your organisation’s name on their CVs. If you are a smaller charity or work in a less popular sector, you had better be offering a generous reward package.

    This is one of those occasions where HR could come across as the ivory tower department so well done you for asking if there is any evidence before you go back with your advice. Consistency does not justify running a recruitment process that puts off candidates in a job-hunters’ market. I would ditch the application form.
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  • Hi Geetika

    My experience is that the more senior fundraising roles can be very hard to fill and having to complete an application form would be enough to make many potential candidates in this profession decide not to bother. I have the same perception as your fundraising director: in fundraising there are a lot of recruiters chasing a fairly small group of potential recruits. If you work for one of the very big name charities, that in itself may be sufficient to overcome the perceived barrier of the application form as fundraisers will want to get your organisation’s name on their CVs. If you are a smaller charity or work in a less popular sector, you had better be offering a generous reward package.

    This is one of those occasions where HR could come across as the ivory tower department so well done you for asking if there is any evidence before you go back with your advice. Consistency does not justify running a recruitment process that puts off candidates in a job-hunters’ market. I would ditch the application form.
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