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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,

    I love these kind of questions:
    Indeed's research found that companies with 45 or more screener questions during applications are losing the vast majority, or 88.7%, of their potential applicants who abandon the process before completion. Now - just counting contact details tends to equal 11 on its own (if address is separated out to first line, town, county, post code). And what have you learnt after 10 questions? Not a lot.

    Having an application form means your pool is purely those with the available time to complete - not necessarily the top talent. Quote "You’re just going to be choosing from people who are desperate enough to go through your application process."

    Source: blog.indeed.com/.../

    I, for one, fundamentally cannot stand it when I have perservered through an application form (which as David P quite rightly points out asks me to repeat information clearly listed on my CV) to then hear nothing back from the company for my effort - or even worse an automated email response rejecting my application - I have gone to the effort of following your process, the least you can do is respond personally.

    Sending a CV I already have is quick, and painless, and if I really want the job I'll include a cover letter that highlights why I think I'm right for the job so you can see my thought-process too. I don't mind a quick response when my application has been just as quick :-)

    Also, research conducted in America showed that those niche roles want to deal with people - not an ATS or application form. Source: www.businessnewsdaily.com/5732-online-job-application-problems.html

    I think your Fundraising director is on the right track here.

    Kind regards,
    Laura
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  • Hi Geetika,

    I love these kind of questions:
    Indeed's research found that companies with 45 or more screener questions during applications are losing the vast majority, or 88.7%, of their potential applicants who abandon the process before completion. Now - just counting contact details tends to equal 11 on its own (if address is separated out to first line, town, county, post code). And what have you learnt after 10 questions? Not a lot.

    Having an application form means your pool is purely those with the available time to complete - not necessarily the top talent. Quote "You’re just going to be choosing from people who are desperate enough to go through your application process."

    Source: blog.indeed.com/.../

    I, for one, fundamentally cannot stand it when I have perservered through an application form (which as David P quite rightly points out asks me to repeat information clearly listed on my CV) to then hear nothing back from the company for my effort - or even worse an automated email response rejecting my application - I have gone to the effort of following your process, the least you can do is respond personally.

    Sending a CV I already have is quick, and painless, and if I really want the job I'll include a cover letter that highlights why I think I'm right for the job so you can see my thought-process too. I don't mind a quick response when my application has been just as quick :-)

    Also, research conducted in America showed that those niche roles want to deal with people - not an ATS or application form. Source: www.businessnewsdaily.com/5732-online-job-application-problems.html

    I think your Fundraising director is on the right track here.

    Kind regards,
    Laura
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