Job Application
After finding a desirable position, you would then apply for the job by responding to the employer's ad and fill up a job application. This could mean delivering, faxing, emailing or mailing in a hard copy of your job application to a prospective employer. Therefore, you must have your CV or resume ready. Click on how to write a resume link, if you do not know how to do it. Alternatively, you may use one of resume writing services or CV writing services.
Filling Up of Job Application
If you are filling up the job application on the web site it is difficult to miss and fill a required box as such forms usually are made as self-diagnostic. However, you must be careful about spellings and grammar.
If you are filling up a printed job application form by hand at home or in the recruiter / employer office, be careful. Often such job application forms are used to assess the candidate attention to detail.
I some countries like France for example, approximately 80% of French employers use graphology in the job application process to assess applicant’s character.
Job Application - Preparation for Sending
Most of all job recruiters use the electronic applicant screening and tracking technology.
By using this document imaging technology, job recruiters can scan your job application into a computer system and keep it "active" for years. Then the job recruiter can search for just about anything in your job application. You could be qualified and considered for jobs of which you even never thought.
Mailing
of a Job Application
This day’s most of all job recruiters accept job applications and resumes via email only.
Make your job application scannable and provide the cleanest original.
- Use good quality plain white 8 1/2" x 11" or A4 paper,
- Use a minimum 12 font size,
- Print on one side only,
- Provide a laser printer original if possible.
Send printed originals by regular mail or courier in large envelopes because folded or otherwise mutilated printed documents will not scan well.
Job Application Faxing
Fax also is not a good idea because it will degrade print quality of job application, making the scan of your job application difficult.
However, the recipient will get a better quality copy, when you set the fax to a "Fine Mode".
Job Application Delivering
You may deliver your job application by hand if an employer or job recruiter is close by. There is an advantage to do so as you can have an opportunity to talk directly to a recruiter and obtain some more information about job you applying for and future job opportunities.
In addition, you may use courier services but you will lose the occasion of personal contact with future employer.
Job Application Emailing
This is the best method. We recommend that you email both, a resume or CV and a cover letter.
You should apply on line because:
- It is fast.
- It is inexpensive. It is cheaper, per resume, then the cost of a postal stamp!
- It is easy by sending your job application right from your computer desktop.
- It is preferred because most of recruitment consultants keep electronic files on candidates.
- It works. Many job recruiters would accept your job application only as an email.