Question:
My company wants their Job Application Form to be available online.
I was wondering if anyone has done this and what sorts of pitfalls are out
there that your experiences could help me avoid. As I'm not terribly
experienced at dynamic pages/form submission/and databasing, I'd rather not
repeat the mistakes/hazards others have encountered if I can avoid them.
Here are some of the things I'm up against:
-application form is divided into multiple sectons (10 in all)
-some sections are mandatory for all candidates, others are specific to the
type of employment sought
-want the ability to database applicant's information
-want the applicant to be able to view, check and correct their information
prior to submission
-send HR person an email with information from applicant upon submission of
form
-prevent multiple submissions from same applicant for the same job
-considering allowing applicants to visit site again and access or update
THEIR data for new positions
I'm trying to figure out a good way to do all or most of these things. Does
anybody have any experience with online job applications? Or good
suggestions on how to handle this project?
Answer:
built one for a hospital where the form took five hours to design as it
had so many different elements. We didn't write the information to a
database, as the field structure would have needed to be incredibly
complicated. Rather what happens is the following
Visitor fill outs form
Get shown entry on display page to check or change. The change is a back
button.
On submit FSO is used to create a webpage based on the forms value which is
stored in a particular directory, and the HR department is mailed with a
link to the page.
I would not recommend giving the person access to the application after it
has been submitted as it can cause all sorts of legal difficulties.
