Does anyone else think that job application forms have gone slightly OTT? It used to be a covering letter in which you outlined your vision for inspiring the next generation with a love of learning for life alongside why you would personally be the most excellent person ever to deliver that goal in the Joe Blogs Comp in question accompanied by an application form in which you filled in your mundane contact/history details. I've been applying for jobs lately that want me to fill out a covering letter and a form full of extra boxes that essentially seem to want me to outline all the things which I have already put in the covering letter such as duties and responsibilities for every job I've ever had plus reasons for leaving, why I think I will particularly enjoy working for this academy chain (err........there aren't any non-academy schools left??), how I plan to deliver the particular ethos of this academy school/chain, how I fit the person spec, how my leisure time activities will help me to fulfill the role of blah blah blah blah. Another box asks for a full list of all my INSET and CPD sessions (ummm......desperately tries to recall something about an epi-pen?) The full details of any external course providers which i may have amazingly persuaded my super-tight, budget-stretched school to send me on (err.....over 18 months ago now - I just about remember the lunch was quite good....) Honestly, they'll want the fine details of how I plan to sharpen the pencils and what colour pen I'll be using soon. It takes days to fill them in.
Anyone else think it's become ridiculous or was it ever thus?
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Job Application Forms and Losing the Will
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PinkIndustry · 10/02/2020 02:30
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