Developing and Using Application Forms

Application blank or compose is one of the most common methods used to gather information on several aspects of the applicants' academic, demographic, social, work-related background and references. It is a short history sheet of an employee's background, usually having the following things:

1.   Personal data ( sex, address identification marks)
2.   Physical data (health condition ,weight, height )
3.   Marital data (single or married, dependents, children)
4.   Employment data (promotions, past experience type of duties, reasons for leaving earlier jobs, salary package, etc.)
5.   Educational data (status of formal education, marks obtained, distinctions)
6.   Extra-curricular activities data (sports/games, NCC, NSS prizes won, leisure-time activities)
7.   References (names of two or more person who verify the suitability of an applicant to the advertised position)

Even while applicants come armed with elaborate resumes, it is essential to ask the applicants to translate definite resume material into a standardised application form. Job hunters tend to exaggerate, or overstate their credentials on a resume. So it's always better to ask the applicant to sign a statement that the information written on the resume or application blank is true and that he or she accepts the employer's right to stop the candidate's employment if any of the information is found to be false at a afterwards date.