[Sigia-l] Entering CVs online - good interfaces

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Mike Brown:

> trying to make to tedious process of entering your data as painless
> as possible.

There is one, and only one, interface solution to that: File upload.

As in the "Upload your-already-completed-ready-to-go-in-5-seconds resume"
button. This is a classic one-to-many problem distribution case.

If you think there is any another solution, please consider this question:
Do you think it's reasonable to expect a very large number of applicants to
RE-enter their info just for you AND then repeat the same process wherever
else they apply at dozens of other sites? If this were the norm online (i.e.
every employer thought it was indispensable enough to demand it), then why
have any CVs at all?

Generally speaking, one can't go wrong assuming that the job application
process is an *invitation* not a hurdle/quiz/showdown/etc. Why reduce your
applicant pool by demanding that they do something that can easily be done
server-side with a parsing application. Let the computer extract info and
dump it into a DB. At worst, you can ask them to verify it.

If Google can parse and index 8 billion disparate pages without asking
people to categorize them manually, surely we can manage a few hundred
resume pages?

Ziya
Nullius in Verba