CV Form Rant (was Re: [Sigia-l] Entering CVs online - good interfaces)

[Andrew Boyd]

Listera wrote:

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Hi Ziya,

I would have said, 'there are any number of brain-damaged ways to handle 
CVs, but only one that the users will appreciate using - file upload'.

I've used some of the 'online resume builder' apps and I have to say 
that this is one of the reasons I chose to become a permanent employee - 
they are generally slow, awkward, counter-intuitive, and generally suck.

While it is not just about CVs - a good example of how not to gather 
biographic data for those that want to experience grief, frustration, 
and pain, or can't believe that it is really that bad - go to 
https://jobs.nsw.gov.au/Start.asp, pick a job at random, and start 
applying for it. Page after page, form after form, gruesome! :)

I wonder if there should be a website dedicated to crimes against 
humanity that have been perpetrated in the name of 'we have a database, 
we need the data to fit into standard format, let's make a bunch of web 
forms'?

Best regards, Andrew

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