Study Notes

People Management: Job Applications (GCSE)

Level:
GCSE
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, IB

Last updated 22 Mar 2021

For many jobs, a business will ask applicants to provide a Curriculum Vitae (CV). This is a document that the applicant designs providing the details such as:

Sometimes job applicants are asked to fill in a firm's own application form. This is different from a CV in that the employer designs it and sends it to applicants, but it will still ask for much of the same information. It has the benefit over a CV in that a business is able to tailor it to their exact needs and ask specific questions.

Once a business has received all the applications, they need to be analysed and the most appropriate form of selection decided upon. When analysing applications, a business will normally split the applications into three categories.

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