Living & Working in Great Places

The Application Process

I am in the mood for feedback I guess. We work with lots of employers who have many different ways to capture applications - on-line applications, PDFs, resumes only, faxing, mailing, etc.

I am wondering from you all, how much effort are you willing to put into an application process? Are there ever too many steps and you just won't complete the process? Are you willing to fax something to an employer? Mail?

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Permalink Reply by reggie on December 21, 2008 at 6:38pm: i would love to do this every time me personally i dont want to settle down in one place i like to travel if i have my own rv i would do this but my wife on the other hand has an dog that she is attached to and dont want to live without it; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by akscootr on December 21, 2008 at 6:41pm: Well-said, Brenda. Absolutely well-said...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brenda on December 22, 2008 at 11:30am: One thing about the online applications though is that if I was an employer I would still rather like the in person deal simply because when You have online applications and phone call interviews yes you get to know a little about the person thats a possable canidate, but you just can't truely know the "real" person, there character, so on untill you meat them face to face. Though I am not an employer I have seen quite a number go for interviews, seem ok and professional and with in a week there true colors shine through. Yep its a risk we all have to deal with. I still prefer the fast and efficiant online deal and in this world it is more conveinent but I wouldn't want that headack of hirring.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brenda on December 22, 2008 at 11:38am: thanks, it is true though, if we don't take care of it we won't have it to enjoy and we would not be able to sustain our lives to even have the creature comforts that we do have. Not to mention though He stated it is not reality I had to chuckle at that one. working these national parks and taking care of the wilderness is actually more reality then man made cities, buildings, homes and other buildings. Nature was there first so we could have all of our little comforts. Nature is the true reality.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by mike on January 15, 2009 at 2:23pm: hey kari, the jobs which i ended up liking best were the ones you could apply for online, then a follow up phone interview.

the other thing i have noticed about employees in parks is that they are not the most computer savvy. they were mostly down to earth kids and middle agers who didn't rely too much on the internet, which was good because there usually wasn't much in the way of dsl, cable, or wireless there.

the simpler the better i think. i always enjoyed getting the yellowstone packets upon employment acceptance. even after the 5th year, they always put a warm feeling in my heart, so send those out if your employers have them for sure!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kari Quaas on January 15, 2009 at 2:28pm: Ah yes, the Yellowstone packets. : ) Bill mentions those all the time. Thanks for your thoughts.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sally Tomato on January 24, 2009 at 9:13pm: i'm very put off by a company that wants me to print out an application, then either fax it or mail it in. firstly, i don't have a printer. secondly, i don't have a fax machine. because of this i'm forced to spend a fortune at places like kinkos- to pay to use a computer, pay to print (some applications are a ridiculous number of pages), and pay to fax (which charges per page). unless you work in an office, which i don't see many of us seasonal employees doing, it makes things a smidge more difficult.

so i think online applications are the practical way to go. either that, or emailing a resume. resumes should contain everything these companies need to know, minus all of the unnecessary questions that are sometimes asked like "why do you want to work here?" or "what makes you a great employee?" these questions really bother me and shouldn't exist.; ▶ Reply to This