most companies these days have moved
towards using online applications
instead of their paper predecessors
while their more convenient for
businesses they do come with a number of
frustrations for job applicants we'll go
over four tips for dealing with some of
these headaches tip 1 get your digital
resume ready online applications tend to
be significantly longer than their paper
counterparts having your resume handy
allows you to copy and paste information
directly into the application this can
really reduce the amount of time it
takes tip 2 set aside a block of time in
addition to just taking a long time some
applications have a feature called a
timeout
this basically closes out the
application after you've been inactive
for a while and causes you to lose your
progress to counteract this we recommend
setting aside a block of time where you
can fill out your application without
interruption
tip 3 watch out for resume reader errors
these days a lot of applications allow
you to upload your resume so that
information can be pooled and
automatically entered while this sounds
like a great time-saving tool it can
sometimes make mistakes for example it
might swap the company name with the job
title when transferring the information
if you use this feature double-check
everything to make sure the information
is correct tip 4 avoid using your
browser's back button online
applications can sometimes be difficult
to navigate a common issue is when you
click your browser's back button instead
of going to the previous page it resets
the application and causes you to lose
all of the information you've entered so
far instead use the applications
built-in back button if there is one
we hope you found these tips helpful and
wish you the best of luck on your job
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