Wow - USAJobs is horrific Forum

[Shaggier1]

Is it me, or this the most unnecessarily complicated job application tool out there? I have been through a lot of job applications and never found myself this confused.

[bjsesq]

Is it me, or this the most unnecessarily complicated job application tool out there? I have been through a lot of job applications and never found myself this confused.

It's pretty awful, yeah.

[A. Nony Mouse]

Not just you.

[rinkrat19]

It's awful.

Then to add insult to injury, sometimes you get most of the way through an app, only to be redirected to another agency's job site and have to duplicate half of your work. (Dept. of Energy, I'm looking at YOU.)

[tww909]

my favorite was the attorney i interviewed with telling me that he initially wondered "who is this idiot with a terrible looking resume" until he realized that every applicants' resume had been transformed by USA jobs into a block of entirely unformatted text.

[84651846190]

And yet each position still gets thousands of applicants.

[DELG]

And yet each position still gets thousands of applicants.

can i pay someone to apply for me

surely that's a thing right

[84651846190]

And yet each position still gets thousands of applicants.

can i pay someone to apply for me

surely that's a thing right

I'm sure there are tons of freshly minted JDs who will do this work. I mean, it's work related to the legal industry, so they will at least have something to put on their resumes.

[DELG]

And yet each position still gets thousands of applicants.

can i pay someone to apply for me

surely that's a thing right

I'm sure there are tons of freshly minted JDs who will do this work. I mean, it's work related to the legal industry, so they will at least have something to put on their resumes.

i really need to hire a new JD to be my nanny/personal assistant with occasional legal research projects to boost their resume

[Shaggier1]

Does anyone know whether the "Apply for this position now!" button starts an application or submits it? That language could go either way, and before hitting it you can upload some of the required documents but not all of them.

This process is making me seriously question my intelligence.

[rinkrat19]

Does anyone know whether the "Apply for this position now!" button starts an application or submits it? That language could go either way, and before hitting it you can upload some of the required documents but not all of them.

This process is making me seriously question my intelligence.

Pretty sure that is generally the "start app" button, especially if you're on the page with just the job description and stuff. I haven't seen any applications that submit with a single click, without wading through pages and pages of uploads and questions and selecting which USAJobs resume you want to use, etc.

[Nat Sherman]

Does anyone know whether the "Apply for this position now!" button starts an application or submits it? That language could go either way, and before hitting it you can upload some of the required documents but not all of them.

This process is making me seriously question my intelligence.

It's start application.

[Shaggier1]

I thought so as well, just thrown off by requirement that you attest to the following before clicking:

"I certify, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by me with my application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith..."

[Nat Sherman]

I thought so as well, just thrown off by requirement that you attest to the following before clicking:

"I certify, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by me with my application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith..."

I agree with you completely, I was really worried about it the first time I was applying to a USA job. I was even so worried I started an application with a business school internship for like NASA or something just to see what would happen before starting the one I actually was applying for.

[Shaggier1]

I agree with you completely, I was really worried about it the first time I was applying to a USA job. I was even so worried I started an application with a business school internship for like NASA or something just to see what would happen before starting the one I actually was applying for.

I feel so vindicated. Considered doing the exact same thing haha. Thanks Nat.