An introduction to online job applications.

2. WPA Beginnings
Online Applications

3. The Basics
You will need an email account
Fill out all fields completely
Resumes are optional, and very helpful
There will usually be an online test
They will force you to submit personal information over the
internet
You do not have a choice in any of this-if you want to work
there, you have to do it their way
Public networks, like at the library or Starbucks may not be
the best place to submit personal info.

5. Companies use their career pages
to promote a certain image

7. Apparently, Walmart wants to project a neck
lanyard-friendly image.
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Everyone is smiling and happy
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We encourage diversity
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We don't all wear blue smocks
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Pat attention to these messages-they are telling
you what they want to select for.
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Who caught the typo above? Sometimes the
messages are very subtle.

9. Walmart has already told us...
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They want people who smile
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They want people to remember that they are more than
just the blue smock stores-they have corporate positions in
offices (where they wear ID badges on lanyards)
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The word respect will sound good on a resume or in a job
interview
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Excellence is another corporate keyword
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They send HR and Hiring Managers to seminars on this
stuff-talk their corporate language

11. Keep your user names and passwords simple

12. Remember the personal info bit
from earlier?

13. Equal Opportunity Questions
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They ask personal information about you
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Such as if you are a man or a woman, your
race, age, disability status, if you are a veteran,
receive SNAP (food stamps), and such
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WAIT A MINUTE! I thought all of those
questions are illegal to ask before they make
me a job offer?
(next slide)

14. Equal Oppt'y, cont.
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By law, the company is required to separate
EEOC answers from the rest of the application.
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Companies in compliance with the law use it to
access tax credits, such as the Work
Opportunities Tax Credit (up to $2,400)
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They also use the information to defend
lawsuits
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Providing the info is voluntary

15. The 'documentation' is on form I-9

16. Documentation
A variety of documents are acceptable for I-9 purposes. The employee must supply either:
One document that establishes both identity and employment eligibility (on List A on the I-9) OR
One document that establishes identity (on List B), together with another document that
establishes employment eligibility (on List C)
All documentation must be unexpired as of April 3, 2009[4]
Documents that may be used under "List A" of the I-9 form to establish both identity and
employment eligibility include:
Unexpired U.S. Passport
U.S. Passport Card
An unexpired foreign passport with an I-551 stamp, or with Form I-94 attached which indicates an
unexpired employment authorization
A Permanent Resident Card (often called a "green card") or Alien Registration Receipt Card with
photograph
An Unexpired Temporary Resident Card
An Unexpired Employment Authorization Card
An Unexpired Employment Authorization Document issued by the Dept. of Homeland Security that
includes a photograph (Form I-766)
Documents that may be used under "List B" of the I-9 to establish identity include:
Driver's license or I.D. card issued by a U.S. state or outlying possession of the U.S., provided it
contains a photograph or identifying information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye
color and address.
Federal or state I.D. card provided it contains a photograph or identifying information such as name,
date of birth, gender, height, eye color and address.
School I.D. with photograph
U.S. Armed Services identification card or draft record
Voter Registration Card
U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card
Native American tribal document Driver's license issued by a Canadian government authority

17. For individuals under the age of 18 only, the following documents may be used to establish
identity:
School record or report card
Clinic, doctor or hospital record
Day-care or nursery school record
Employees who supply an item from List B must also supply an item from List C
Documents that may be used under "List C" of the I-9 to establish employment eligibility
include:
A U.S. Social Security card issued by the Social Security Administration (Note: cards that specify
"not valid for employment" are not acceptable.)
A birth certificate issued by the U.S. State Department (Form FS-545 or Form DS-1350) Original or
certified copy of a birth certificate from the U.S. or an outlying possession of the U.S., bearing an
official seal
A Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (Form N-560 or N-561)[5]
A Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570)[5]
Native American tribal document
U.S. Citizen I.D. Card (Form I-197)
An I.D. Card for the use of a Resident Citizen in the United States (Form I-179)
An unexpired employment authorization card issued by the Dept. of Homeland Security (other than
those included on List A)
U.S. citizens who have lost their social security card can apply for a duplicate at the Social Security
Administration.

18. Here's the short version of the
'Documents'
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Most people use:
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State Driver's License or ID
AND
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Social Security Card

19. Back to the on-line application

20. Be careful
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At Walmart, you will only be considered for the
job groups that you check off now.
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Other companies limit the number of areas that
you can check
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Even though this can be a long process, be
careful with filling things in completely and
checking all the little boxes
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Some websites will not let you move on until
EVERY LAST LITTLE THING IS CHECKED,
EVEN IF IT IN NO WAY APPLIES TO YOU
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This can be frustrating

22. Sheesh, this is taking a long time
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We are currently at step 2 of 8

23. The Walmart application is too long
to go through each screen in this
seminar
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(Presenter, turn around and see if anyone is
still left)

24. The Wrap Up
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For about 90% of companies, an online
application is the first step in the hiring process
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The process sucks
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Hang in there
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How to pass online pre-employment tests is
another seminar in the WPA Beginnings Series