The document discusses application blanks and weighted application blanks. An application blank is a form that individuals seeking employment must fill out to inform potential employers of their availability and qualifications. Application blanks allow employers to efficiently gather a lot of information about applicants. A weighted application blank is a form where responses are assigned numerical values corresponding to the skills needed for the job. Weighted applications aim to reduce employee turnover by ranking applicants based on how well their qualifications match the requirements of the position.

1. Application Blank
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2. Application blank
• It is a from or collection of forms that an
individual seeking employment
• must fill out as part of the process of
informing an employer of the applicant’s
availability and desire to be employed

3. Application blank
• Application blanks provide an opportunity for
an employer to gather a good deal of
information about an applicant in a short
period of time.

4. Application blank
• An application for employment, job
application, or application form (often simply
called an application)

5. Weighted Application Blank
• A weighted application is a form whose
responses are assigned a numerical value that
correlates to the skills, knowledge, and
abilities needed to perform the job.

6. Weighted Application Blank
• Individual items of information are validated
against performance and turnover measures
and given appropriate weights.
• Eg : work experience : 5years as marketing
executive at HUL > 9 points out of 10 .

7. Weighted Application Blank
• The primary purpose of using weighted
application forms is to reduce employee
turnover.
• Employers conduct weighted application
evaluations by assigning numeric values to key
position requirements and then producing a
list of qualified applicants ranked by their