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Acknowledgement
Check Boxes
Date
Label
Long Text
Numeric
Option (Radio) Buttons
Skills
Table Driven
Text

Acknowledgement

An Acknowledgement question is employed when a Job Seeker will acknowledge the reading or acceptance of a displayed policy or condition.

A check box will be displayed for the Job Seeker, next to the question's content.

Check Boxes

Check boxes are used to provide a list of answer choices to the Job Seeker. The Job Seeker may select one or more answers that apply.

When the Options menu appears, choose [Add]; and follow instructions on the Add Option window. If applicable, indicate whether the Job Seeker must provide Additional Information, using the provided drop-down, and select Text or Date. (The formats for Text and Date are described below.)

Date

In answer to the question, the Job Seeker will:

Select a date from the provided calendar

Enter a date (using two-digit month, two-digit date, and four-digit year, separated by slashes)

Label

A label can be used to insert instructions, section breaks, disclaimers, or other desired text within the APPLICATION.

Long Text

The Long Text option can be used for Job Seeker Answers that require between 50 and 2000 characters.

Quick Tip: Using the provided Additional Information menu, a Job Seeker’s RESUME field can be linked to the answer to field (when included on the RESUME). Select a RESUME section from the provided drop-down.

Numeric

The Job Seeker must enter a numeric value when answering the question.

Option (Radio) Buttons

The Job Seeker will view a series of options that will answer the question, from which the Job Seeker must select only one.

When the Options menu appears, choose [Add]; and follow prompts on the Add Option window. If applicable, indicate whether the Job Seeker must provide Additional Information, using the provided drop-down, and select Text or Date.

Skills

A table will allow the Job Seeker to answer a question by making selections by column and row.

Example: a Skills table could be set up so that the Job Seeker can rate his or her experience with Office products. A row would be provided for each Office application, with columns representing level/years of use:

First, use the Skills menu to set up the number of columns and rows to include, by using the [Add] icon.

Note: Up to five columns are allowed.

Starting with each column, enter the column header text, and select a type from the provided drop-down:

Text
Date
Check box
Table Driven (described next)

Add the row header text for each row.

To delete a column or row, click the delete [Delete] icon.

Table Driven

The Job Seeker must select an answer that has been included in an imported Reference table. From the Options menu, select the table that contains the answers to this question. For this Type of Question, you can also identify the choices that require Additional Information and define the information required.

Example: A Reference table includes a list of applicant types, and the question is, “Are you an External or Internal candidate? If internal, please enter your current position.” Therefore, Table/Driven would be selected as the question type, and “Applicant Type” would be chosen from the (Reference) Table Name drop-down.

Text

The Job Seeker must provide an answer with less than 50 characters.

Yes/No

The Job Seeker must select “Yes” or “No” as the answer to the question.

Using the Additional Options menu, drop-downs will be provided for the following prompts:

When the job seeker selects the following answer: (Yes, No)
Ask them to provide the following information: (None, Text, Date)

Example: A question inquiring whether the applicant has a valid state driver’s license must be answered “Yes” or “No”. Option Text may be included with the “Yes” answer as follows: “If Yes, provide the expiration date”. The Job Seeker would then provide a Date.

Note: The following question types will not display an Options (or similar) menu: Acknowledgement, Date, Label, Numeric, and Signature.