December 12th, 2006 by Scott McDaniel

New Survey Template: Job Application Form with optional resume upload

We have a new basic Job Application survey template now for use. You can easily modify it to meet your specific needs. As always, you can find it listed under templates when you create a survey. This one is already set up to be easily embedded in your web site (the JavaScript embed method works great), but you can change the look and feel so it makes a nice standalone page, too.

Here is a sample:
Job Application template

Advanced Features

If you have one of our paid account levels, you can make the form even more useful by adding an Email Auto-responder Action or a File Upload Survey Question. The File Upload is a great way to receive resumes, work samples, etc. You can receive Word Docs, PDFs, or images, and then download them when viewing the responses in the Browse Responses section of the Reporting Tab.

To add an Email Autoresponder you’ll need at to have at least a Personal Level account. While in the survey editor, scroll down to your Thank You page and click “Add Action,” select “Send Email,” and then fill out the associated fields. To add a File Uploader, you’ll need a Professional or Enterprise account. Simply click Add Question and choose type File Upload.

Scott McDaniel
Scott is the lead designer at SurveyGizmo. He has been passionate about designing friendly, usable web applications for over 10 years at companies such as MarketingSherpa, LexisNexis, MessageMedia, and DoubleClick. He can also rarely be found updating his blog at scottmcdaniel.com.