Why do employers make you send a resume, when they will also make you fill out an online application?

Maybe it is more of an endurance test. Or perhaps they are just power drunk sadist?🤔

I'm pretty sure the CV is what your potential manager gets to see, the online application is just used by HR to auto-filter down to a small selection pool. Which is a collosally dumb way to do it, given the HR department hardly ever knows what's needed to actually perform the actual job

I agree 100% with you. I filled out online applications and it has been a nightmare. Most of them go through other agencies that claim to help you but in reality they do nothing but get your information so they can harass you constantly trying to get you to sign up for other services (and charge you). And don't get me started on resumes...most jobs I apply for don't need or require a resume and yet a lot of those applications won't even let you continue to fill it out unless you add one. And getting an online one is a joke in itself...a lot of sites say they'll help you do it for free, and they will help you make a nice one for free, but then you have to subscribe to their site and pay in order to use it (I was unemployed and money tight, and you want to charge me to help me get past that? Really?). These companies and businesses need to get off their lazy and greedy asses and go back to the old fashioned paper applications, plain and simple. It's no wonder people have such a hard time finding work (and these employers are always saying that they're hurting for workers...I wonder why).

It's just ridiculous to have to do both! Especially if you find a small insignificant job to hold you over even asks for a resume. That just gets me.

cause they can it is an employers market

I got a billion other things to do besides hiring. If I can avoid opening and downloading a resume by just looking at the application, I would

Plus, the resume doesn't show you what kind of work ethic you have. If you can't be bothered to complete an application, you might end up slacking on other things too

Anymore, the computer runs through your resume looking for key words, "management, a particular computer program" shit like that. I honestly believe that the written application is to check your spelling and writing ability as well as penmanship.

More the opposite, why make us fill out the stupid application. It is redundant and extremely time consuming to populate.

Most resumes are done on a computer using a standard format, as an employer I want to see stuff put in your own words

I suspect with so many 'tools' for CV compiling out there it doesn't really help an employer when trying to sort the 'wheat from the chaff' in terms of finding the best person for the job.

This is why you find "Tell us something about a situation you handled in a work environment...." questions on an application form.
They want to see if you can apply procedure and logic to a problem and produce a successful outcome.

I hear you, but we do require online applications to comply with non discrimination rules. Your resume, letter and interview are more important.

They want the resume but personnel needs you in the computer.