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Online App Format Discussion

We've created this online application using a system designed for employers to take online applications, and for similar reasons: Less paper, ability to update easily, ability to grant specific and limited access to others, ability to gather data without needing to laboriously enter into a spreadsheet, ability to track applicant and interviewer progress, ability to communicate easily with both applicants (and their parents) and interviewers, easier & better retention of historical & contact information, ability to add & request a separate app for medical/photo release without needing to duplicate contact information, then easily share the completed releases as needed with no scanning, copying or mailing needed.

Why is the interviewer access set up this way? It appeared an online system had a few options for sharing the information with interviewers: 1) Share all apps with all interviewers (so much for confidentiality); 2) Create a separate division for each school to allow real-time access by interviewers to "their" apps (very laborious to set up, but would also require students to correctly select their school name which means they would pick from an intimidating list of up to 32 schools versus typing the school name where they can't easily & accidentally select the wrong name, plus some schools end up not sending students); or 3) the option we are using where someone assigns apps to the correct interviewer. In addition to me, the vice-chair and communications person can take care of this task.

As a last resort, my support group can be reached by email for assistance via Support@PaytonCo.com