

Your H.R. Dept. may include any special KSAs they want
all candidates to fill out.  e.g.
E.E.O. information, regarding Race, Creed, Color, Sex, etc.

Or they may have a few questions that only certain
positions need to answer, e.g.

ABC-Generic Airways wants it pilot applicants to
include special KSA's like Hours in Canard Craft, Hr's
IFR, Hr's VFR, Hours Jet, Hours Multiple Prop, etc.  It
wants its Flight attendant applications to include:
Height, weight, CPR certification, etc.

Have your H.R. Dept. decide whether the KSA will take
up 70 chars or 255.  Remember that only 255 wide KSAs
allow for "continued" answers.  One can continue as
long as one wants.  All your applicants have to do here
is to number their answers sequentially in the KSA_Long
ID_Num field, & not start any of their answers out w.
the string "I Have", since the questions must all start
out that way.

If your H.R. Depts. question can fit in the 70 wide KSA
file, that is the most space saving & more rapid sort
place to put it.  Remember that yes or no answers &
even multiple choice answers can be placed in the 5
char wide alpha field labeled ANSWER immediately below
the KSA, (see sample KSAs, by taking KSAs_Standard off
the main menu, then choosing either 70 wide or 255
wide, which ever is most appropriate.  You will want to
copy the KSA to both the personal & Standard files.
That way, since it is in the personal KSA file, it
saves the applicant from looking it up from among the
1000's of other Standardized KSA's & selecting it to
copy down to his personal set.

You will want to include your H.R. Dept's KSA in the
Standardized set, too, however, in case the applicant
deletes it in his personal file by accident, & decides
he wants it back.  He can then simply F6 search for it
in the Standardized KSA file, & F7 copy it to his
personal file.


How does your H.R. dept. get the special KSAs to all
applicants?
You could key them in & distribute them w. the UJA, so
that new applicants who had never filled out a UJA
before would automatically see your special KSAs after
the sample KSAs.

To get your H.R. Dept's Special KSAs to those
applicants who have already filled out a UJA, simply
put your Special KSAs in the KSA_EXP.TXT file  (=export
file for the 70 wide's), & in the KSA_EXPL.txt file
(for the 255 wide's).  These files can then be auto
imported into the applicants job app. by menu option.
You must have your information in the correct format in
these .txt files.  The easiest way to do that is to key
in your Special KSAs using the PERSONAL KSAs Menu
Option, then , EDIT KSAs.  When finished, take the
export option, then put this txt file out on your BBS
(or internet server) for applicants to retrieve &
incorporate into their existing UJAs.  Since our
package is shareware, we wouldn't mind a bit if you put
the entire package on your BBS w. your special KSAs
included, for new applicants who have never filled out
a UJA.  You can retrieve the KSA_EXP.txt file into your
windows notepad, or WRITE & observe the comma delimited
format.  Then you could key in your KSAs in those
editors as long as you follow the format exactly.
Paradox 3.5 is a bit awkward when it comes to editing
long fields (hitting Ctrl F for field edit, & then
ENTER to end, etc.).

We hope that giving you the flexibility to add your own
Special KSAs, in a databaseable (machine searchable, &
sortable format) will make this an enduring & powerful
job app. package that your corporation might consider
standardizing on.  The sooner those old paper resumes &
job applications are replaced, the better for everyone.
FJK, Pres./ UPSC
