Application Forms

Just how many types of application forms can there be?   I am fast feeling like a conveyor belt when it comes to filling out application forms for jobs, to the point where I think I need to set up a spreadsheet just to manage the diary of each one and its eventual outcome.  

Typically in these austere times, I either receive either No response at all or the more usual "We have received a high number of applications and on this occasion you were unsuccessful in making the short-list" which basically means, "Your application form did not stand out and the hours you spent trying to re-word  how good you are at communicating was frankly not good enough."  

Not communicate effectively?  

• You should see how I can communicate with #3 during nappy change time.
• You should see how I react and manage the anger issues of #2. (Actually, lets not focus on that...)
• You should see my negotiating skills with #1 over reading. (Four pages = DS use)

Clearly I am going to have to change my strategy when it comes to these forms and think more positively about "already doing the job" when for the 100th time I type in my work experience to date.   

I keep meaning to read "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne but every time I try, the bathroom door is usually flung open and I am called upon to deal with some small crisis.  

There are loads of websites out there which provide advice on how to complete an application form effectively, for example How to complete an Application form but when I try to access them, for some reason I keep getting Facebook......