Application forms are documents that collect information from individuals who are applying for a job, program, service, or any other kind of opportunity. These forms help organizations gather the necessary information to evaluate a candidate’s qualifications for an opportunity and compare them with other applicants. Application forms play a critical role in decision-making processes at most organizations.

Application forms benefit both organizations and applicants. On the organization’s side, these forms provide an easy way to collect relevant information for an opportunity in a standard format. They also help organizations to screen applicants more quickly and efficiently as well as meet legal requirements, such as those that apply to the hiring process.

For applicants, these forms ensure that each candidate is evaluated fairly and foster transparency during the application process. The forms also provide a straightforward structure to help applicants provide all the information the organization needs.

You can create an application form in minutes with Jotform’s intuitive drag-and-drop form builder. Simply choose one of our application templates and customize it to your liking — you can rearrange form fields, add your brand logo, change fonts and colors, personalize the text, and much more! When you’re finished, share the form via link or email or by embedding it directly on your website. Then watch the applications roll in.

Application forms have a wide range of use cases across every industry. They’re especially useful for recruiting purposes — after all, every candidate needs to apply for a job, and every job needs an application form. They’re also helpful in education, volunteering, clubs and programs, housing, financial services, and so on. You can customize them for any purpose.

Application forms are needed whenever a candidate or applicant is applying for an opportunity. When organizations need a quick, efficient way to collect and sort candidate information, digital application forms are the best option.

There are application forms for any and every use case, including volunteering, rentals, school admissions, memberships, loans, sponsorships, adoptions, and more. You can explore more types of application forms in the Jotform template library.