Ms Susanne Rogers:

On many of the job websites, people have to register for the site and create a profile on the portal. All of those things require a still mind, literary skills and a machine of some sort. I do not think I could do that on a phone, although I am sure a young person could probably manage it.

All of those things are competency based. Things like application forms are just getting more and more complicated. For example, in the past, for retail work a person could have dropped their CV into a shop. That is not done anymore. It is all done online. I agree that it is quite nice to sit down at 3 a.m., maybe, and fill in an application form in one's own time and space but I have concerns about larger employers using bots to filter through applications. I know from going through competency-based application forms that people just do not read the questions right and I often have to score them zero on certain answers. That is with a human element but the examiner might decide that it might still be worth interviewing the person. Getting a job can be a full-time job in itself. I know people in the UK are expected to engage in the process of job seeking as a full-time job in return for their social welfare payment.