Applying for a job

The job listing has an "Apply" button. You pick your documents and say what each one is — CV, reference, diploma. PDF and images are allowed, up to six files and 20 MB in total. We do not accept Word files: we cannot check their signature, and passing on a document with macros is exactly the door we do not want to open. You can add a short note. Contact details are explicitly allowed in it — an application without them would not be one. You can apply to the same listing once a day, and to at most fifteen positions a day.

They go to the employer as attachments by e-mail and are only passed on. Fundort does not keep them — there is no application folder here, no archive, and nobody but the employer gets to see them. All that stays in your account is what you sent, when and to whom: date, recipient, file name and type. There is a price you should know about: if sending fails, we cannot repeat it. You see it in the status and send again. The sender of the e-mail is Fundort, not you. Putting your address as the sender would be a forgery — the mail servers’ checks would trigger and the application would land in spam. The employer sees your name and replies to you directly with one click. What does stay with us — the names of your documents and later the employer’s words about the decision — is stored encrypted, which makes a database dump unreadable. It is not end-to-end encryption: staff can look case by case, but only with a stated reason and only with a log entry.

The company has fourteen days to decide. Four days before the deadline we remind them. If nothing happens, we close the case and tell you — so you do not spend weeks waiting for an answer that is not coming. Fourteen days and not three: hiring is not decided the same day. Often the posting is still running and several applications are looked at together. A deadline that lapses again and again helps nobody.

When the company decides, you get a notification and an email. They can add a few words; those appear unchanged — it is their statement, not ours. If the deadline passes without a decision, your case says "no reply". That is explicitly not a rejection: the company said nothing, and we do not put words in their mouth. For you the difference is real — "did not reply" says something about the company, "rejected" about you. The decision is final afterwards and is not taken back. An acceptance that disappears an hour later would be worse than none.

After an acceptance the company can invite you to an interview. You get a proposed date and can accept, propose a different time, or decline — the same flow as a viewing appointment. Where you meet is set by the company, as is whether it is on site, by video or by phone. They can only invite someone who has applied or written to them. There is no invitation to an arbitrary member. A serious company never asks for money before or after an interview — not for documents, training or placement. ID, bank details and social security number are only needed for the employment contract.

Incoming applications are under "Applications" on the "For my listings" tab. There you see who applied and what they sent — the files themselves are in your mailbox, not with us. You accept or turn down, optionally with a word on it. The applicant reads it; we remove phone numbers and addresses from it. After an acceptance the same row offers to invite them to an interview straight away. A rejection beats no answer. It costs you one click and saves the applicant weeks.