It's astonishing that,

while nearly all British businesses use the internet in one way or another,

most of them just use their websites as shop windows for advertising jobs - then expect people to send in paper-based applications.

They're simply not using the technology to its best advantage.

There are so many refinements that the internet makes possible,

so every recruitment officer ought to be looking at making optimal use of it and cutting out as much paper as they can.