JOB APPLICATION · CARRD

Job Application for Carrd

Careers-page form with role, resume URL, and cover letter. Free for 500 submissions per month — no backend, no SDK, no plugin.

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form.htmlhtml30 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
02  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
03  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New job application">
04 
05  <label for="name">Full name *</label>
06  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Jane Builder" required>
07  <label for="email">Email *</label>
08  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="jane@example.com" required>
09  <label for="role">Position you're applying for *</label>
10  <select id="role" name="role" required>
11    <option value="">Choose…</option>
12    <option>Engineering</option>
13    <option>Design</option>
14    <option>Marketing</option>
15    <option>Sales</option>
16    <option>Operations</option>
17    <option>Other</option>
18  </select>
19  <label for="linkedin">LinkedIn / portfolio URL</label>
20  <input id="linkedin" type="url" name="linkedin" placeholder="https://linkedin.com/in/janebuilder">
21  <label for="resume_url">Resume URL</label>
22  <input id="resume_url" type="url" name="resume_url" placeholder="https://...">
23  <label for="cover_letter">Cover letter *</label>
24  <textarea id="cover_letter" name="cover_letter" placeholder="Why this role, why us." required></textarea>
25 
26  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
27  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
28 
29  <button type="submit">Send</button>
30</form>

500

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§ 00Carrd + Job Applicationplatform-specific integration guide

Why Carrd developers choose splitforms for job application

Carrd's embed element lets you inject custom HTML into your one-page site — perfect for a lightweight contact form. Carrd Pro includes a native form feature, but it caps submissions at 100/month on paid plans and lacks webhook delivery. The job application on this page drops into a Carrd embed, posts to splitforms, and gives you 500 dashboard submissions/month free; Starter adds Slack/Discord notifications. No Carrd Pro upgrade needed for the form to work. The HTML is self-contained — Carrd's minimal runtime handles the display, splitforms handles the backend.

§ 00Quick answerHTML · hr

Yes — this is the shortest safe path for Carrd.

Use the HTML snippet on this page, keep the job application fields visible in your Carrd UI, and let splitforms handle delivery, spam filtering, storage, and webhooks.

best implementation

Paste the HTML version, then replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY.

The posted payload contains full name, email, position you're applying for, linkedin / portfolio url, resume url, cover letter. Required fields are full name, email, position you're applying for and cover letter.

native carrd reality

use case fit

Most career-page application forms hide behind Greenhouse / Lever, which charge $200+/month per role. For a startup hiring 1-3 roles a year, a self-hosted form with resume upload does the job.

§ 01Job Application × Carrdwhy this combination, in 80 words

Built for Carrd developers who hate operating a backend.

Splitforms is the form backend for Carrd sites. One POST endpoint, no SDK, no plugin — drop the job application into a page and ship.

Splitforms is the form backend for Carrd sites. One POST endpoint, spam filtering, and a real dashboard — drop-in, no server, no PHP. Free for 500 dashboard submissions per month; Starter adds email, signed webhooks, exports, and retained uploads; Pro is $5/mo for 5,000.

✦ what you get on the free plan

✓500 form submissions per month
✓2 forms on Free; unlimited forms on Pro
✓Spam protection (honeypot + classifier)
✓Webhooks: Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, custom
✓CSV export of all submissions
✓Email notifications (CC and BCC on Pro)

§ 02Copy-paste codeHTML · 30 lines

Drop into any Carrd project.

Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with your splitforms key, paste into a Carrd page, and ship. No build-time integration required.

form.htmlhtml30 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
02  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
03  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New job application">
04 
05  <label for="name">Full name *</label>
06  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Jane Builder" required>
07  <label for="email">Email *</label>
08  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="jane@example.com" required>
09  <label for="role">Position you're applying for *</label>
10  <select id="role" name="role" required>
11    <option value="">Choose…</option>
12    <option>Engineering</option>
13    <option>Design</option>
14    <option>Marketing</option>
15    <option>Sales</option>
16    <option>Operations</option>
17    <option>Other</option>
18  </select>
19  <label for="linkedin">LinkedIn / portfolio URL</label>
20  <input id="linkedin" type="url" name="linkedin" placeholder="https://linkedin.com/in/janebuilder">
21  <label for="resume_url">Resume URL</label>
22  <input id="resume_url" type="url" name="resume_url" placeholder="https://...">
23  <label for="cover_letter">Cover letter *</label>
24  <textarea id="cover_letter" name="cover_letter" placeholder="Why this role, why us." required></textarea>
25 
26  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
27  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
28 
29  <button type="submit">Send</button>
30</form>

§ 03Setup3 steps · 60 seconds · zero config

Generate, embed, receive.

Three actions stand between you and your first job application submission. None of them require a backend, a database, or a CAPTCHA library.

STEP 01GENERATE

Generate a free splitforms key

Create your form

key=sk_live_••••••••

STEP 02EMBED

Paste the job application into your Carrd project

Drop the form snippet into a Carrd page, component, or layout. Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard. The form action is a hard-coded URL — no env vars or build-time wiring needed.

snippethtml

<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  …
</form>

STEP 03RECEIVE

Receive submissions

Dashboard updates live on Free. Starter adds email delivery, signed webhooks, CSV export, Slack/Discord forwarding, and BCC to your team.

inbox · 1 newjust now

FROM contact@yoursite.com

New job application

Maya Iyer maya@studio71.co

Loved the demo — quick question about pricing on the 3-year plan. Are usage limits per project or account-wide?

§ 03bJob Application Form (Careers Page)template-specific playbook

The reason this job application exists.

Resume upload (Pro) · webhooks into Notion / Airtable / Greenhouse.

why it matters

ATS subscriptions (Greenhouse, Lever, Workable) start at $6-15k/year for a small team — a lot of money for a startup that hires 2 engineers a year. A self-hosted application form on the careers page handles the inbound flow. The form captures name, email, role applying for, resume (PDF upload, often required), LinkedIn / portfolio URL, and a brief 'why us' textarea. The submission lands in the hiring manager's inbox or webhooks into Notion / Airtable / a Slack channel for triage. As soon as you're past 5 simultaneous open roles, an ATS pays off — until then, this works.

route the submission

Capture role and basics

Required: name, email, role (dropdown of open positions), resume upload (PDF/DOCX). Optional: LinkedIn URL, portfolio URL, cover-letter textarea, location / timezone.

Receive resume upload

Storage-backed file upload keeps the resume connected to the submission. Attachments cap at 10 MB per file; resume PDFs are usually 100-500 KB, so headroom is generous.

Webhook to Notion / Airtable

Push the application as a row in a Notion / Airtable database (one per role). Hiring team triages from there — moves to interview stage, archives obvious passes, comments inline. Cheaper than Greenhouse for low-volume hiring.

§ 03cCarrd production notesnative path · deploy · gotchas

What changes when this job application lives in Carrd.

These notes come from the Carrd platform registry and are rendered on this template page so crawlers see the framework-specific answer without opening a separate guide.

without splitforms

Carrd's Form widget requires Pro Standard ($19/year) just to exist on the page, and even then it doesn't deliver email itself — the form 'works' by posting to an external integration: Mailchimp, SendGrid, Basin, Formspree, etc. So the question isn't 'native vs splitforms' but 'which third-party backend do you wire up?'. Mailchimp is overkill (and surprisingly expensive once your list grows); Basin and Formspree limit free submissions; SendGrid requires DNS verification. Splitforms is the same shape of integration (Type: Custom, Method: POST, Action: a URL) at a better free tier and with built-in spam filtering. Carrd's Form widget settings don't change.

deploy notes

Carrd publishes to a *.carrd.co subdomain on every plan; Pro Standard adds a custom domain. The form posts to splitforms from the browser, so neither subdomain nor custom domain matters for delivery. Lock the splitforms access key to BOTH the *.carrd.co URL and your custom domain — Carrd serves the same content under both, with different Origin headers. Carrd's Designer preview never actually POSTs; you have to publish (free) and submit from the live URL to test. Embed elements bypass Carrd's CSS, so the form will look browser-default unless you inline styles.

Carrd gotcha

Pro Standard plan still required for Custom form Type

Carrd's free plan and Pro Lite don't expose the Form widget at all. Pro Standard ($19/yr) unlocks the Form widget with Type → Custom. Splitforms doesn't change Carrd's plan requirements — it just fills in the backend that Carrd doesn't ship.

Carrd gotcha

Embed element forms don't inherit Carrd's site styles

If you paste raw HTML via an Embed element, your form will look like browser-default — no Carrd typography, no site colors. Use the native Form widget for styling, then add a hidden access_key field via Custom fields.

Carrd gotcha

Carrd's success message + splitforms redirect can fight each other

Carrd's Form widget has a built-in success message that shows on 2xx response. If you also set a redirect field in the form, the user sees the success blip then redirects mid-message. Pick one: redirect via splitforms OR Carrd's success text.

Carrd gotcha

The form widget's Field labels don't match input names by default

Carrd uses friendly labels like 'Your name', but the actual input name attribute is name-1 or similar unless you set Custom in the field settings. Set the Custom name to name, email, message — splitforms uses the input names as keys in your inbox.

PATTERN A

Pattern A — native Form widget set to Custom type

In the Form widget's settings, set Type to Custom, Method to POST, Action to the splitforms URL. Add a hidden field access_key via the Custom Fields tab. Carrd handles the styling and mobile layout; splitforms handles delivery. Use the same wiring for the job application fields on this page.

pattern-a.htmlhtml8 lines

01<!-- Carrd auto-generates this on publish: -->
02<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
03  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" />
04  <input type="text"  name="name" placeholder="Name" required />
05  <input type="email" name="email" placeholder="Email" required />
06  <textarea name="message" placeholder="Message" required></textarea>
07  <button type="submit">Submit</button>
08</form>

PATTERN B

Pattern B — Embed element with full HTML control

Drop an Embed element into a Carrd section and paste raw HTML. Loses Carrd's auto-styling but lets you add a honeypot, multi-field validation, or custom redirect. Useful for waitlist or job-application forms that exceed the Form widget's capability. Use the same wiring for the job application fields on this page.

pattern-b.htmlhtml9 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST" style="display:grid;gap:8px;max-width:380px;">
02  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" />
03  <input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="/thanks" />
04  <input name="name" placeholder="Name" required />
05  <input name="email" type="email" placeholder="Email" required />
06  <textarea name="message" placeholder="What's up?" required></textarea>
07  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" />
08  <button type="submit">Send</button>
09</form>

§ 04Field-by-field rundown6 fields · names you POST

What every field actually does.

Each field below ships in the job application template — rename, remove, or add your own. Splitforms accepts any name you POST.

nameREQUIRED

TEXT

Full name

Greeting + dashboard label so submissions don't all read 'anonymous'.

placeholder · Jane Builder

emailREQUIRED

Email

Reply-to address — splitforms wires this so hitting reply goes back to the sender.

placeholder · jane@example.com

roleREQUIRED

SELECT

Position you're applying for

Buyer-persona signal — IC vs decision-maker changes the follow-up cadence.

EngineeringDesignMarketingSalesOperationsOther

URL

LinkedIn / portfolio URL

Out-of-band material reviewers can open in one click.

placeholder · https://linkedin.com/in/janebuilder

resume_url

URL

Resume URL

Out-of-band material reviewers can open in one click.

placeholder · https://...

cover_letterREQUIRED

TEXTAREA

Cover letter

Free-text input — no character limit, expands as the visitor types.

placeholder · Why this role, why us.

§ 05Job Application on other frameworks21 frameworks · same backend

One backend. Every framework.

The same job application template works on every framework splitforms supports. Pick yours.

§ 06Questions9 answered

Job Application on Carrd — FAQ.

Direct answers, no marketing fluff. Missing one? Email hello@splitforms.com.

01Does this job application work on Carrd?

Yes. The form is plain HTML with a single POST endpoint, so it runs on any Carrd site without server-side code, plugins, or SDKs. Drop the snippet into a Carrd page or component and submissions land in your splitforms dashboard.

02How much does the job application cost on Carrd?

Free for 500 submissions per month — no credit card, no trial. Pro is $5/mo for 5,000 submissions, and there's a one-time $59 3-year plan (15,000 submissions/mo for 36 months). The same pricing applies regardless of which framework hosts the form.

03Can I customize the fields?

Yes. The template ships with sensible defaults (full name, email, position you're applying for, linkedin / portfolio url…) — add, remove, or rename any of them. Splitforms accepts whatever fields you POST.

04How does spam protection work on the job application?

A hidden honeypot field catches dumb bots, and a tuned classifier scores the rest. You only see real submissions in your dashboard. No CAPTCHA, no friction for human users — and it works the same on Carrd as on any other framework.

05Can I send the job application submissions to Slack or Discord?

Yes. Webhooks are available on Starter and above, with auto-formatted payloads for Slack, Discord, and WhatsApp (via CallMeBot). Or send raw signed JSON to any URL — Zapier, n8n, your own server. Configure in the splitforms dashboard.

06Will it work on a static Carrd site?

Yes — the form posts directly to splitforms from the browser, so no server is involved. Works on Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages, S3, or any plain Apache host.

07Is this EEOC / OFCCP compliant?

If you're under the regulated thresholds (15 employees for most EEOC requirements; federal contractor for OFCCP), basic forms are fine. If you're regulated, you need to collect voluntary self-ID demographics on a separate page (race, gender, veteran, disability) with explicit non-discrimination language. Your employment lawyer should review the final flow.

08How do I avoid resume-spam from staffing agencies?

Hidden honeypot field plus splitforms' spam classifier catches most. For persistent agency spam, add a 'are you applying directly or through an agency?' radio — direct applications get the role-specific reply; agency applications get a 'we don't accept third-party submissions' auto-response.

09Should I require a cover letter?

For senior or specialised roles, yes — quality goes up with the friction. For volume hiring (support, ops, junior eng), no — required cover letters drop application count 60-80% and the cover-letter quality is mostly noise anyway. Tune by role.

§ 07Comparisonvs Web3Forms · vs Formspree

splitforms vs everything else.

Same drop-in API. More free submissions, Starter signed webhooks, MCP support no other backend has.

Feature	Web3Forms	Formspree	splitforms
Free monthly submissions	250	50	500
Custom fields beyond contact	Yes	Pro tier	Free
Webhooks (Slack / Discord)	Pro tier	Pro tier	Free, signed
AI / MCP submission inbox	No	No	Yes
Long-term plan (3-year flat)	—	—	$59 every 3 years

§ 08More templates for Carrd5 adjacent patterns

Ship a job application on Carrd in 60 seconds.

500 submissions per month, free forever. No credit card. Copy the snippet above and paste it into your Carrd project.

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Job Application for Carrd

Why Carrd developers choose splitforms for job application

Yes — this is the shortest safe path for Carrd.

Paste the HTML version, then replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY.

Built for Carrd developers who hate operating a backend.

Drop into any Carrd project.

Generate, embed, receive.

Generate a free splitforms key

Paste the job application into your Carrd project

Receive submissions

The reason this job application exists.

Capture role and basics

Receive resume upload

Webhook to Notion / Airtable

What changes when this job application lives in Carrd.

Pro Standard plan still required for Custom form Type

Embed element forms don't inherit Carrd's site styles

Carrd's success message + splitforms redirect can fight each other

The form widget's Field labels don't match input names by default

Pattern A — native Form widget set to Custom type

Pattern B — Embed element with full HTML control

What every field actually does.

Full name

Email

Position you're applying for

LinkedIn / portfolio URL

Resume URL

Cover letter

One backend. Every framework.

Job Application on Carrd — FAQ.

splitforms vs everything else.

Other ready-to-ship Carrd forms.

Ship a job application on Carrd in 60 seconds.