diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Model/JobApplication.php b/Classes/Domain/Model/JobApplication.php
index 9b81d5bc188b43fb0306bc25e88cfd210797dab4..985a99dd91343feb9d3ecf57dcd8763834345813 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Model/JobApplication.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Model/JobApplication.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class JobApplication extends AbstractEntity {
 	protected $education = '';
 
 	/**
-	 * @var int $birthDate
+	 * @var string $birthDate
 	 * @validate NotEmpty
 	 */
 	protected $birthDate = '';
diff --git a/ext_tables.sql b/ext_tables.sql
index 63c423dde630ed36314e0061e30dd30dc63bfdf5..e3286dda82a7a3f51ed8dc2a52c24128779170c3 100644
--- a/ext_tables.sql
+++ b/ext_tables.sql
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ CREATE TABLE tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application (
 	country text DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
 	nationality text DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
 	education text DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
-	birth_date int(11) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
+	birth_date text DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
 	phone text DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
 	mobile text DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
 	email text DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,