JobApplication

Tips

What does it Provide?

A completed job application provides the employer with two kinds of information about you.

1. It provides answers to questions about your education and work experience.

2. It provides information about your ability to follow

directions, work neatly, spell correctly, and provide accurate and complete data. This information is provided by "how" you fill out the application form.

What kind of Statement does a completed job application make?

• It is a statement about your:– Personal experience

• fill out a very positive statement about you as a person

– Educational experience– Work experience

• fill out a very positive statement about you as a future employee

When filling out the form?

• Be sure to follow directions.

• Be neat.

• Provide only positive information.– For example, list any unpaid volunteer experience in the work

experience section.

• Be thorough in your preparation and then careful while you are filling the application out.

** The job application represents who YOU are.

Job Application Tips

Before you begin - first read the application carefully! Study the

directions.

Job Application Tips

Print in black ink if you are unable to complete using a computer.

Job Application Tips

Do not use nicknames.

Write “Robert”

not “Bobby”

Job Application Tips

Answer all questions. If a question does not apply to

you, put NA for “Not Applicable.”

Job Application Tips

Answer all questions honestly. Giving

false information can catch up with you

later.

Job Application Tips

List the specific job you are applying for – do not write

anything.

Job Application Tips

Misspelled words give a poor impression of your ability.

Job Application Tips

You may be asked to name the wages or

salary expected. It’s better to discuss this

in person. Write “Open.”

Job Application Tips

You may be asked to give a reason for leaving a previous job. Do not put down anything that criticizes a past

employer.~ Examples of appropriate reasons for leaving a job are:

• “returned to school”

• “left for a better job”

• “job terminated”

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