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Job Application Strategies

Learn how to create a visually impactful job application with the right information and format. Discover tips on targeting your qualifications, handling difficult questions, and avoiding common pitfalls. Understand what most employers seek in their employees and how to present yourself positively yet honestly. Get insights on references, additional tips, and how to demonstrate that you are the best fit for the job.

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Job Application Strategies

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  1. Job Application Strategies

  2. Job applications require: • Personal information • Position you’re seeking • Employment history • Education history • Skills, licenses, other training • References

  3. Provide Visual Impact • Neat • No grammar or spelling errors • Print • Avoid abbreviations • Use black ink • Answer all questions • Use N/A (not applicable) if section doesn’t apply to you

  4. Follow Directions Activity

  5. Be Positive • Present a positive yet honest picture • Avoid negative information How can you demonstrate to the employer that you are the best person for the job?

  6. Target your qualifications Research • Skills • Work philosophy • Organizational culture What are most employer’s looking for in their employees?

  7. What employers want: • Reading, Writing, and Math • Learning to Learn • Communication: Understanding ideas and information • Adaptability: Creative thinking and problem solving

  8. Self-esteem, goal setting/motivation • Interpersonal skills, negotiation, teamwork • Organizational effectiveness and leadership

  9. Handling difficult questions: • Salary requirements • Open • Negotiable

  10. Reasons for Leaving • Avoid: • Fired • Quit • Illness • Personal Reasons

  11. Illegal Questions • Sex • Age • Disabilities • Marital status • Children • Race • Arrests

  12. References Who can talk about your qualifications? • Work related: employers/supervisors • Professional: coworkers/customers • Academic: teachers • Personal: social friends Be sure to get permission from your references!

  13. Additional Tips: • Be prepared • Dress appropriately • Take a pen (black ink) • Gather all required information • Follow directions exactly • Be complete • Sign your application

  14. QUESTIONS For further assistance contact: NE Workforce Development or your local college/university

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