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How to Apply for a Job. Complete an application. Form that asks questions about your skills, work experience, education and interests. Application Definition. Hints to filling in an application. Read it first all the way through Follow directions Be truthful, neat, and complete
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How to Apply for a Job Complete an application
Form that asks questions about your skills, work experience, education and interests Application Definition
Hints to filling in an application • Read it first all the way through • Follow directions • Be truthful, neat, and complete • Write NA on blanks in which you do not have a response for • Use blue or black ink • Do not cross something out- use white out
Many employers now use electronic application centers at their locations or allow people to apply on line. • How does this benefit the employer and applicant? • How could this hurt the applicant
Social Security Number Personal Identification from the government
Work Permit Written permission to work when under age.
Lawfully Employed US Citizen or work permit if not a citizen
Recently What you are doing at this time
Education List of education that you have received
GED Test you can take in place of a graduation diploma
Work experience Paid or unpaid work you have had- list the last job you had to the first job
Reason for leaving Explain why you left the job
Supervisor Person in charge of you
Position Job that you hold
Discharged Fired
Felony an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year
Misdemeanor a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony
Reference Someone to report positively about you
Shift Period of time that you work daily
Polygraph test Test to determine if you are telling the truth