Job Application Guidelines
- Bring the necessary information (your personal data sheet, for example) or have it ready to input online.
- Read and review the entire application first before you fill it out and then fill it out neatly.
- Make copies of your application so you can practice on some copies first. Do you need to write smaller? Did you write the correct information in the right places? Are your writing conventions written correctly? For example, spelling, capital letters, and grammar?
- Never hand in an application without having someone else proofread it.
- Read and review the entire application first before you fill it out and then do so neatly.
- Consider the application as a reflection of your work ethic. Don't leave any questions blank (write three dashes - - - for answers that aren't applicable)
- Shape your answers to fit the job.
Name
- Read the order that they want your name written. Do they want your last name first?
Address
- Write your whole address. Apartment or unit number included.
Telephone number
- If they ask for more than one telephone number and you don’t have one, put - - - in the space provided.
Email address
- Do not use an account that has an unprofessional email address. Make yourself an email account with a respectful email address. Ask for help with making a business-like email account address.
Desired job
- Write the exact job for which you are applying. What is the title of the job?
Desired salary:
- Write “Open”
Prior Work Experience
- “I have no prior work experience.”
Educational Background
- Elementary or Junior High School and Address:
- Write the school name you attended before high school.
- Write the address of where you went to school before high school.
High School Name and Address
- You can write your high school home school information or Acacia Academy information.
If you choose Acacia:
Acacia Academy Achievement Center
6425 Willow Springs
La Grange Highlands, IL 60125
Majors (while in high school)
- Write “College Preparatory”
Degrees
- Expected to graduate in ______ (month and year)
GPA honors awards
- (Ask your case manager.)
Extracurricular activities
- If you are involved with an activity at your home school
- If you are involved in a community activity (including church activities)
- If you are on pro-league, list the sport teams you are on.
Military experience
- Write 3 dashes, which are neater looking than N/A. Like this: - - -
Volunteer work
- Write any type of work you do for someone else for which you are not getting paid.
- Dog walking
- Lawn mowing for a neighbor or relative
- Snow removal for a neighbor or relative
- Transition program work experiences
- Nature Center related activities
- Fund raising at school
- Any contributions in fundraising at school
- Child care classes
- Leadership roles at school
- Committees at school
Specific skills related to the job
- Write the skills that you know about yourself.
- For more skills that you can’t think of, ask teachers or other people who know you well.
How you learned (heard) about the job
- A current employee
- On the Internet
- Sign in store window
- Job coach
- Other: (How did you hear about the job opening? Write it here.)
Employees you know at the company
- If you know someone who works there, write their name
Licenses/Certifications
- Do you have your driver’s license or permit?
- Are you a life guard?
- Are you certified in CPR?
- Etc.
Do you have access to an automobile for work purposes? Do you have a car? Can you drive?
- If you do, answer “yes”.
- If you don’t, answer “parental support”, “public transportation”, “walking distance”, “Uber”, or anything that indicates you have a way to come and go to and from work.
Driving record (have you gotten any tickets?)
- Be honest.
- Write “None” if your driving record is 100% perfect.
Do you have authorization to work in the U.S.
- Say “yes”.
Times and days available to work
- The employer really wants to know when they can rely on you to be there and where they can put you into their schedule.
- Write specific days of the week and hours you are available.
- If you write, “flexible”, that means you must be ready for working any days and times that they ask.
- If you are reliable, make yourself as available as possible. You will work holidays. You will work any days and hours on the weekends.
Start and end dates you're available for seasonal and temporary jobs
- Seasonal jobs mean during your school breaks. Temporary means about the same thing, except you are telling them that might be obligating your employment for just a certain period of time.
Social Security Number
- Do not write your social security number on a job application. Instead write “Available Upon Hire”.
Have you been convicted of a crime and if so what crime and when?
- Be honest.
Certification that all the information you have supplied is accurate.
- If you don’t understand the “small print”, ask a supportive person to proofread your application before you sign anything.
References (typically three references with their contact information -no family members)
- Ask people to refer you ahead of time before you use them as a reference.
Title:
Full address:
Phone Number:
Position or Relationship to you: