1. Job Application & Interview Skills

2. Job Application Skills
For Teens
Create a Resume
The Job Application Process
Interview Skills

3. Why Create a Resume?
The resume is sent to companies looking for new employees
It contains information about you that would make you a good fit for the job they are trying to fill
A Resume can include:
Contact information
Education
Work Experience (including volunteer work)
Positive personal characteristics
Skills you have developed (computer software you know how to use)

4. Formatting Your Resume
Contact Information:
Your first and last name
No nicknames Joseph not Joe Thomas J. Smith not CJ Smith
Your address
221 Swan Drive
Canton, OH 44721
Your phone number with the area code (use you cell phone number)
Your address

5. Formatting Your Resume
Education:
The name and address of the high school you are attending
GlenOak High School
1801 Schneider
Canton, OH 44721
Expected date of graduation
June, 2016
Honors or awards you have earned

6. Formatting Your Resume
Skills:
List skills related to the job that you are applying for including:
People skills you have developed
Speech and Debate; Team Captain, Squad Leader
Technical skills you have developed
Computer software you know how to use (MS Word)
Class you have taken
Stem
High School of Business
Photography

7. Formatting Your Resume
Work Experience:
Paid positions
Company’s name
The dates you were employed there
Company’s address and phone number
Your supervisor’s name and phone number (who you reported to)
Volunteer Positions including unpaid work at GlenOak (office/teacher’s aide):
The dates you volunteered there

8. Use Naviance to Create Your Resume
Plain Local Home Page
Students link
Naviance link

9. Use Naviance to Create Your Resume

10. The Job Application
Process For Teens

11. Job Applications
All companies who are looking for new employees will have a job application for you to complete
The job application can be on paper or it can be located on the company’s webpage
Many companies require you to complete a job application and ask you to submit a resume with a cover letter
Some of the information on the job application can be the same as your resume
Contact information
Education
Work Experience (including volunteer work)
Positive personal characteristics
Skills you have developed (computer software you know how to use)

12. Job Application Tips When you Apply In-Person
When you stop in to pick up an application or drop-off a completed application, be sure you are dressed appropriately. You may end up speaking to the manager and it is very important to look and act professional in case you get an on-the-spot interview.
Dress professionally:
NO Jeans, sweat pants/shirts, sagging pants, over-exposed skin, or “gym” shoes
ALWAYS dress one-up from what the employees wear:
If the employees wear black dress pants and a golf shirt, you should wear black pants and a dress shirt with a tie (males) or black dress pants/skirt with a blouse or sweater (females). Most entry-level jobs you apply for in high school will not require a suit and tie.
Wear dress shoes or all black athletic shoes in excellent shape

13. Filling out the Job Application
After you pick-up a job application, please read the application before you begin to write. Notice where you should write the information (on top of the line or is it a box and you write in the box).
Bring your own pen (Use blue or black ink only—other colors may not show up on a copy machine and are sometimes hard to read)
Leave space between your words to make it easier to read and identify pieces of information
Be NEAT
Bring your resume or another completed job application to use. Most applications ask for much of the same information. Less mistakes are made when you are just copying info instead of thinking and writing at the same time. (OOOPS I left out a letter—ink does not erase)

14. Complete the Job Application
When completing the practice application, you can use a pencil so you can erase.
Give your completed application to your teacher.
Open the PDF Filler application shared with you and complete it.

15. Interview Skills
For Teens