Job Application Template, and Resume Format Aid

Applicants that are job hunting need to be organized. It’s crazy trying to fill out an application in person, and realize that you forgot to bring all your information. Or you get to the library to fill out an application thinking you can use the phone book or on-line to retrieve your information, and realize there’s a line and you are only limited to using the computer for an hour.

It’s also easier to write a resume once you’ve done the research, on yourself. The form below will help you organize your information so you can make out an application and a resume with ease, and this form will save you important time. And believe it or not you may think that you will never forget your social security number, or your job duties at your last position that you held for 20 years, but after you’ve been out of work six months you will. It’s helpful to write it down while it’s fresh in your mind, and you are not under pressure filling out a job application.

Be sure to bookmark this blog entry because in future features, I will be describing this form in detail, by explaining why you need this information, what the employer will do with this information, and how you should gather this information. Of course savvy adults that have been job hunting for awhile will all know this information, but your kids coming right out of college or high school may not know all this; bookmark it for them.

Please use this information for personal use only, and modify it to fit your needs. It is copyrighted, and not to be used by professional employment counselors, or used in your book you are writing about job hunting.

Research yourself, and write it down! Image by wikipedia.org

JOB APPLICATION TEMPLATE, AND RESUME FORMAT AID

CONTACT INFORMATION

Name:

Address:

Home Phone or Cell Phone:

Message Phone or Cell Phone:

EDUCATION INFORMATION:

School information, highest level completed, High School or University name, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts, etc., or Associate in …, College, Major, Address, and level completed, or if you didn’t finish college list the courses completed. If you are a senior graduating soon list expected date of graduation:

Employer Sponsored/Industry Sponsored etc. Courses, Certificates, and Dates:

Special Skills:

Equipment You Can Operate:

Word, Spreadsheets, Databases, and other Computer Software You Can Operate:

Honors and Scholarships

Associations

CREDIT, AND BACKGROUND CHECK INFORMATION:

Social Security Number:

Driver’s License Number, State, Class, and Expiration Date:

Make, Model, and Year of Vehicle, and Registration:

Previous Addresses:

First Previous Address:

Second Previous Address:

Third Previous Address:

REFERENCE INFORMATION:

Business References

Co-Worker References (At least 3)

First Previous Co-Worker Reference: Name, Position, Business Name, Personal Address, Personal Phone Number, Business Phone Number, Number of Years Known:

Second Previous Co-Worker Reference: Name, Position, Business Name, Personal Address, Personal Phone Number, Business Phone Number, Number of Years Known:

Third Previous Co-Worker Reference: Name, Position, Business Name, Personal Address, Phone Number, Number of Years Known:

Supervisor References: (At least 3)

First Previous Supervisor Reference: Name, Position, Business Name, Personal Address, Personal Phone Number, Business Phone Number, Number of Years Known:

Second Previous Supervisor Reference: Name, Position, Business Name, Personal Address, Personal Phone Number, Business Phone Number, Number of Years Known:

Third Previous Supervisor Reference: Name, Position, Business Name, Personal Address, Personal Phone Number, Business Phone Number, Number of Years Known:

Personal References:

(No family members. Use references from Volunteer Jobs first than personal friends. Only to be used if you lack Business references. Of course if your friend or family member works for the company you are applying to or if he or she has a connection to someone at that organization, use his/her name. In state references only.)

First Personal Reference: Name, Position, Business Name or Volunteer Organization, Personal Address, Phone Number, Number of Years Known, How You Met:

Second Personal Reference: Name, Position, Business Name or Volunteer Organization, Personal Address, Phone Number, Number of Years Known, How You Met:

Third Personal Reference: Name, Position, Business Name or Volunteer Organization, Personal Address, Phone Number, Number of Years Known, How You Met:

WORK EXPERIENCE, AND NETWORKING INFORMATION:

Copy information from work experience below and go back at least 10 calendar years or as far back as necessary. For example, if you want to go back into selling men’s suits and you haven’t done that type of work for 20 years, list the information for that position that you held 20 years ago. If you are a recent high school graduate list babysitting, and lawn maintenance work experience above. You don’t need to go back 10 years if you are a recent college or high school graduate. Apply some common sense, no one expects you to have a job as an infant. No one cares what you did in high school if you just graduated from college; just list work experience since graduating from high school.

Work Experience with Promotions

Job Title(s):

Business Name:

Business Address:

Business Human Resource Employment Verification Phone Number:

Beginning, and ending date: (in first job title position)

Beginning, and ending date: ( in second job title position)

Beginning, and ending date: (in third job title position)

Beginning, and ending Salary, per hour, per day, per week, per month: :(in first job title position)

Beginning, and ending Salary, per hour, per day, per week, per month: :(in second job title position)

Beginning, and ending Salary, per hour, per day, per week, per month: :(in third job title position)

Type of Business/Industry:

Job Description of First Position:

Job Accomplishments: Example, Consistently exceeded (name quota here), Awarded (name award, or honor)

Networking Names, phone numbers, and addresses of potential people to keep in contact with for possible references, or information on job leads in your industry

Job Description of Second Position:

Job Accomplishments: Example, Consistently exceeded (name quota here), Awarded (name award, or honor)

Networking Names, phone numbers, and addresses of potential people to keep in contact with for possible references, or information on job leads in your industry

Job Description of Second Position:

Job Accomplishments: Example, Consistently exceeded (name quota here), Awarded (name award, or honor)

Networking Names, phone numbers, and addresses of potential people to keep in contact with for possible references, or information on job leads in your industry

Work Experience Without Promotions

Job Title:

Business Name :

Business Address:

Business Human Resource Employment Verification Phone Number:

Beginning, and ending date:

Beginning, and ending Salary, per hour, per day, per week, per month: :

Type of Business/Industry:

Job Description:

Job Accomplishments: Example, Consistently exceeded (name quota here), Awarded (name award, or honor):

Networking Names, phone numbers, and addresses of potential people to keep in contact with for possible references, or information on job leads in your industry:

...And so on for the past 10 years or whatever is necessary.

VOLUNTEERING, AND NETWORKING INFORMATION:

If you are a recent college or high school graduate this includes school/club activities such as Band, Spirit Club, Spanish Club etc. Also includes community activities, or even neighbor activities like babysitting for free, etc. If you are not a recent graduate, list on this form community activities or even church volunteer activities. You may not always use this information on an application, but you are also researching yourself, remember. Go back 10 years or whatever is necessary. For example you want a paid position working for a non-profit tutoring business, but you haven’t tutored for free over 20 years, list that experience anyway. Volunteer experience is more helpful on a resume, and application form that lacks work experience such as a recent graduate, or a work at home mother returning to the workforce

Keep in mind the same rules apply as in work experience. If you are a recent college graduate, don’t list the volunteer activities you had in high school, just in college.

The special skills and equipment as well as courses taken while volunteering go under the appropriate categories under Education Information. It doesn’t matter where, or how you gained these skills.

Job Volunteer Title:

Organization Name:

Organization Address:

Organization’s Volunteer Coordinator Name, Title, and Phone Number:

Beginning, and ending date:

List any Stipends, etc., or was it completely unpaid?

Type of Organization/Industry or Members Served:

Mission Statement, and Description of Charity or Organization:

Job Description:

Job Accomplishments: Example, Consistently exceeded (name quota here), Awarded (name award, or honor):

Networking Names, phone numbers, and addresses of potential people to keep in contact with for possible references, or information on job leads in your industry:

...And so on for the previous 10 years, or whatever is appropriate. Happy Job Hunting!

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