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What Work Nottinghamshire 2015 / 2016

Job applications
Application forms

Read through the form first and the notes that go with
it. Have they asked you to fill it in using a black pen?

33 Copy the form if you can and use the copy to write your responses in rough.
33 Make sure your handwriting is neat and clear and that you don’t have any spelling
mistakes. Avoid crossing out any mistakes.

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A scruffy application form
gives a bad impression
to an employer and may
cost you the job.

Make sure that your skills and abilities meet those
needed for the job.

33Use the space provided to support your application to

really sell yourself – tell them why you should get the job.
Attach an extra piece of paper if you need to (white or
cream A4).

For your first referee, use your head teacher or principal
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if you are at school or college and your current or last employer if you are
working. For your second, use an adult who knows you well but not a relative.
Don’t forget to ask them first.

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Make sure you fill in every section of the form – they are asking for a reason!

Remember to sign and date the form, sending it back as soon as you can.
Sometimes an employer brings the closing date forwards if they have already
received enough applications.

33 Take a copy of the form in case

it gets lost in the post and to
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