Applying for a Job Vocab

document created and used by a person to present their background, skills, and accomplishments and used to secure new employment

Should be only one page

• resume

• cover letter

• application

• transcript

knowledge or skill gained by doing or watching something

• GPA

• experience

• tasks

• optional

a personal business letter that you send with your resume when you apply for a job that further explains your qualifications

Should be only one page

• transcript

• cover letter

• resume

• application

A statement of the qualifications of a 

a person seeking employment given by someone 

familiar with the person (not a family member).

• reference

• application

• employer

• co-worker

printed or written information that can be used as proof of some fact

• skills

• optional

• cover letter

• documents

eft to choice, voluntary, 

not mandatory

• unemployed

• mandatory

• optional

• must

being out of work

• unemployed

• employed

• recently hired

• apprentice

Your grades averaged over the length of your time in school

• FAFSA

• GPA

• resume

• DOCUMENTS

a member of a country either by birth or naturalization

• criminal

• foreigner

• citizen

• worker

found guilty of a crime by judge or jury

• innocent

• guilty

• misdemeanor

• convicted