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WorksheetsJob Applications
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Your planning on going out with friends when you spot a perfect job advert but the closing date is tomorrow. Do you
Call the recruiter and tell them you have broken your arm so could you have an extension
Postpone the evening with your friends and work on your application form
Don’t bother to apply, another suitable job will come up again anyway
Go out and then complete the application when you get back home
You have just written the perfect two page CV but when you re-read the instructions you find the CV must be no longer than one page. Do you:
Submit it anyway, that are bound to want to read all about your experience and skills
Chop out the older bits of your CV to get it down to one page. They are not interested in what you did five years ago
Edit your CV down to one page making sure that you concentrate on your most relevant skills and experience
Reduce the size of the font and cram everything onto one page
You are writing a speculative letter to an organisation to ask if they have any vacancies but you don’t have a name to address the letter to. Do you:
Write Dear Sir / Madam
Contact the organisation and ask who you should address the letter to
Write Dear Hiring Manager
Write To Whom it may concern
You have found a job through an agency. You have the job description but you don’t know the name of the organisation. Do you:
Contact the agency and ask them for information about the organisation
Just write the application, you don’t need to know who they are
Decide not to apply, if they can’t tell you who you will be working for
Research organisations in the area and make a guess as to who it might be
The application form asks for experience of working on a front line customer service desk. You haven’t got the experience so do you:
Make it up, they are never going to check
Highlight your related experience and how the skills you have gained are transferable to the role
Tell them about all the other experience that you have instead
Call the organisation , explain what experience you do have and ask them if you should apply
The application form includes a large blank section where you are invited to provide ‘Additional information relevant to your application’ Do you:
Leave it blank
Outline your demands for salary and benefits
Tell them about all your other achievements like health and safety certificates and music awards
Provide an overview of why you wanted the position and include relevant experience and skills
The closing date for a job you’re interested in isn’t for another 6 weeks. Do you:
Complete and submit the online form ASAP
Complete the form in a few days but delay in sending until last minute
Schedule to complete and send the form a couple of weeks before the deadline
Decide they can’t be keen to recruit and you need a job now
The closing date for an application is today but you haven’t finished your answer to a question about why you want to work for the organisation. As you've got lots of other urgent things on do you:
Ring the recruiter and ask if you can send the completed answer a day later
Prioritise this application and answer the question to the best of your ability
Quickly cut and paste your answer to a similar question on an application you did for another job
Decide not to send it as your application won’t be good enough if it’s incomplete
In an application, you are asked to describe a situation where you have worked well as part of a team. Do you:
Provide a list of every occasion when you have been part of a team from the age of 15
Write about one great example
Answer ‘yes of course I’m a great team player’
Use the question to highlight all your other skills as well as team work
On the application form you are asked about the salary you would expect. You can only submit a figure. Do you:
Add a low figure so you get an interview, you can argue about salary once offered roel
Skip the question. You can discuss your salary later
Add a high figure, after all they will want a candidate who is ambitious
Research similar jobs and average salaries and come up with a reasonable figure
