Job Application Form

Related Section of pack: Working in the UK

Aim:

To introduce learners to job application forms and to help them set out
their details and experience in writing.

Materials:

Task sheet (blank application form) and real job advertisements

(supplied by teacher)

ESOL level:

Intermediate 2

SCQF level:

Time:

60 mins

Preparation:

Find a selection of real job ads

Tutor ensures he/she is up to date with basic current employment
practices e.g. age, racial and sexual orientation discrimination in the
EU and Scotland. You are not allowed to discriminate on any of these
grounds (compare with students own countries). For instance, you
cannot advertise for a single young British man aged 25 35!
Copy the blank application form and the completed form for each
student to work on. The tutor should ask the students to try and write
one simple paragraph (three of four sentences) in the further
information section. Allow students to see the model answer before
writing their own versions. Use the completed template to compare and
guide students with their writing.

In class:
1) Ask students to brainstorm what is needed in a job application form and what
information employers will need (vocabulary building: 15 minutes).
2) Students are given the template to help them prepare. Tutor looks at the
template and answers questions.
3) Tutor hands out completed form to help students complete their own
templates.
4) Tutor asks students to complete forms for homework.
Variation:

Students bring in real forms that they wish to complete or tutor cuts out
simple job advertisements from the newspaper/web for students to
examine and write their own job advertisements.

Assessment: The task helps prepare learners for the following summative
assessment:
Intermediate 2 English for Work and Study Outcomes 1, 2 & 3
(DA9H11)

Job Application Form

Personal Information
Position applied for:

Full Name (forename & surname):

Date of Birth:

Nationality:

Address:

Tel. No. & Email:

Current Employment
Name and address of employer:

Position held:

From (D/M/Y):

Notice required:

Hours per week/ weeks per year:

Reason for leaving current employment:

Duties and responsibilities:

Other Work Experience

Dates of employment
(most recent first)
From
To
(D/M/Y)
(D/M/Y)

Organisation

Job title & duties

Education and Qualifications

Qualification(s) & dates

Subjects

Level/grade

Further information
Please provide any further information, e.g. skills, examples of your achievements,
training, interests, etc. (continue on separate sheet if necessary)

Referees

Please name two referees

Completed job application form

Personal Information
Position applied for:

Full Name (forename & surname):

Date of Birth: 12/12/1985

Nationality: Polish

Address:

Tel. No. & Email:

Telephone sales Operator

Pavel Novak

pavelnovakpole@polenet.orgh

21a High Street

Dundee

Current Employment
Name and address of employer:

Advertising Department, Daily News and Advertiser, 5 Forfar Street, Dundee

Position held:

From (D/M/Y):

Notice required:

Hours per week/ weeks per year:

Telesales Representative

14/06/05

One week

P/t: 20 hours a week, 48 weeks a year

Reason for leaving current employment:

I am moving to Inverness with my wife for her job. I am looking for work in Inverness which is
similar to my work in Dundee.
Duties and responsibilities:

I make all types of sales telephone calls including:

o New customer sales
o Cancellation of contracts
o Customer Service enquiries
o New offers and updating of services
o Customer change of details (new address for example)
I work in a team of six people and am a good team worker (deputy leader when team leader is
on holiday)

Other Work Experience

Dates of employment
(most recent first)
From
(D/M/Y)

Organisation

Job title & duties

Duty manager with

Chopin Restaurant chain,
Warsaw

Duty manager and Head Waiter (when

restaurants busy and extra staff needed).
Part time. Reason for leaving: moved to
Scotland.

To
(D/M/Y)

14/02/04 20/03/0
5

Education and Qualifications

Qualification(s) & Dates

Subjects

Level/grade

National Diploma in Restaurant

Management, Poznan College of
higher Education, Poznan, Poland.
2004
School Exams: English language,
Maths, German language, Physical
Education and Sport.

Accountancy (Book Keeping),

Customer Service, Marketing and
Sales, Health and Safety at Work,
Hygiene and First Aid.

Pass: First Class

Further information
Please provide any further information, e.g. skills, examples of your achievements,
training, interests, etc. (continue on separate sheet if necessary):

I am a good team worker with an excellent record of attendance and sales. I can work on
my own without supervision and adapt quickly to new ideas and training. I work hard and
am happy to work overtime when required. I enjoy working with the public and have a
friendly and positive approach to my work.

Referees

Please name two referees

Brian Brown
Telesales manager
Dundee Free Press
Inchtree Road
Dundee

Shirley Mcfadden
Principal
Dundee College of English
Campbell lane
Dundee

Tel: 02013040
Email: brianmanagersoffice@dundeefree.orgh

Tel: 098 34290

Email: Shirlmcf@dec.dundee.orgh