Career Resources for Teens and Adults - An Adulting Life Skills Activity

How to Fill Out a Job Application

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Benefits and Features

  • Students should be able to fill out a job application after completing the lessons in this vocational life skills activity.
  • Asking for a job reference the right way.
  • Identifying an excellent professional reference
  • How to document previous employment
  • What to include as job duties
  • How to list volunteer experience
  • The benefit of using a professional email address
  • This SPED life skills activity is ideal for high school special education classrooms, vocational training programs, adult autism centers, and adult education programs.

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