Creating a Professional Job Application

Creating a Professional Job Application

Learning Objectives

• Construct a professional job application email
• Present qualifications and experience relevant to the job
• Properly close an application letter and provide contact details

What do you already know about job applications?

Slide 1: Professional Email Writing

• Importance of professional email communication
• Tips for writing a job application email

Slide 2: Job Application Process

• Definition of a job application
• Components of a job application (resume, cover letter)
• Importance of tailoring the application to the job

Slide 3: Presentation of Qualifications and Experience

• Highlighting relevant qualifications
• Demonstrating past experience
• Aligning skills with job requirements

Slide 4: Closing an Application Letter and Providing Contact Details

• Properly closing the letter
• Including essential contact information
• Significance of a professional sign-off

Slide 5: Job Application Vocabulary

• Job application
• Qualifications
• Cover letter
• Resume

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.