This teaching case describes the functionality of an applicant processing system designed for a fictitious hotel chain. The system detailed in the case includes a webform where applicants complete and submit job applications. The system also includes a desktop application used by hotel managers and Human Resources to track applications and process…

Discusses how writing college and job applications can serve as a tool for teaching students to write autobiographies. (MM)

Guidelines for teaching students to write a job application letter and to prepare a resume are presented. (MF)

Describes a college-level job search teaching unit that is a practical method of preparing appropriate resumes, participating in effective job interviews, and getting and keeping the job. The unit's four phases are explained: securing job leads, writing resumes and letters of application, the interview, and the postinterview. (CT)

Techniques for teaching letter writing in a composition class are given, using actual employment ads for which letters of application are written. (HTH)

Describes a technical writing course in which four sessions were taught jointly by a writing instructor and a counselor to help students link job-hunting skills with writing skills. Includes the schedule for the four sessions. (TJ)

Reports on a field study that examined communication behaviors in job interviews. Recommends a training method for developing the communication skills that job applicants will need. (RL)

The study demonstrated the effectiveness of an instructional package on filling out job application forms with 24 hearing impaired college students. Use of practice forms with many elements common to other forms led to greater generalization than use of practice forms with fewer common elements. (DB)

Offers ways to amplify current instruction on the all-important job interview. Discusses resumes, job application letters, oral reports, preparing for the interview, mock interview checklist, doing the interview, sample interview questions, and leaving the interview. (SR)

Discusses the changes and doubts inherent in job searching of which business and technical communication teachers must be aware. Discusses strategies for using the business briefs section of the local newspaper as a source of employment "leads." (HTH)

Outlines a unit that prepares students for the job application situation. (RL)

Presents an idea that may help junior high school social studies students come to understand historical characters within the context of their times and see the human side of history. Students are asked to fill out a job application form for a selected character. A sample application form is included. (RM)

Describes using job application forms, letters, and resumes as an exercise in an argumentation class. (TJ)

Describes the Bernard Haldane System for Identifying Motivated Skills, an English course integrating job seeking skills with freshman composition and rhetoric instruction. An achievement essay, classification essays, and research essays precede preparation of resumes, application letters, and interview techniques. (HTH)