
 
From Job Application to Resume 
By Tim Collins 
 
You complete a job application to get a job. Sometimes you also give a company a sheet of paper with 
information about your education and experience. You prepare this sheet of information yourself and give 
it to the company. This sheet of paper is called a resume. In this worksheet you will learn to complete a 
job application and then use the information to make your resume.  
 
A. Read the job application. 
 
     APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT 
Mayfair Coffee Shop 
2022 Connecticut Avenue    Washington, DC 30302 
  Date of application: 
Name:    
 
Social Security 
Number: 
 
 
Address:      
City:  State:    Zip:   Telephone: 
Position Applied for: 
EXPERIENCE  
Job Title: 
 
Dates:  
 
Company Name and Address: 
 
 
 
 
Duties 
 
    Reason for Leaving 
 
Job Title:      Dates: 
Company Name and  Address: 
 
  
 
 
Duties 
 
    Reason for Leaving 
 
    
EDUCATION 
 
Schools 
 
Name  
 
Subjects Studied                   
 
Years Attended 
 
High School 
    
College(s) 
University(s) 
 
 
  
Trade School 
or Other 
Education 
      
March 4, 2003 
010-
5-8922 
Marta Carcamo
102 Illinois Street      
   Washington                                      DC                               30301                                                  202-555-
175
Head Cook 
Cook                 December 2002 to now 
City Diner
201 P Street 
Washington, DC   30302
 
    
Cook food, clean kitchen,       Restaurant is closing at the end o
 
   plan menu      the month.
 
     Head cook            1992 to 2001
Holiday Hotel
Santiago, Chile 
Cook, help head cook         Moved to the United States. 
Puebla High School                                        1988 to 1992
Puebla, Mexico 
               
Sanz School        English                                      2002 to now 
Washington, DC 
 
 
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