10_MC How do I apply for jobs listed on the Internet? (Intermediate LevelCLB 4)
Instructions: Choose the correct word from the drop-down menu.
1. I’m a Graphic Designer and I’m looking for work with a web company. Today I installed the latest antivirus software onto my laptop, so I can virus-check all of the attachments I send to a potential employer. I certainly don’t want to send a document
( infected, infecting, infect, is infected ) with a virus to a potential employer.
2. I currently have my resume in 3 different formats. I have a plain text version,
( a scannnable, a scanned, scan, to scan ) version and a version in Microsoft Word.
3. I recently sent my resume to a job posting. I saved a copy of the sent message. However, when I checked the Sent folder, the attachment wasn’t there. I later read that my free email provider ( don’t save, didn’t saves, does not save, isn’t saved ) attachments for sent messages.
4. Today I emailed my cover letter and resume in .doc format to the City of St. Catharines for a position advertised in The St. Catharines Standard. I also made sure
( to cut and paste, cut and paste, cut and pasted, cut and post ) my cover letter and resume into the body of the email. This way, if there’s a problem opening my attachments, they have the information in the body of the email.
5. A job ad in the newspaper states to fax your resume and cover letter. I don’t have a fax machine, so I’m going to go to the Employment Resource Centre on College Street near Dufferin in Toronto. I’ll ask for a (print, printing out, to print out, printout ) of the receipt as proof of the time and date I sent the fax. This way I can contact the employer knowing they’ve received my application.
6. I have been using several online tools when writing my resume and cover letters. I didn’t realize that spell check ( don’t correct, doesn’t correct, doesn’t corrected, don’t corrected) word usage and grammar. Therefore, I’m going to take my resume to the Employment Resource Centre on MacNab Street in Hamilton to book an appointment to have my resume proofread and edited, if necessary.
7. I have an older computer. I’m starting to look for a summer job. A lot of the job postings I’ve read online require the applicants to email their resume and cover letter. I’m going to go to Kinko’s and use their up-to-date computers to finalize my resume and perform ( a virus checked, a virus checking, virus check, a virus check ) before I email it out.
8. I’m applying for a teaching position with the Peel District School Board. The posting said to email all resumes as a .pdf attachment. I only had an older version of Adobe Acrobat, so I ( downloaded, to download, download, downloading ) the latest version.
9. My employment counselor discussed scannable resumes with me last week.
An employer scans each resume using scanning software (identify, to identify, identified, identifys ) keywords. The software scans resumes in a plain text format. There's no set list of keywords; they will vary from one job opening to another, depending on what the job requires.
10. I’m applying for an administrative temp job. The email must be in plain text only. I have ( to format, format, formatted, a format) it to a maximum of 65 letters per line.
11. I’m a Graphic Designer and Photographer. I’m going ( to prepare, to preparing, prepare, prepares ) several versions of my resume including an HTML version so I can highlight my design skills and showcase my photography in a flash presentation to potential employers.
12. I’m getting ready to email my resume to Honda Canada. In the Subject field, I’m going (put, to put, puts, putting ) the actual job code cited in the advertisement.
13. My job search instructor told our class to use shorter text lines, spacing between sections, and text-based highlights in plain text resumes (.txt). I’m using an Arial Font. She also said Times or other standard fonts (suits, are suitable, suit, are suiting,) for resumes.
14. I’m going to test my plain text resume and send out various versions to myself and see how they open. I’m also going to send several versions to my friend Amal, who uses several different email programs. This way I can (corrected, corrects, to correct, correct ) any problems with the formatting before I start sending out my resumes next week.
15. I did some email testing and my bullets were out of alignment on my resume and several lines in my cover letter ended with a comma. I want my email resume
( look, to look, looked, looks ) good to potential employers, so I have to correct my plain text resume before emailing it to them.
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