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New Online Practice Job Application
A few years ago, CareerBuilder published a startling statistic: 60 percent of job seekers quit in the middle of filling out online job applications because of the length or complexity. Many career counselors weren’t surprised—they’ve been noting the frustrations around job applications for years. The online forms can feel cumbersome, filling them out can sometimes take a half hour or more, and most applicants don’t have quick access to the details requested.
CareerOneStop’s new Practice Job Application aims to help ease those frustrations. By taking the time to fill out a practice application, job seekers can feel more confident and prepared to complete real applications. The Practice Job Application includes prompts for most details requested on standard job applications, including the job seeker’s contact information, employment and education history, and their schedule and other preferences. It also includes tips for answering some standard-but-sometimes-tricky questions such as whether they have a criminal record.
Those tips and the practice of filling out this practice application are useful—but the real value of completing it is that job seekers can download or print their final Practice Job Application. Then they have a hard copy of all the names, dates, addresses, phone numbers, and other details needed when filling out a real application. Please note CareerOneStop does not save any personal information entered by users.
In addition to the Practice Job Application, CareerOneStop offers tips for filling out job applications.