Information Required to Complete a Job Application

When you complete a job application, regardless of whether it is a paper application or an online job application, there is information you will need to provide in order to complete the job application and submit your application for employment.

In addition, to providing personal information, work history, education, qualifications and skills, you will also be asked to attest to the fact that all the information you are giving is accurate.

Not telling the truth, fudging employment dates, leaving out information, and other inaccuracies can be grounds for not being hired or for being terminated in the future if the company finds out your misrepresented your background or lied on the job application. The following is the information that is required to complete a job application:

Information Required to Complete a Job Application

Personal Information

• Name
• Address, city, state, zip code
• Phone number
• Email Address
• Social security number
• Are you eligible to work in the United States?
• If you are under age eighteen, do you have an employment certificate?
• Have you been convicted of a felony within the last five years? (information about convictions varies based on state law)

  Education and Experience

• School(s) attended, degrees, graduation date
• Certifications
• Skills and qualifications

Employment History (for both current and prior positions)

• Employer
• Address, phone, email
• Supervisor
• Job title and responsibilities
• Salary
• Starting and ending dates of employment
• Reason for leaving
• Permission to contact previous employer

References (usually three references)

• Name
• Job title
• Company
• Address, phone, email

Availability (when you could start the job and the days/hours you are available if it's a job with a flexible schedule)

• Days available
• Hours available
• Date you are available to start work

Certification
At the end of a job application there is usually a certification that you must sign and date:
I authorize the verification of the information listed above. I certify that the information contained in this employment application is accurate. I understand that false information may be grounds for not offering employment or for termination of employment at any point in the future.

By signing the certification you are attesting to the truth of the information you have included on the job application. If the application is online, you will click a box to acknowledge that you are submitting complete and accurate information. That checked box will count as your signature.

Sample Job Applications:

Review sample job applications to give you an idea of what you are going to be asked. Print one or two out and complete them, so you know you have all the information ready to complete actual employment applications.

Sample Job Application Letters:

Need to mail a job application or follow-up on an application you have submitted? Review the sample job application letters for examples of what to write and how to follow-up.