Click Next Card to see a word or a term used in job applications. When you see the word, try to tell what it means. Then click Next Card again to see if you are right or to see what it means.
| most recent job | your job now or your last job |
| available | when you are free to work |
| FT | Full-time --- 40 hours per week |
| PT | Part-time --- fewer than 40 hours per week |
| OT | Over-time --- more than 40 hours per week |
| shift | time of day that you work - morning shift (9 AM - 5 PM) night shift (11 PM - 7 AM) |
| preference | to like one thing better than another |
| shift preference | time of day you would like to work - morning shift or night shift |
| skills | the things you know how to do for your job For example: build houses, cook Chinese food, answer the telephone |
| references | A list of people who can say good things about you and your work. These people recommend you for a job. |
| salary | your pay for a job |
| work experience | your job now and your past jobs |
| reason for leaving | why you left your job For example: to move to the U.S., for a better job, for better pay. |
| position | the name of your job For example: secretary, teacher, cook, roofer |
| supervisor | your boss |
| recent | in the past but not very long ago |