Workplace Essential Skills
Applying for Jobs (#103)
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Understanding and using application forms and processes.
Education Record Rights: Fixed expiration date - Aug 01, 2010.
Program Description: For adults who want to get — and keep — good jobs, this adult literacy series may be just the answer. Workplace Essential Skills teaches not just the skills but also the attitudes necessary to succeed at work. Reading, writing, math, communication, and problem solving are presented in workplace contexts. Learners see how to prepare résumés and applications and how to prepare themselves for interviews and for the workplace. Documentary and scripted footage shows what employers look for in new hires and how to fit in and thrive in a new job.
All Upcoming Episodes
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Orientation (#125)
An introduction to the series and its accompanying workbooks.
- Sun, April 11, 3:00 AM on IPTV
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Planning to Work (#101)
Emphasizes career planning and the role of work in people's lives.
- Sun, April 11, 3:30 AM on IPTV
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Matching Skills and Jobs (#102)
Tools to help you assess your own skills and then find a job that fits.
- Sun, April 18, 3:00 AM on IPTV
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Applying for Jobs (#103)
Understanding and using application forms and processes.
- Sun, April 18, 3:30 AM on IPTV
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Resumes, Tests, and Choices (#104)
Writing effective résumés and preparing for employment tests.
- Sun, April 25, 3:00 AM on IPTV
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Interviewing (#105)
How to prepare for the job interview.
- Sun, April 25, 3:30 AM on IPTV
Past Episodes
These episodes of Workplace Essential Skills aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- Trends and Predictions: Graphs and Data (#124)
- Measurements and Formulas (#123)
- Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (#122)
- Solving Problems (#121)
- Number Sense (#120)
- Reading Reports and Manuals (#119)
- Following Directions (#118)
- Finding What You Need: Forms and Charts (#117)
- Reading for a Purpose (#116)
- Writing Memos and Letters (#115)
- Supplying Information: Directions, Forms, and Charts (#114)
- A Process for Writing (#113)
- Communicating with Customers (#112)
- Working Together (#111)
- Communicating with Co-Workers and Supervisors (#110)
- The Language of Work (#109)
- Learning at Work (#108)
- Workplace Safety (#107)
- Ready for Work (#106)
- Interviewing (#105)
- Resumes, Tests, and Choices (#104)
- Applying for Jobs (#103)
- Matching Skills and Jobs (#102)

