A.

​ KRITERIA KETERCAPAIAN TUJUAN PEMBELAJARAN

1.​ Mengidentifikasi fungsi sosial teks khusus dalam bentuk surat lamaran kerja, dengan memberi
dan meminta informasi terkait jati diri, latar belakang pendidikan atau pengalaman kerja sesuai
dengan konteks penggunaannya.
2.​ Mengidentifikasi struktur teks beberapa teks khusus dalam bentuk surat lamaran kerja, dengan
memberi dan meminta informasi terkait jati diri, latar belakang pendidikan atau pengalaman
kerja sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya.
3.​ Mengidentifikasi unsur kebahasaan dari beberapa teks khusus dalam bentuk surat lamaran
kerja, dengan memberi dan meminta informasi terkait jati diri, latar belakang pendidikan atau
pengalaman kerja sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya.
4.​ Menyimpulkan informasi yaang terdapat dalam surat lamaran kerja.
5.​ Menyusun teks surat lamaran kerja dengan baik dan benar sesuai dengan kaidah yang ada.
B.​ TUJUAN PEMBELAJARAN
1.​ Peserta didik mampu mengidentifikasi fungsi sosial teks khusu Application Letter.
2.​ Peserta didik mampu mengidentifikasi struktur teks khusus Application Letter
3.​ Peserta didik mampu mengidentifikasi unsur kebahasaan teks khusu Application Letter.
4.​ Peserta didik mampu membandingkan fungsi sosial, struktur teks dan unsur kebahasaan dalam
bentuk teks khusus Application Letter.
5.​ Peserta didik mampu menyimpulkan informasi yang terdapat dalam Application Letter.
6.​ Peserta didik mampu menyusun teks Application Letter dengan baik dan benar sesuai dengan
kaidah yang ada.
A.​ JOB APPLICATION LETTER
A job application letter is a letter that you write to a company when you are applying for a job.
1.​ Social Function of Job Application Letters.
The social function of a job application letter is to make the employer interested and call the
writer for an interview.
2.​ Structure of Job Application Letters.

From the format above, we can conclude that the structure of the text contains of appliying job
explicity, information source of the vacancy, detailed information about the applicant’s
competences as the qualification asked, and availability of having interview.
3.​ Language Feature of Job Application Letters.
When we write a job application letter, we usually use simple present tense. However,
sometimes we use simple past tense when we are talking about education and last experience.
We also can use present perfect tense to write about unfinished action that started in the past
and continue to the present.
There are some tips to write a job application letter:
☞​ Be friendly and professional.
☞​ Be enthausiastic, but do not beg.
☞​ Use simple and natural language.
☞​ Use positive words and phrases.
☞​ Make you letter short and to the point, but intersting to read.

Some expressions or pharses usually used in writing job application letters.

 a.​ Opening.
●​ I am writing in reply to your advertisement in . . . .
●​ With reference to your advertisement in . . . .
●​ I would like to apply for the position of . . . .
●​ In reply to your advertisement in . . . .
●​ I wish to apply for the post of . . . which you adevrtised in . . . on . . . .
●​ I am writing in response to your advertisement posted in . . . .
b.​ Talking about experiences and qualifications
~​ I am in charge of . . . .
~​ As you can see from my CV, . . . .
~​ At present, I am working as a . . . .
~​ As you can see from my enclosed resume, my eperience and qualifications match this
position’s requirements.
~​ Currently, I am working as a . . . .
~​ I have two years experience in this sector.
~​ My professional qualifications/skills appear to be well suited to your company’s
requirements.
c.​ Reasons for appliying job
▪​ I am particularly intersted in this position . . . .
▪​ I would like to work for you, in order to . . . .
▪​ I have a lively interst in . . . an would appreciate the opportunity/chance to broaden my
knowledge by working with you.
d.​ Closing
⇨​ I look forward to hearing from you.
⇨​ I will be available for interview from. . . .
⇨​ I am available for interview on. . . .
⇨​ I would welcome the opportunity to discuss further details of the position with you
personally.

Lilis Handayani (1)

Jl. A Yani 389
Surabaya, 65151
July, 19, 2024

Mr. Frank Peterson, Personnel Manager (2)

Jeans and Co
Jl. Raya Pandaan 186
Pandaan Pasuruan, Jawa Timur, 98502

Dear Mr. Peterson, (3)

(4) I am writing to you in response to your advertisement for a local branch manager, which
appeared in the Jawa Post on Sunday, July 10. As you can see from my enclosed resume. My
experience and qualifications match this position’s requirements.

(5) My current position, managing the local branch of anational shoe retailer, has provided the
opportunity to work under a high-pressure, team environment, where it is essential to be able to
work closely with my colleagues in order to meet sales deadlines.

In addition to my responsibilities as manager, I also developed time management tools for staff
using Accessand Excel from Microsoft’s Office Suite.
(6) Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to the opportunity to personally
discuss why I am particularly suited for this position. Please call me after 4.00 p.m. to suggest a time
we may meet. I can be reached via telephone number 031-858564 or by e-mail at lilish@yahoo.com.

Sincerely, (7)

Lilis Handayani
 1.​ To whom the letter was sent?

2.​ Who wrote the application letter?

3.​ What is the purpose of writing the

letter?

4.​ What position did she want to apply?

5.​ How did Lilis Know the vacancy?

6.​ What Lilis’ current position?

Rachel Venya
Jakarta, June 22th 2024

PT Indonesia Raya
Jln. Raya Sudirman 578
 Jakarta Pusat

Dear Personel Manager of PT. Indonesia Raya

I have read your job vacancy in Jakarta Post June 18th 2024 that your company is
looking for some employees to hold some positions. Based on the positions that you
offer, I am intersted to apply in Sales and Marketing Operation position, considering
my background education as Marketing.

My name is Rachel Venya. I am a fresh graduate from University of Indonesia,

Faculty of Economic and Business, majoring in Marketing, with total GPA 3.80 of
4.00. i consider myself having the qualifications you seek.

I have a good motivation for progress and growing. I’m eager to learn and I can work
with team or induvidual. Beside that, I possess adequate in Public Speaking and
have good command in English (spoken and written).

With my qualifications, I am sure that I will give a great contribution for your company.
Here I enclose a copy of my Bachelor Diploma and Academic Transcript, Curriculum
Vitae, recent Photograph and Certificate of Public Speaking and English Proficiency
(TOEIC)

Thenk you for your consideration. I am looking forward to hearing you soon to
discuss further about my abilities.

Sincerely yours,

Rachel Venya

No Parts of Application Letter Information

1 Sender address
2 The address of the company
senders are writing to
3 Salutation
4 Opening paragraph
5 Middle paragraph/ Body
6 Closing paragraph
7 signature

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a.​ Course c.​ confidence e.​ graduation g.​ proficient i.​ enthusiastic
b.​ Interview d.​ career f.​ skills h.​ consideration j.​ experiences

B.​ Curriculum Vitae

In a job application package, we usually enclose a resume or curriculum vitae. A curriculum vitae (CV)
is a longer (two or more pages), more detailed synopsis than a resume. It contains a summary of your
educational and academic background, as well as working eperience, awards, honors, and ither details.
Questions :

1.​ Whose resume is it?

2.​ What is her background education?
3.​ What are her skills
4.​ Has she worked before? How do you know?
5.​ How long is her experiences in fasion designer?
C.​ JOB INTERVIEW
Job interview is a meeting organized by a recruiter used to evaluate a potential employee for
prospective employement at a company. Most job interview will feature questions about a candidat’s
work history, personality, work style, and other factors relevan to the job. Here are some common
questions in job interview and the answers.

No questions answers

1 Tell me about yourself! I have been in the customer service industry for the
past years.

2 Why are you interested in I think your company is doing great things, so I want
working for this company? to be a part of it.

3 Why should we hire you? I’m a hard-worker with a proven track record.

4 Tell me about your educational My educational background includes my hight school

background! diploma and some time in college where I studied
business management. I completed three terms of
higher education and that time I honed my
communication and time management skills in
classes such as marketing and English.

5 How much salary do you I would like to be compensated fairly for my

expect? eperience.

6 Why are you leaving your -​ In order to enhance my skill set.

present job? -​ I am looking for better opportunities.

7 Why do you want this job? This job is a good fit for what I’ve been doing and
enjoying throughout my career.

8 What are you strengths? I have an extremely strong work ethic.

 9 What are your greatest When I’m working on a project, I don’t want just to
weakness? meet deadliness. Rather, I prefer to complete the
project well ahead of schedule.

10 How do you handle stress and I actually work better under pressure, and I’ve found
pressure? that I enjoy working in a challenging environment.

11 What are your goal for the My long-term goals involve growing with a company
future? where I can continue to learn, take on additional
responsibilities, and contribute as much value as I
can.

Common interview strategies apply for all general interview answers. These include the following
things :
1.​ Be positive. Avoid any negative answers.
2.​ Show your commitment.
3.​ Answer directly. Prepare yourself before you go for an interview to ensure your answers are
straight and to the point.

Questions :
 No Questions Answers

Mr. William : Good morning. Welcome to Glades Company. I’m William. You are Sean, right?
Yes, Sir. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too. How are you today?
Sean : (1)​___________
Mr. William :
Sean : I’m great, thanks. Well, shall we start?
Mr. William : Sure.
First of all, let me introduce myself. (2) ____________ As you know, we have an
open position, so we have been interviewing applications to fill the position as
Sean : quickly as possible.
Mr. William : Yes, Sir. I read about the position at the newspaper.
Sean : Good. Well, tell me about yourself.
Mr. William : (3)___________
Sean : Where did you study?
Mr. William : (4)__________
Some of our employees come from that university. Why do you want to become
Sean : an accountant?
(5)____________ I also really enjoyed my accounting courses in university so I
Mr. William : have kown this was the path for me since I was young.
Sean : Good. Can you tell me about your last job?
Well, (6)__________. Audit allowed me the opportunity to work with clients of all
sizes and industries. I focused on testing controls, writing audit reports, and
Mr. William : overseeing the work of my audit team.
Sean : What are your strengths? Why should I hire you?
Mr. William : (7)__________ I am very eager to learn, and I get along fine with people.
Sean : What is your biggest weakness?
Mr. William : (8)__________
Sean : What do you do in your free time?
Mr. William : (9)__________
Sean : And finally, why do you want this job?
(10)_________This opportunity will allow me to use my experience, and develop
Mr. William : my career. I think I have the right skills for the job.
Thanks, Sean. We are interviewing more candidates this week and will contact
you by Friday to let you know the outcome of this interview. Thank you for
Sean : coming.
Thank you for seeing me.