{"id":"career-hs-first-job-application-email","audience":"high-school","category":"career","technique":"context","track":"writing","title":"Email a local bakery about your first part-time job","free":false,"task":"You're 15 and want a weekend counter job at a local bakery that posted a sign. Get an email under 90 words, plain text, with a first line \"Subject: Weekend counter job - Leo Park\". Give your exact availability, which only you know: Saturdays 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sundays after 11 a.m. Be honest that this would be your first job, and sign off exactly \"Thank you, Leo Park\".","materialLabel":"The sign and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SIGN IN THE WINDOW: Sunrise Bakery, 214 Main St.\n\"Now hiring! Weekend counter help. Must be 15+. Friendly, on time, able to handle cash. Email Mrs. Alvarez: hello@sunrisebakery.example\"\n\nMY NOTES (Leo Park, 9th grade, Fairview High)\n- never had a real job before\n- I run the snack table at my brother's Little League games, make change from a cash box\n- I've been on time to 6 a.m. swim practice all year (coach can confirm)\n- I help my grandma bake bread every Sunday morning, so Sunday mornings are out\n- I'm good with people? I think. I talk to customers at the snack table\n- my mom says say I have \"years of food service experience\" -> that's not true, I'm not saying that\n- I can walk to Main St in 10 minutes","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Leaving out your hours","why":"The AI can't know your schedule, so it writes 'I'm available on weekends' or skips it.","fix":"Add: \"I can work Saturdays 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sundays after 11 a.m.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Letting the AI inflate you","why":"The AI tries to sound impressive and may claim experience you don't have.","fix":"Add: \"This is my first job. Don't claim food service experience.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"No subject line","why":"The AI often skips the subject or writes 'Job Application' with no name.","fix":"Add: \"First line: Subject: Weekend counter job - Leo Park\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"3 short paragraphs, each 1 or 2 sentences under 16 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in an email.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives your hours","patterns":["saturday","sunday","7 ?a\\.?m","availab"]},{"label":"Keeps it honest","patterns":["first job","(don't|do not|never) (claim|invent|make up|say)","only.{0,25}(true|notes|facts)"]},{"label":"Sets the subject line","patterns":["subject"]},{"label":"Gives the sign-off","patterns":["thank you, leo","sign"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"The AI doesn't know your schedule or that this is your first job. Tell it both, plus the subject line and sign-off.","rubricLabels":["The first line is 'Subject: Weekend counter job - Leo Park' (small punctuation differences are fine)","Gives the availability as Saturdays 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sundays after 11 a.m.","Says or makes clear this would be Leo's first job, doesn't claim food service experience, and ends with 'Thank you, Leo Park'"]}