ACE APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT

About Twain Harte Ace

Ace Hardware – Twain Harte is a privately-owned retail hardware home supply store and a member of the Ace Hardware cooperative. Founded in Chicago in 1924, Ace Hardware Corporation has grown to become America's neighborhood hardware retailer. With more than 4,800 locations across the globe, Ace is the largest hardware cooperative in the world and for the past three years, Fortune Magazine has named Ace one of America's most admired companies.

Located just a short distance east of the Twain Harte Arch. Twain Harte Lumber & Ace Hardware provides a convenient, helpful destination for the surrounding Towns, neighborhoods and businesses. Twain Harte Lumber & Ace Hardware provides a wide selection of Lumber, hardware, plumbing, electrical, housewares, tools, building materials, cultured stone, and paint as well as an outdoor lawn and garden supplies.

Twain Harte Lumber & Ace Hardware aspires to be The Helpful Place for customers with friendly, helpful service and knowledgeable staff. The most valued quality in our team members is the strong desire to serve customers. While knowledge of the hardware business is certainly desirable, we also offer extensive training for our employees in do-it-yourself techniques and our specific selection of products. Most importantly, Twain Harte Lumber & Ace Hardware strives to provide the best customer service of any home improvement destination.

We believe one of the attributes of the greater Twain Harte area is the diversity of its residents. Twain Hare Lumber & Ace Hardware is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, national origin, veteran status, religion, age, marital status, disability, or medical condition as defined by federal, state or local law. Twain Hare Lumber & Ace Hardware provides reasonable accommodation to assist in the hiring process and performance of essential job functions as required by federal, state and local laws.

How to Complete This Application

To ensure processing, please complete all sections of the application. Once you have answered the questions, sign the application.

Either submit this application form or print it and return the completed application to the store manager, fax it to (209) 586-5736, e-mail an electronic copy, or mail it to the store address. We will need a few days to review your skills and experience. In the meantime, please allow us to tell you what might happen next:

Questions may be e-mailed to this application is considered current for 90 days. If you want to be considered for employment after this time, you must renew your application in writing.

Date of application:

Position Applied For:

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name:

Address:

Telephone: Email:

If you are under 18, can you get a work permit?YesNo

Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?YesNo

Have you ever been employed by us or another Ace Hardware retailer?YesNo

If yes, when: Where:

Do you have any relatives employed by our company?YesNo

If yes, when: Where:

AVAILABILITY

Date you are available to start working:

Do you wish to work:Full TimePart TimeTemporary

If temporary, specify dates available:

From:Till:

Please indicate hours you are available to work each day: example (8am – 5pm)

Wages Desired: $/hrHours Per Week:

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Check all that apply

ElectricalScreen RepairPlumbingPoint-of-Sale / CashierPainting Mixing MachineBuilding ConstructionKey Cutting MachineInuit QuickbooksMicrosoft WordScreen Repair

Fluency in Foreign Languages:

List any other relevant qualifications you have that can be a benefit in this position:

EDUCATION

High School:

College:

Grad School:

Other:

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Give names and addresses of all previous employers. If you are now working, your present employer and reason you want to leave must be included. Additional sheets may be attached if required. Please give reason for any lapse of time between jobs.

May we contact your previous employers?YesNo

Previous Employer:

Previous Employer:

Previous Employer:

REFERENCES

Please list 3 professional references (not related to you) with contact information.

First Reference

Second Reference

Third Reference

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Why do you want to work at Ace Hardware?

What is your definition of customer service?

Please read the following before typing your full name and Signing below:

This application is considered current for 90 days. If you want to be considered for employment after this time, you must renew your application in writing.

I certify that the information contained in this application and/or any supplement thereto, is correct to the best of my knowledge and understand that any mis-statement or omission of information is grounds for dismissal in-accordance with company policy. I authorize Ace Hardware – Alameda Station (the Company) to contact my current or prior employers and/or the above references and request any information concerning my previous employment and any pertinent information they may have, personal or otherwise, and I expressly release Ace Hardware –TH Station and all parties providing such information from any and all liability or responsibility for damage that may result from furnishing the same to you. I further understand said background check may also involve the Company’s obtaining and investigative consumer report on me which may cover such areas as my character, general reputation and mode of living. I hereby authorize the Company, if they wish, to make such an inquiry and understand that upon my written request, additional information as to the nature of said inquiry will be provided.

If I am offered a position with the Company, I agree to conform to the applicable rules, regulations and policies of the Company, and acknowledge that my employment and compensation can be terminated at any time with our without cause, and with or without notice, at the option of either the Company or myself. I further understand that no representative of the Company has any authority to make any agreement contrary to the foregoing or to bind the Company for the employment of any person for any specified period of time.

Full NameApplicant's Signature _________________________ Date___________

If application is being filled out digitally please type your full name and we will have you physically sign the application upon arrival for interview.