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Dealing with Employment Gaps on Your Resume

dealing with employment gaps on your resume

Job seekers can be challenged when documenting any employment gaps when writing their resumes. I’m sure you know, one of the sections you need to include when you are creating your resume is a list of the jobs you have held. Most experts recommend you list your previous five places of employment. At first, writing [...]

Incorporate Keywords Relevant to Teaching in Your Cover Letter

Incorporate Keywords Relevant to Teaching in Your Cover Letter

For many reasons, incorporating the right keywords in your teaching-focused cover letter is essential. When you write your cover letter and resume, you may find it tricky to customize them according to the position you are applying for or the school district you want to work for. The key is to tweak your keywords by [...]

Recruiting Process: Use Your Teacher Resume to Market Yourself

use your teacher resume to market yourself

Picture the recruiting process as though it were a sale. The person who is recruiting a new employee is the buyer, and you are the actual product and potential new employee. As a product, you have a description detailing what you are all about – an advertisement. This advertisement is your resume, whether you are [...]

Formatting Techniques to Help Your Resume Stand Out Visually

formatting techniques to help your resume stand out visually

Even though your resume and cover letter’s content may generate an interview, if the formatting is horrible, the content may not get read. Use formatting techniques to create an eye-catching resume is vital to land a job interview. Resume Design Tips to Create an Epic Presentation 1. Incorporate Borders to Draw Positive Attention Borders are an [...]

6 Steps to Developing a Professional Education Resume

6 Steps to Developing a Professional Education Resume

The first step to landing your dream teaching job is to create an outstanding professional education resume and cover letter. In many places, the job market is very competitive, making it difficult to land an education job in top schools. The stiff competition solidifies the importance of writing and submitting top-notch documents and stand out [...]

How to Submit Your Teacher Resume Online

How to Submit Your Teacher Resume Online

As technology streamlines hiring processes, the days of dropping off a resume in person are quickly becoming a thing of the past. More likely than not, you’ll be submitting your application materials online.  Let’s check out a couple of different methods you might expect to use and talk about how to navigate them successfully. Email [...]

Why You Should Use Keywords in Your Resume and Cover Letter

why you should use keywords in your resume and cover letter

School districts are relying on the candidates to use the correct keywords in their resumes and cover letters. Schools and organizations are posting more jobs on the internet or asking candidates to submit via their website with the hope of getting the best possible candidate to fill available teaching positions. The internet has indeed changed [...]