Job/Resume advice

Nicole0012

I will be applying for a new teaching job at the end of this school year. Last night I decided to pull out the good ol' resume to see what needs to be updated. I have been teaching for five years now, and my old resume has past subbing experience, along with student teaching, field placement, and methods experience.

What do I keep and what do I throw away? Do I still include student teaching and subbing, even though I have five years of real teaching experience under my belt? I had one year at a different school as a teacher, which I will include, but I wasn't sure how far back I should go.

I haven't even thought about opening my old cover letters/letters of interest yet. This is not going to be fun!

mamaholmes2010

I am sure that every industry is different but here is what I was taught as an engineer-

• Your resume should never be longer than 1 page unless you have more than 15 years in the industry to which you are applying (or you are highly published)
• Only relavent information should be on your resume (for example-if the new job is teaching 3rd grade and you are currently teaching 6th grade-but you had a long-term sub or student teaching position in 3rd grade I would include that; however, if your student teaching/subbing was in a different grade/level/class then what you are applying for, I would leave it out)
• Include any trainings/seminars/courses you have taken for continuing education
• I would keep your methods experience

Good Luck with the new position!

EVM1216

Here is how I recently updated my resume (which must be awesome because I have gotten 2 interviews out of it.)

Section 1:  Education (because I have a specialized degree)

Section 2:  Professional experience.  I list my past 3 professional jobs.  Under my current position I list my job duties/accomplishments.  Under my 2 other postions I place a much shorter list of the main job duties and any unique feature of those jobs.

Section 3:  Other professional experience.  I list my graduate assistantship, Internships, and volunteer work with only the dates that I did them.  (this would be where you could put the subbing and student teaching because I think that its important to show you have that experiance, but you need not detail it.)

Section 4:  Professional Development:  I list the courses and the dates

Section 5:  Professional Memberships:  Just a list.

The whole thing is 2 pages, which is a little long for in the professional world, but really short in the academic that I'm in where a 5 page vitae is the norm.

ETA:  I currently have 5 years in at my job, so everything else on my resume is 5-8 years old.

lrn327

I review resumes a good bit so I like to see older yet relevant things on there, but I don't need tons of details on it.  So, I guess I'm with the PP who mentioned listing with the dates but no need to elaborate much.  I don't think it always has to be only one page, but if you go over, you should take care to make sure everything is very relevant and that spacing/arrangement has been considered so you know you absolutely need the second page.  Good luck!

lulu8109

lrn327:

I review resumes a good bit so I like to see older yet relevant things on there, but I don't need tons of details on it.  So, I guess I'm with the PP who mentioned listing with the dates but no need to elaborate much.  I don't think it always has to be only one page, but if you go over, you should take care to make sure everything is very relevant and that spacing/arrangement has been considered so you know you absolutely need the second page.  Good luck!

Ditto this.  When I'm hiring, I like to see all job history, but don't necessarily need the details.  I'm not a teacher, but I would think including student teaching and subbing would be a good idea.

I don't believe in cover letters, haha.  I never write them and I don't think I've ever even received one.  I prefer a little intro/summary on the actual resume of what you do and how much experience you have, like "Financial analyst with over five years experience in government contracting and three years supervisory experience" or something like that.  I don't really hold much stock in objectives either.

I think it's fine for resumes to be over 1 page.  I figure if anyone has been working for a decent amount of time, there should be enough to fill more than a page.

jillybean800

Hey!  In the teaching world a two page resume is fine.  But I would take out field work by now and just include the student teaching on.  I would also take out many details about student teaching and more just where you did it and what years, etc.

So why are you thinking of applying to a new place?  I hope you're moving closer to the fam!

Nicole0012

jillybean800:

Hey!  In the teaching world a two page resume is fine.  But I would take out field work by now and just include the student teaching on.  I would also take out many details about student teaching and more just where you did it and what years, etc.

So why are you thinking of applying to a new place?  I hope you're moving closer to the fam!

Thanks! I took everyone's advice, and I think I'm on the right track!

I *AM* applying closer to the fam! YAAAY! But, on a sad note, I'm pretty sure I'm facing a trial separation from DH. We're okay, and it's not necessarily the end of everything, and work for him makes it a more comfortable transition (he's probably going to be moving to DC for a year on a grant he's pretty sure he'll be awarded), but more on that later. Yay for being closer to family! 

shaw

Nicole0012:

jillybean800:

Hey!  In the teaching world a two page resume is fine.  But I would take out field work by now and just include the student teaching on.  I would also take out many details about student teaching and more just where you did it and what years, etc.

So why are you thinking of applying to a new place?  I hope you're moving closer to the fam!

Thanks! I took everyone's advice, and I think I'm on the right track!

I *AM* applying closer to the fam! YAAAY! But, on a sad note, I'm pretty sure I'm facing a trial separation from DH. We're okay, and it's not necessarily the end of everything, and work for him makes it a more comfortable transition (he's probably going to be moving to DC for a year on a grant he's pretty sure he'll be awarded), but more on that later. Yay for being closer to family! 

Sorry to hear about the trial separation...but things happen for a reason and you are bound to find an awesome teaching job!!!

 In fifteen years of teaching I have done some hiring and sorting through resumes.  Nix the student teaching experience, expand on the details of your current role and past roles as a teacher.  Live it up in the cover letter.  You could even add in some extras from student teaching there.  

Good Luck!!