The Future of your Teaching Career: Online
A résumé is an updated chronicle of your life. It has to be kept
updated, in case you decide to change careers in the near future. No
scrambling for facts and dates. Polished and up-to-date résumés are
important, especially in today’s online world.
The method of job hunting before usually involved résumés with a
cover letter delivered personally or by mail, or through contacts and
networking. But now everything has moved to the World Wide Web.
From job fairs to job searches, from matching potential employees
and employers to sending resumes, everything is now being done online.
Go through several job search engines, click on an available
position, and answer an essay question before sending a resume. Or post
your résumé online, on networking sites like LinkedIn or your own
website-slash-portfolio, and prospective employers may end up reading
your information.
Your entire working career can be showcased, so the best jobs (and
the best schools) can come looking for you. The may want to make you an
offer to teach at their school.
But first, they have to find you. Here are some ways how:
- Join online job search engines - post your resume or CV online
where potential employers and recruiters can see it. Good credentials
mean you can get hired easily, and doing so on the net lets employers
find you faster. Sample career portals are monster.com, hotjobs.com,
jobsdb.com, jobstreet.com and trabaho.com.
- Email – still the fastest way to submit to local job openings, and
perhaps the only way to submit to international teaching jobs. Include
your name and the position you want on the subject line of the email.
This helps your chances of getting the employer to open your email and
read your resume.Be careful when it comes to vocabulary and grammar,
especially since you’re a teacher. Try to make the email file size to a
minimum and as much as possible, avoid sending email attachments.
- Research on the school you want and make sure you are qualified.
You can also try to send your resume through the company’s careers
section or contact page.
- Gain experience while waiting for your applications to be processed. You can substitute teach or become a neighborhood tutor.
- Design a teaching portfolio.
- Explore education job boards and even attend virtual teaching job fairs
- Consider online teaching.
Sources:
“Build yourself a future - post your CV online at ClickAJob.co.uk.” Retrieved May 6, 2009 from
http://www.bradleycvs.co.uk/cv-writing-tips/post-cv-online-for-a-job.htm
Lewis, Beth. “Teaching Jobs Within Your Reach.” Retrieved May 6, 2009 from
http://k6educators.about.com/od/becomingateacher/p/jobs_hub.htm
Russell, Lisa. “Finding Online Teaching Jobs.” Retrieved May 6, 2009 from
http://careeradvice.suite101.com/article.cfm/finding_online_teaching_job_listings
“Ways to Submit Your Teacher Resume.” Retrieved May 6, 2009 from
http://resumes-for-teachers.com/resume-help/submit-documents.aspx
(Published 18 May 2009, Smart Communications, Inc.)
