Career Corner
In this blog, members of the American Association for Employment in Education, a professional organization for college career-center directors and school district recruiters, provided career advice and discuss developments in the education job market. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: career advice and job huntjob hunt.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Make Leaving a Learning Opportunity
Recently a reader asked for assistance with transitioning from a challenging situation. Here are some tips:
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Build a Professional Online Presence through LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a professional networking site that includes nearly 225 million professionals from over 150 industries and these numbers continue to grow each day. LinkedIn connects professionals from around the world allowing them to connect in ways that may not have been possible before. LinkedIn allows members to connect to people, ideas, companies, and jobs. It is a great tool that could create future career opportunities when used effectively. Below are basic strategies to build and maintain a professional profile on LinkedIn.
Professional Development
Opinion
Job Seeker Strategies: Proactively managing social media presence & online reputation
Have you performed a Google search of your name recently? If not, try it now. Simply type your first and last name in the Google search bar and watch the results filter in. Need to be more specific? Include the city and state that you live in after your name. What did you find?
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Leverage Life Experiences for a Competitive Edge in the Job Search
What unique life experiences do you bring to the classroom? More and more school administrators are looking for teachers who bring unique life experiences to their position and more importantly, who can incorporate these experiences into teaching their students in a classroom. Administrators are also seeking teachers who are team orientated and can use their special skills and interests to serve in important roles and functions beyond the classroom. A local school administrator, Mr. Alejo Padilla, has seen this firsthand in his own role as an educator and looks for these characteristics in teacher candidates. Mr. Padilla states:
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Managing Career Advice
Since you've landed at the Career Corner blog, chances are good that you are receptive to advice regarding your job search and teaching career. However, actively seeking feedback and suggestions may also lead to an additional set of challenges - dealing with conflicting or confusing advice.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Interview Questions - Part III, Professional Educator
This concludes a 3-part blog series outlining typical interview questions and tips to consider when preparing a response. Remember: While I've listed suggestions for how to formulate your response, ultimately the answer will be uniquely yours. Stay focused, positive, and honest. Try to avoid vague or ambiguous responses. Ideally, you should substantiate your answer with solid examples whenever possible.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Interview Questions - Part II, Professional Educator
Last week, I outlined interview questions and tips related to instruction. This week, we'll look at interview questions related to being an effective professional educator.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Interview Questions - Part I, Engagement Through Instruction
As you start to prepare for an important interview, take your time and thoughtfully consider questions that you may be asked.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
10 Costly Mistakes Commonly Made By Teaching Candidates
While the job search seems basic in terms of submitting a resume and cover letter, there are several factors evaluated by administrators during the job search process. As a result, candidates unknowingly make costly mistakes that eliminate them for consideration. As provided by Wisconsin school administrators, below are 10 mistakes routinely made by teaching candidates during the job search.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
School Administrators' Advice for Teaching Candidates
Throughout the course of the academic year, I sat down with several administrators and discussed the skills and qualifications that they are seeking in teaching candidates' applications. While answers varied slightly depending on the school administrator and the specific needs of their districts, below are common action steps they recommended for teaching candidates:
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Networking Redefined Part II: Maintaining authentic relationships during student teaching, the job search, and beyond
Last week, I discussed strategies for building meaningful relationships with education professionals both during and after the job search. This week, I transition to focus on effectively presenting yourself to education professionals and maintaining professional relationships once they are initially established.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Networking Redefined Part I: Building authentic relationships during student teaching, the job search, and beyond
When meeting with students, I have commonly observed a tendency of students cringing the second that I mention the word "networking". This negative perception of networking originates largely from the popular misconception that it's nothing more than fake, small talk. While some individuals perpetuate this stereotype, over the next two weeks I will present seven pieces of advice for building authentic relationships that will be helpful during the teaching job search and beyond.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Where to Work: Public, Private, or Charter School?
Guest post by Molly Donovan.
So you've figured out that you want to teach. But do you know what kind of school is most appealing to you? There are over 130,000 K-12 schools in the United States--and over 3.7 million teachers who teach in them. You've heard people talk about public schools, charter schools, and independent schools--which of these educational environments is best for you?
So you've figured out that you want to teach. But do you know what kind of school is most appealing to you? There are over 130,000 K-12 schools in the United States--and over 3.7 million teachers who teach in them. You've heard people talk about public schools, charter schools, and independent schools--which of these educational environments is best for you?
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
How to Use Your Strengths to Land a Teaching Job
Guest post by Connie Rath. This post was originally published in the March 21, 2013 TopSchoolJobs eXPO