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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: career advice and job huntjob hunt.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
What I Am Thankful For...
A veteran educator pauses to reflect and share thanks for everything her career has given her...and reminds all of us to do the same wherever we are in our respective careers.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Things I Wish I Had Been Told Early On...
Helpful advice for educators that will enhance career and personal growth.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Interview Basics 101
Five excellent tips to help you prepare for your next interview!
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Knowledge and Skills Emphasized on a Resume and During Interviewing
Five tips to help create strong resumes and interview selling points, allowing you to stand apart from the competition.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Essential Elements for Resumes and Interviews
Resume and interview tips shared by a former school district administrator. Learn the four basic themes that teaching candidates need to incorporate into their resumes and interview sessions.
Professional Development
Opinion
Creating a Digital Portfolio: How to Make Yourself Stand Out from the Crowd
Create a digital portfolio to not only help organize your education materials and documents, but also to make yourself stand out from the crowd when you begin searching for job opportunities.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Staying Current in Your Field
Be ready for those interview questions that ask how you stay current in your field, or how you keep abreast of changes in K-12 education. Here are four helpful resources that you will come to rely on.
Professional Development
Opinion
Tech Prep for Interviews
As you prepare for teaching interviews, be prepared to talk about classroom management. Here are five tools to help you develop skills in this critical area, and impress recruiters with your knowledge and use of technology.
Professional Development
Opinion
Fall Into Tech Tools: 7 Tools to Engage Learners
Want to better engage your students? Learn about seven classroom technology tools that no teacher should be without!
Teaching Profession
Opinion
You Are a Superhero
Don't let outside pressures and negative influences distract you from the reason/s you originally chose the teaching profession. Continue to find joy and passion in your field, and be the superhero that your your students need.
Professional Development
Opinion
Reaching Your Potential
The need to grow as a professional never ends. Identify ways to continue to reach your potential and enhance your marketability at the same time.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
And Then I Split My Pants...
Substitute teaching provides a great way to get your foot in the door for future job opportunities. Work hard to be the best substitute teacher you can be...and be ready for anything. Your ability to manage the unexpected speaks volumes to future employers.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Supercharge Your Teaching Career - Substitute Teaching is FUN!
Substitute teaching is often the best way to get your foot in the door to ultimately land a teaching contract. Here are some tips to help you succeed in this role.
Job Hunting Tips & Advice
Opinion
Supercharge Your Career, Part 1!
Make yourself the best candidate or teacher you can be - - from your resume, to interview preparation, to succeeding in substitute teaching opportunities - - always present your best as you seek or begin your dream job.