As the author of Proven Resumes: Strategies That Have
Increased Salaries, which has been used and proven highly effective by
over 2 million job seekers, hundreds of employment security, workforce
and college programs (click
here to read dozens of client and career professional testimonials),
I've used all of the techniques presented in that book to create Proven Resumes
& Cover Letters for Teachers ... That Double & Triple
Interview Rates!
A big mistake teachers make when writing their resumes, is not knowing
what skills, experience and achievements schools are seeking.
Most teachers just sit down, with little forethought, and begin
describing their work experience or copy sections of other teacher
resumes that sound good. Then they pass their resume around
having others, sometimes even professionals like HR Directors or
principals, look at their resumes and give it the seal of approval.
However, many teachers are very disappointed, after much feedback and
many revisions, that the resumes they mail for dozens and even hundreds
of teaching positions generate few if any calls for
interviews. In contrast, by learning how to follow these
simple steps in analyzing teacher job ads you can learn how to create a
powerful teaching resume that can increase your calls for interviews by
10%-100%! I have many client success stories that describe
sending out 10 resumes and getting 10 calls for interviews.
While that may sound fantastic .. the light bulb will go on when you
realize why your teacher resume is not working.
To write Proven
Resumes & Cover Letters for Teachers ... That Double &
Triple Interview Rates!, I gathered 50 ads for
elementary teacher jobs and in doing that identified 18 skill
categories that were not only requested repetitively in Elementary
Teacher job ads but were also requested in all teacher job
ads. I found the base of skills requested in those 50 job ads
are transferable across all teaching categories whether for elementary
or adult classes or for specific coursework such as High School
Chemistry or Adult ESL Teachers. So, if you are searching for
a way to improve your teaching resume, then I recommend you consider
buying Proven
Resumes & Cover Letters for Teachers ...
and follow the examples for analyzing job ads to compile your own
highly customized list of skills needed for the teaching jobs you want.
Now, let's review an
abbreviated version of an Behavior Technician job ad from Proven Resumes
& Cover Letters for Teachers ... That Double & Triple
Interview Rates. BEFORE YOU SCROLL DOWN,
read through the ad and on a piece of paper make a list of what you
feel would be the top 4-6 skills to address in a cover letter for this
job ad. REALLY,
YOU'LL LEARN MORE if you take the time to do
this before reading on.
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BEGINNING OF JOB AD
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Behavior
Technician
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DESCRIPTION OF POSITION
The Behavior Technician provides support to the classroom Teacher and
is responsible for providing academic and behavioral support to
students keeping students on task and follow the behavior plan
established by the Behavior Analyst.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure students get from the bus to the classroom and back to the bus
in the afternoon.
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Assist teacher in implementing classroom management and social skill
training, including one-on-one student assistance when needed
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Provide academic and behavioral support to students providing a
positive reinforcement across all environments.
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Develop student's self responsibility for behavior at school and at
home.
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Maintain accurate reports on students and their behavioral needs to
assess each student's improvement.
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Assist with writing lesson plans to meet student's needs to teach
academic skills such as reading comprehension, math, and spelling.
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Prepare charts and graphs as needed, complete and maintain time sheets
daily.
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Periodically report teacher/student progress or concerns to the
Behavior Analyst.
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Work with staff members to enhance and ensure students are receiving
quality educational support.
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END OF JOB AD
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Now that
you've compiled your list, take a moment and compare it to the skill
headings I created below with abbreviated statements adapted from the
job ad above. Which list of teaching skills--meaning your
list or the list below--would land you more interviews for Behavior Technician job ads similar
to this one? Which list would create an image of you as being
more qualified? Which list could help you land a higher pay
grade or promotion? As you can see
with this simple example, effectively analyzing job ads can help you
create a much more powerful teacher resume.
ACADEMIC
& BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT
- provides support to the classroom Teacher
- responsible for providing academic and behavioral support to students
keeping students on task and follow the behavior plan established by
the Behavior Analyst.
- Provide academic and behavioral support to students providing a
positive reinforcement across all environments.
- Work with staff members to enhance and ensure students are receiving
quality educational support.
STUDENT
SUPERVISION & CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
- Ensure students get from the bus to the classroom and back to the bus
in the afternoon.
- Assist teacher in implementing classroom management and social skill
training, including one-on-one student assistance when needed
LESSON
PLANNING & BEHAVIORAL CODE DEVELOPMENT
- Develop student's self responsibility for behavior at school and at
home.
- Assist with writing lesson plans to meet student's needs to teach
academic skills such as reading comprehension, math, and spelling.
STUDENT
ASSESSMENTS & PROGRESS REPORTS
- Maintain accurate reports on students and their behavioral needs to
assess each student's improvement.
- Prepare charts and graphs as needed, complete and maintain time
sheets daily.
- Periodically report teacher/student progress or concerns to the
Behavior Analyst.
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WHY PEOPLE WRITE WEAK RESUMES &
COVER LETTERS
I originally discovered why people write such weak resumes and cover
letters when teaching a resume class one day. Inadvertently, I asked a
class to read a job ad for a Delivery Driver (example provided in
Proven Resumes - Strategies That Have Increased Salaries). It was a
tiny ad only about 3 lines long. Being so short I was shocked when I
asked the class to tell me what skills and abilities they felt should
be addressed in cover letters for the driver ad. The ad actually asked
for these 5 skills:
2+
Years Driving Experience
Delivering High Value Products
Knowledge of Puget Sound Area
Customer Service Experience
Corporate Accounts Experience |
In
contrast to the list above, people in my classes very often came up
with lists of skills like the ones below, that make sense, but that
didn't address the 5 skills actually requested in the job ad.
Being
Bondable, Trustworthy, Dependable, Self-Motivated
Possessing an Excellent Driving Record
Knows the Area
Likes to Deal with People
Being Detail Oriented
Possessing Accounting Skills & Time Management Skills |
Which
list of skills, used in a cover letter, would do a better job of
landing more interviews for the driver job ad? This example, even
though from a different industry, shows how important effectively
analyzing job ads is ... and illustrates why some resumes and cover
letters land far more interviews!!!
Having analyzed 50 teacher job ads and extracted all skills from them,
I've compiled 18 categories of skills and hundreds of skill statements,
that are highly transferable for all teacher jobs. I spent about 2
weeks gathering the job ads and then another week analyzing them and
creating skill headings for use in teacher resumes and cover
letters.
If you consider the time you'll save in
gathering and analyzing that many teacher job ads ... such time and
effort would cost you far more than what I charge for the $7.95 - Proven
Resumes for Teachers ... That Double & Triple Interview Rates!
... or the $9.95
- Proven Resumes Strategies That Have Increased Salaries.
Using
Proven Resumes & Cover Letters for Teachers
will guide you through every step of creating a powerful teacher resume
and then the extensive resume and cover letter writing chapters in
Proven Resumes Strategies That Have Increased Salaries to
help you write powerful, transferable skill descriptions for any
non-teaching jobs that you've held.
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