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 |
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.
- Assist teacher in implementing classroom management and social skill
training, including one-on-one student assistance when
needed
- Provide academic and behavioral support to students
providing a positive reinforcement across all environments.
- Develop student's self responsibility for behavior at school and at home.
- Maintain accurate reports on
students and their behavioral needs to assess each
student's improvement.
- Assist with writing lesson
plans to meet student's needs to teach academic skills
such as reading
comprehension, math, and spelling.
- Prepare charts and graphs as
needed, complete and maintain time sheets daily.
- Periodically report
teacher/student progress or concerns to the Behavior Analyst.
- 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 for Proven
Resumes for Teachers ... That Double & Triple Interview
Rates! ... which comes bundled with Proven
Resumes: Strategies That Have Increased Salaries ... both
for only $27.80.
Using Proven
Resumes & Cover Letters for Teachers will guide you
through every step of creating a powerful teacher resume and
then as a major bonus you also receive 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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Letters for Teachers!
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