Re: Application Etiquette
Posted by Hopeful Educator on 6/23/09

Thanks!! That is really reassuring! I took a week of looking becuase I was getting
discouraged. Positions I applied for are closing before I even hear so much as an
interview. But sure enough I saw 5 positions open today. Now, they are an hour
away, but I want a classroom in 7 weeks!!
Is it ok to personally take my information to schools if it does not state on the
website not to?

On 6/23/09, NJ/4th wrote:
> I've been teaching for five years, but I clearly remember the
> summer I spent looking for a job. First, good for you for
> making your job search a full time job. It needs to be.
>
> Although I didn't, a friend of mine sent thank you notes after
> her interviews. It didn't get her a job, but it left a good
> "taste" in the mouths of administration. In the note she
> thanked the person and mentioned a few key points from the
> interview.
>
> A lot of schools frown on the follow-up call. In fact, I've
> seen postings that say, "no calls please." If you call that
> would probably look like pestering and could hurt your
> chances. Trust me, if they like you they will not forget you!
>
> I didn't get the interview that lead to my job until the first
> week of August. Principals need to fill positions and a lot
> of times they don't get serious about it until the end of the
> summer. With extended leaves, job transfers, etc, principals
> don't always know what they will really have open until later
> in the summer.
>
> I'll leave you with this - it may put a smile on your face. I
> knew a girl who wanted to teach in the town in which she lived
> and student taught. Sometime after her interview, the girl
> saw the superintendent's wife jogging in her neighborhood.
> She flagged the woman down and asked if her husband had made
> any decisions about the position yet. Can you believe it?! I
> would NOT recommend her tactic, even though she eventually did
> get hired in the district.
>
>
> On 6/17/09, Hopeful Educator wrote:
>> As I have been searching, applying, and burrying myself in
>> the application process I have realized that it is going to
>> take more than just submitting my resume to get an
>> interview, let alone, a job. Since this is my first time
>> applying for positions as an educator (I graduate in July),
>> I am not sure of the proper/ right way to go about
>> contacting employers, following up, etc. without being
>> overbearing or annoying. As the 09-10 school year is
>> rapidly approaching, I am becoming more and more nervous
>> every day that I may not have my first classroom come fall.
>> I pose the question....How much is too much. Where is the
>> line between persistance and annoyance?
>>
>> Hopeful Educator

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Application Etiquette, 6/17/09, by Hopeful Educator.
• Re: Application Etiquette, 6/17/09, by abc.
• Re: Application Etiquette, 6/23/09, by NJ/4th.
• Re: Application Etiquette, 6/23/09, by Hopeful Educator.
• Re: Application Etiquette (to O.P. this is long), 6/23/09, by NJ/4th .
• Re: Application Etiquette (to O.P. this is long), 6/23/09, by Miss J.
• Re: Application Etiquette (to O.P. this is long), 6/23/09, by NJ/4th.