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Re: Online applications
Posted by Don't worry on 6/15/08

    Most applications have a question such as "How do your past professional and
    personal experience make you an excellent candidate for this position?" Surely you
    can fit it in there, and you can send cover letters to the principals as well.

    On 6/15/08, Merrill wrote:
    > Many districts and schools require online
    > applications--basically a database entry for the applicant.
    >
    > In my case, I have a CV that is much more comprehensive
    > than this--it has publications, service work, private
    > sector stuff, etc.
    >
    > I am worried that the online system is going to make me
    > (and everyone else) look the same. I won't be able to
    > explain why I was teaching in the mid 1990s and then took
    > time off and returned to graduate school/teaching (I was in
    > the private sector working). In other words, the database
    > is like a shoe-horn.
    >
    > I am pretty worried about this--should I be?

     
     

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