Re: Resumes
Posted by mark on 4/11/08
All these people saying one or two pages are a "must" or should always or never be this are wrong. As we have proved with all the conflicting opinions and experiences, there is no right answer. First off, many of the districts are now using online applications, and they don't even look at your resume in paper form. Second, a resume should get to the point without being too brief. A good rule of thumb is if you've been in the work world, either in education or out, for more than 10 years, you should probably have two. If you haven't, then you're probably stretching it to get more than one. Is it the end of the world if you violate this? No. Your resume should be informative and eye catching witout being as longs as a novel, but much more than a catchy flyer one would put under a windshield wiper. If your resume meets these requirements, then I don't thing one or two pages matters too much. On 4/10/08, slreja wrote: > Resume Help! I need resume help! I was told by my > cooperating teacher (& a few other teachers in my > district....one who was recently hired in) that my resume > should be no more than 1 page. Today, at my student teaching > seminar, our instructor indicated that our resumes should > NEVER be one page, and that they should cover all our > professional development, experience, community activities, > etc. (2 pages, he said, no more). He is an administrator and > has hired teachers many years. Also, my other supervisor > said the same thing, and he is the person that selects the > resumes for his district for interviews. > > So, I'm curious...what is your experience? Do you have 1 pg > or 2? Does it really matter? What do you think is preferred?
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Resumes, 4/10/08, by slreja.
- Re: Resumes, 4/11/08, by AJ9934.
- Re: Resumes, 4/11/08, by Job Hunter.
- Re: Resumes, 4/11/08, by 2 pages for teachers.
- Re: Resumes, 4/11/08, by mark.
- Re: Resumes, 4/12/08, by Job Hunter.
- Re: Resumes, 4/12/08, by Paty.
- Re: Resumes, 4/13/08, by sped.
- Re: Resumes, 4/14/08, by mandy.
- Re: Resumes, 5/03/08, by kev.
- Re: Resumes, 5/03/08, by kev.
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