Re: Resumes
Posted by kev on 5/03/08
On 4/10/08, slreja wrote: "Resume Help!...1 pg or 2?" I used to be in the business field (management) and have since switched to being a teacher. I can tell you that the two standards ARE different. Don't confuse teaching resume standards with business resume standards. In business, the standard is one page although two pages are possible, though not common (but many just toss the 2 pagers- -like you heard) In education, two pages is the standard, though one page is possible. NEVER more than 2 pages, but it is usually thought that a one page looks as if you are inexperienced. Also, teaching resumes should list the things that are pertinent to teaching only, unless you have no other experience to put down. (i.e. Even if your last job was at the Gap, you should not put it down; use volunteer experience with children, student teaching, teaching experience, etc.) An exception can be made if you have some leadership experience. If you were a manager at the Gap, you could put it under "leadership experience" instead of work. Then it shows some skill applicible to classroom management and organization. In fact, in a teaching resume, the heading is often listed as "field experience" rather than "work experience" because they really want only pertinent teaching experience. Another difference is that on a business resume, work experience often comes first (or second to education if work experience is not strong). In an education resume, education usually always comes first. Certification and endorsements often comes next, followed then by field experience and finally the rest.
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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