The latest Forbes estimate is that 46 percent of new teachers leave teaching within the first five years. While the politics of how teachers are treated is a topic unto itself, there’s good news for teachers everywhere: you’ve never been more hire-able!
If you’re a dissatisfied teacher who is hungry for more from your career, check out these four resume tips for transitioning out of teaching from the 2013 eBook, Life After Teaching:
- Upgrade Your Email
- Translate Your Teacher Skills into Corporate Skills
- Make Your Goal Statement Relatable
- Keep Your Cover Letter Honest & Short
Click through to read about those tips on 4 Resume Tips for Teachers Transitioning Out of Teaching, on YAHOO! Small Business.
NH says
I have let teaching after 15 years – trying to get into corporate positions here is Auatralia is a nightmare as no one appears to understand the transferable a teacher has. I have a degree in Psych and diploma in Mktng but every time I apply for any job I always get the same repsonse – ‘you don’t have the experience we’re looking for’ despite the fact I have ‘coporised’ my resume!!
Sarah G says
NH, that’s got to be so frustrating! I recommend you focus on your network, both online and offline. Building strong, authentic relationships with people you can help (and who could eventually help you) will help people get beyond that “He’s a teacher” mentality.
If they’re looking for experience… get bold! Build a website and make your own “experience” that they want so badly. Learn and write about about marketing and analytics from a psychology perspective and I guarantee that will raise some eyebrows. (If you don’t like to write, partner with someone you know looking to build their writing portfolio and give them notes). It sounds like anything you can do to give your experience a “real world” slant will help you be taken seriously in the interview.