Thread by @Ed2BeFree

I’d like to help some folk today because I’m asked about this all of the time. Resumes should not be four plus pages in most industries no matter how many years you’ve worked. In particular educators, here some advice if you’d like to transition to policy or simply out of EDU 1/

- consider the 4,5,6,7+ resume may communicate an inability to tell the hiring manager you know what your value add is and that you are incapable of clear and concise messages 2/

- ask yourself what skills you want to convey you have expertise with, bullets below your roles should speak to your contributions beyond transactional roles (i.e. organized annual standard testing vs. developed an implemented our school/districts family engagement strategy) 3/

- prioritize what you absolutely want the reviewer to know you bring to the table. Detach from niche projects you were personally passionate about (organized staff fun trip vs. organized student leaders to guide their classmates in creating a new student government) 4/

- consider what we NEED in the sector and what you’ve done to facilitate that (coached three seasons of the bowling team vs. coordinated my colleagues to visit community resources frequented by our families) 5/

- understand I’m not reading past page three or a single spaced 2-3 page cover letter 6/

**Please know I recognize resumes can reflect the environment you’re in, especially if you’ve felt you need to prove your value. Your resume should take the stance “I know I’m dope and here’s why,” as opposed to here’s everything I’ve done so please believe me 7/

😐 Objectives = 1997
🤔 Professional Profile = if you like
🤗 Get right to your experience = Bingo
💪🏾 Lead with your education or relevant credentials = best for people more junior in their career
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Speaking of junior… If I have to read through a page+ of lofty language where you call yourself an expert but aren’t one, your resume is going to bin no. 7. Tell me what experiences you’ve had that show you can be a great contributor and open to learn, don’t play yourself

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All career coaches aren’t built the same. Invest in one or get help from a mentor who actually hires people. When I was a school leader I wasn’t reading long CVs for teachers/admin. They said a whole lot of nothing. I assume if you’re credentialed you can do certain things

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I hate to say it, but I have a side eye for university career centers and community job counseling orgs telling people to write objectives. These orgs shouldn’t be staffed by folk who aren’t regularly engaged with industry and last applied a decade+ ago

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Yes. I had time today. Yes I’ve read hundreds of resumes in the last few months. Yes, I regularly help friends/acquaintances who ask to revise their materials. Yes. A splash of color is okay with these innovative new templates. No. I’m not offering to help others further. 🤷🏾‍♀️ ~END

Update:
Attend events of the types of orgs you’d potentially like to work with to hear how they talk about the work and watch how people move. Registering can get you access to a video you can watch outside of school hours. Also, read recent work of that org/team for this reason

Let me do what the kids do since this got attention I wasn’t expecting. Come thru to this 👇🏾 chat on Tuesday 🤣🤣🤣