Resume format should be:
1) Name - Contact Info
2) Summary of Qualifications
3) Experience
4) Education
5) Training / Certifications
6) Professional Affiliation
Now the question is do you have to put all of your experiences, it depends on for what offer you are submitting. Three are fine & 5 are maximum. But if you are going to Executive positions, then ignore the reply !
I have 5-6 experiences related to my teaching field, all of them are at different grades and different schools or programs, so I cannot combine them nor delete them.
What is the difference b/w qualification and education, I thought they both were the same things.
Lusi,
What's the standard for teachers? I mean... do you have to stick to 2 pages or is it just what you had in mind as a benchmark?
Different jobs and industries have different standards... I have a résumé which is 3 pages long - standard for an analyst/consulting type role and a CV which is 15 pages and counting...
In terms of what sections to keep/ditch... I'd say if the professional programs are relevant to the position you're applying for, or they speak to your qualifications and competencies, then you should keep them. Service stuff... I'd say is important for a teaching job - the section highlights the altruistic side of your personality which is a perception you need to induce in the reader's mind.
The objective may or may not be as important. In my opinion, it's something that is more useful for entry level positions... once you're in a professional field, more attention is paid to the work experience, qualifications and specific achievements in previous jobs.
I should also say that if your application is going to include other supplementary documents such as a teaching philosophy statement, then you can move some stuff from your résumé to those attachments.
part of it is what is important, at one time my internships that had a whole block dedicated to them went to a section called other experience with a bullet for all work pre MBA, and are now just a bullet under education.
some work that used to have 5 bullets under it is down to 2-3 main ones, because the focus is more on the recent work.
details are not always helpful, and actually can be counter-productive depending on what you are going for. if its 4 pages worth of stuff that your peers simply dont have and it can make you stand out and its acceptable in your field then go for it, otherwise if its stuff that is a given and you ahve spent a page and half on it, it would mildly amuse recruiters and may just work against you.
Umer bhai and X2, thank you for your detailed responses. I am getting my license in K-Grade 6. Yes, I have my philosophy of education and I will be writing a cover letter too. I don't know about the benchmarks but I was told by my career counselor at uni to limit the resume to 2 pages. We will have to show her the resume and get it approved before our big job fair in march. I wanted to get opinion how important other sections are as I wouldn't want her to completely delete a section just to get to that 2 page limit. I don't have too many details, I have tried to bullet point everything but I guess I will see if I can merge them.
Another question, what should go into a cover letter?
Nami, Like Umer bhai said, one page rule is normally for fresh graduates with limited or no experience but I have almost 6 yrs of experience in my feild with a wide range of programs so I don't think I can chop it all down to 1 page...lol
