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Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 2:54 am
@WT123
42 now (and 15 DoDDS) and I would use separate resumes: 1 for STEM, 1 for Fine Arts, 1 for Humanities and 1 for Generalist. The credentials section of my resume, was too long, wasnt adding much utility, and wasted interview time explaining it to recruiters.
If your going to obtain double digit credentials you need a plan to manage the presentation of them. Usually your not interviewing to teach a whole IS. Focus the resume on the cluster of subjects for the vacancy you are applying for. Subject clusters have complimenting affinity for one another. If you cant immediately make a construct/model connection of the subject to the job your applying for than it doesnt belong in the application packet/resume. If you are applying for a Design Technology vacancy, than your PHE credential isnt doing anything for you.
Its also information overload for a recruiter, they have 10 seconds maybe 30 to determine if you are someone they want to talk to, to many credentials means searching though a clumsy list of endorsements on a resume or searching through a multi page credential.
If you do go with the shotgun approach and send it all to each recruiter for every vacancy, than have a short prepared response for the interview, because one of the first questions your going to get asked is "You have very impressive qualifications, can you explain how you got so many credentials/endorsements?". Make the response short "My goal is to serve special population students and I find I can address their needs better when I as their support teacher understand the material content internally without outside support".
You also want to make sure that there is an easy and and verifiable means for the IS and other agencies to verify that many credentials. Ive had immigration agencies delay visas and work permits, because they just didnt believe it.
42 now (and 15 DoDDS) and I would use separate resumes: 1 for STEM, 1 for Fine Arts, 1 for Humanities and 1 for Generalist. The credentials section of my resume, was too long, wasnt adding much utility, and wasted interview time explaining it to recruiters.
If your going to obtain double digit credentials you need a plan to manage the presentation of them. Usually your not interviewing to teach a whole IS. Focus the resume on the cluster of subjects for the vacancy you are applying for. Subject clusters have complimenting affinity for one another. If you cant immediately make a construct/model connection of the subject to the job your applying for than it doesnt belong in the application packet/resume. If you are applying for a Design Technology vacancy, than your PHE credential isnt doing anything for you.
Its also information overload for a recruiter, they have 10 seconds maybe 30 to determine if you are someone they want to talk to, to many credentials means searching though a clumsy list of endorsements on a resume or searching through a multi page credential.
If you do go with the shotgun approach and send it all to each recruiter for every vacancy, than have a short prepared response for the interview, because one of the first questions your going to get asked is "You have very impressive qualifications, can you explain how you got so many credentials/endorsements?". Make the response short "My goal is to serve special population students and I find I can address their needs better when I as their support teacher understand the material content internally without outside support".
You also want to make sure that there is an easy and and verifiable means for the IS and other agencies to verify that many credentials. Ive had immigration agencies delay visas and work permits, because they just didnt believe it.