| Why are cover letters so important? They provide the | | | | What makes the best impression on employers? The |
| prospective employer with a brief review of your skills | | | | wise use of accomplishments with anecdotes will win |
| and abilities in the form of a letter. These types of | | | | over a principal or school administrator much faster |
| letters are written much differently than resumes and | | | | than simply stating what you did and where you |
| can have a potent impact on your future employer.The | | | | worked.Let your best qualities reach the employer |
| best news is that writing one it isn't that difficult. An | | | | through carefully written examples and stories. Don't |
| excellent teacher is always going to be in demand. | | | | just state what you are capable of, show what you |
| According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job | | | | have done in the past with vibrant language that |
| outlook for teachers through 2014 will grow | | | | attracts and invites the employer to want to know |
| somewhere between 9 and 17% per year."Experts | | | | more.You are a part of a significant sector of the labor |
| predict that over the next ten years the nation will | | | | market. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, |
| need 2.2 to 2.4 million teachers. That means there will | | | | "Preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, middle |
| be 150,000 to 250,000 openings for teachers in the | | | | school, and secondary school teachers, except special |
| nation's elementary and secondary schools. The needs | | | | education, held about 3.8 million jobs in 2004. Of the |
| are greatest in urban and rural communities and in | | | | teachers in those jobs, about 1.5 million are elementary |
| curricular areas such as special education, | | | | school teachers, 1.1 million are secondary school |
| mathematics, science, bilingual education, and English as | | | | teachers, 628,000 are middle school teachers, 431,000 |
| a second language." This information comes from | | | | are preschool teachers, and 171,000 are kindergarten |
| recruitingteachers.org, a non-profit organization based in | | | | teachers."You have to be your very best to get the |
| Belmont, MS.What does that mean? It means there will | | | | great jobs. What skills and abilities do you have that |
| be continued growth in the field of education. If you are | | | | you can offer the employer - and - how can you do |
| a good teacher, you should not encounter problems in | | | | so in a way that makes the employer want to pick up |
| finding a great job in a location that you desire.What | | | | the phone and call you for an interview?Let your |
| about that amazing teaching position at that awesome | | | | cover letter generate interest in your resume, then let |
| new school that you have your eye on, though? Do | | | | your resume hold the employer's attention so that you |
| you think the competition for that position will be | | | | are invited in for a face to face meeting.The cover |
| greater? Of course it will. The great paying jobs | | | | letter builds on the resume and leads the employer |
| always demand the best and the brightest people. | | | | toward it. Make it glow. While it may not persuade an |
| That is why your credentials and qualifications will have | | | | employer to grant you an interview by itself, it is a vital |
| to be presented in the most incredible way if you are | | | | part of the whole package that sells an employer on |
| to get the job of your dreams.One aspect of making a | | | | YOU.For more information about cover letters, please |
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