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The Job Search Process: Where to Begin

04/16/12 By Leave a Comment

Maybe you are getting ready to graduate or  have recently graduated, have a degree in music education and are ready to begin teaching, but now the challenge of finding a full-time music teaching position begins. If you find yourself in this position you are probably starting to realize that this can be quite a daunting and overwhelming task. You are overwhelmed with where to begin, how to find job postings, applications, portfolios, resumes, and eventually interviews. As we all know interviewing is a challenge itself, but actually finding and applying for jobs can be a long and tiring journey. In this post I will give some resources for finding job postings, tips on filling out applications, and some general tips on the daunting task of job searching.

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How the Community Uses Evernote [BONUS Tip!]

03/31/11 By Leave a Comment

I have written many posts here on staying organized and productive (by setting goals, using a calendar, and staying focused), but there is not one resource I have found that has helped me be organized better than Evernote. Evernote has transformed how I keep myself organized, both in my professional and personal life. This series of short posts will take an in-depth look into how I use Evernote for a more organized life.

Before you read: Check out the other posts in this series: Evernote Series: A Primer, How Evernote Changed the Way I Job Search, Evernote Series: Student Teaching,  Evernote Series: How Evernote Helps Me Deliver Killer Presentations, and Evernote Series: Evernote in Daily Life

Over the course of the past week, I have been detailing how I use Evernote to enhance my productivity, both in my professional and personal lives. Throughout my writing, I have asked readers how they used Evernote in their own lives. There were some great and insightful responses; people are using Evernote in creative ways all over the place! Here’s how: [Read more...]

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How Evernote Changed the Way I Job Search

03/24/11 By 2 Comments

I have written many posts here on staying organized and productive (by setting goals, using a calendar, and staying focused), but there is not one resource I have found that has helped me be organized better than Evernote. Evernote has transformed how I keep myself organized, both in my professional and personal life. This series of short posts will take an in-depth look into how I use Evernote for a more organized life.

Before you read: Check out the other posts in this series: Evernote Series: A Primer, Evernote for Student Teaching, How Evernote Helps Me Deliver Killer Presentations, and Evernote in Daily Life

My job search is probably one of the biggest things in my life right now, and Evernote has helped me every step of the way. As I am looking for jobs teaching high school band next year, Evernote has provided a way for me to organize the jobs I am looking at. My mom has been very helpful in sending me links to a TON of job postings I might be interested in, and as I decide which postings I want to apply to, I clip the application webpage into Evernote using the Evernote Chrome Web Clipper. Here’s how: [Read more...]

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Year in Review: 2010

12/31/10 By 1 Comment

Hard to believe it, but the year 2010 draws to a close this evening! It has been an incredibly busy year for MusicEdMajor.net, and I wanted to take this opportunity to recap some of the posts and pages that have been the most popular over the course of the last twelve months: [Read more...]

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Hire Me! Tips for Finding Your First Music Teaching Job After Graduation

07/14/10 By 3 Comments

You walked across the stage and accepted your Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education-congratulations!

Now what?

For some, the next logical step is graduate school. For others, it’s time to start your teaching career. The great thing about getting a teaching position is that, from now on, you can expect and demand to be paid for your services as a music teacher. But, the real challenge is getting hired.

As a professional music educator for the past 12 years, I have changed teaching positions four times. I was in my first job for six years, then have jumped jobs quite a bit the past six for a variety of reasons. This process of applying and interviewing multiple times has given me a pretty good handle on what it takes to get hired in American public school systems. [Read more...]

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