Deciding to leave your current career for life in the classroom can be daunting. Check out these top tips from education charity Teach First on retraining as a teacher and putting your industry experience to work in the classroom:
1) Know how to transfer your skills
You won’t be starting from scratch in a new career in teaching. Whatever your background the skills and competencies you have gained will be essential, especially for engaging and inspiring pupils. Over 20% of those who joined the Teach First Programme last year came from other careers, bringing a wealth of skills and experience into the classroom.
2) Prepare yourself for immediate responsibility
Moving into the classroom can be a challenge. Changing career through Teach First harnesses your experience and enables you transfer your skills, so be ready to demonstrate your ability to communicate and be a leader.
3) Tell us about you
Many people consider teaching as they want to give something back and share their knowledge and experience and become positive role models. Whatever your motivation be prepared to be open and transparent about your background, and don’t be afraid to ask frank questions about what teaching involves. Share your stories of leadership and overcoming challenges and communicate your enthusiasm for heading in a new direction.
4) Look at your options
There are many different routes into the classroom. As a charity, Teach First offers a Leadership Development Programme which is focused on supporting pupils from low-income backgrounds. As part of this, our teachers are provided with a salary while they are training in schools over two years, as well as receiving a full teaching qualification (PGCE) and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) after the first year.
Teach First recruit on a rolling basis and have a team dedicated to supporting career changers through the application process. For more information, visit their website.
You can also find the current opportunities being advertised by Teach First on TipTopJob here.
Have you read the article in our Interview Advice section of the Career Centre around the most common interview mistakes? If you have an impeding interview, it is advisable to read this advice to ensure you do not make them....as they are quite easy to make.
Here are the Top 5 mistakes but you can click through to the article to read the rest .....
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Talking negatively about anything in the interview - this can be about yourself, your current job and giving negative answers.
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Arriving late!
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Mobile phone going off.
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Being unprepared - in terms of the answers to common questions, e.g. what are your strengths, where do you see yourself in 10 years etc and in terms of the questions to ask at the end of the interview.
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Forgetting to do any research and attending without any knowledge of the company, what job you are actually going for etc.
Find the article by clicking on this link here: Most Common Interview Mistakes.
In a recent study, we found that 4 out of 5 individuals would take a demotion and pay cut to secure their dream job.
Taking a pay cut may not be a viable option with the current increase in the cost of living but IF it is affordable many would take the jump into a job of their dreams. Not only will moving into the perfect role help with overall job satisfaction and happiness moving forward, it could also help to path the way to further career progression in the future. At times, taking an initial step backwards can help to achieve a persons longer term goals.
This, however, can be a very difficult decision especially if you have a family, mortgage and other financial commitments. So, how can you make the decision? Here are 5 top tips to work out if you should take the leap.
1. Work out financially if it is a viable option and whether you can realistically cover the cost of living. If you can, then it is worth a shot!
2. Sit down with someone impartial and go over the pros and cons of staying at your current role versus moving on. Someone impartial will help you to think about things you may not have!
3. If the move is a total career change, then have you thought long and hard enough about whether you will enjoy the role you are going for. It is a huge decision so it is important to spend a good amount of time deciding if your skills will fit truly. Maybe consider volunteering to give yourself some practical experience.
4. If you are considering a location move, talk to your family and ensure they are all happy. This especially goes for the children, if any are involved. It may take some time for them to consider the move and come to terms with it but it is important to consider how everyone else will feel.
5. Be confident once the decision is made. Even if you have a small wobble it is important not to outwardly show these nerves or worry and to knock them on the head straight away. If you have spent enough time making the decision to change your role, this should not even be an issue.
Good luck!
For any Recruitment Agency with multiple job vacancies, we are offering you the chance to post UNLIMITED jobs across our network of sites for a 30 day basis to gauge whether we are right for you.
Whether you have 2 jobs or 10,000, the free job advertising trial is suitable for you!
All of our industry sectors are included in the trial, whether your roles are sector specific e.g. JUST IT, or they are span across all industries, it still applies.
All jobs posted will appear on TipTopJob PLUS the relevant industry specific sites e.g. theITjob.com. The jobs will appear in Search Engines, across our partner sites, social media and weekly newsletters.
There are no strings or ties. It is a simple 30 day trial. If it does not work for you, the account expires and we leave you alone.
So, are you interested in trying the network out with your unlimited jobs? If so, please email sales@TipTopJob.com requesting your FREE TRIAL with the reference "Free_Blog" and we will get the account set up right away.
Are you one of those people who wants to change jobs or careers…but never does? Do not worry, you are not alone in feeling this way and because it is so common we wanted to find out why it is that people remain in a job and delay the process of the dreaded job search.
Our latest survey asked why people would put off applying for a new job.
We found that 51% of people had just not found the right opportunity for them. 26% did not want to leave the friends they had made at the workplace behind which is a comforting factor showing that the workplace is a fantastic opportunity to make new and good friends that you want long-last relationships with.
15% of people are put off with the time and effort that has to go into the change and so just leave it and leave it. Finally, 7% are actually scared of change.
Whatever the reason for putting off the job search, it is a hugely common issue and a daunting one for many. It can often feel overwhelming with all the information, especially the number of agencies, job boards, aggregators, organisations to visit that help you that it becomes more off-putting than actually helpful.
Well, if you are not happy in your current role and want a change, then we can help. Get over to www.tiptopjob.com where you can search for any kind of job you are looking for and apply to suitable vacancies online. As a job board, the process needs to all be done online and the client advertising the role will come back to you to let you know if you have been successful. Do not delay this job hunt anymore - no need to be scared or daunted - there is no time like the present!
We wish you all the luck in the world and hope we have something suitable for you at some point :)
We currently have 1,600 roles posted on TipTopJob for R & L Home Enterprises for one role in EVERY location across the UK.
They are looking for people to deliver & collect catalogues in all areas of the UK & Ireland. There are already thousands of distributors nationwide but there is an urgent requirement for more to get started right away. The role is for an immediate start and you will work in your local area.
- No qualifications or experience required.
- Self motivation is all that you need to earn a good regular income.
- Choose your own hours catalogue delivery enables you to work hours that suit you.
- The money you earn is related to the amount of catalogues delivered/Collected and orders placed.
There is the potential to earn the following revenue from this role....
- Part Time £200 - £600 per Month OTE
- Full Time £1000 - £1500 per Month OTE
You will find the same roles advertised in every location around the UK and Ireland. If you are interested in this opportunity you can click through HERE to scroll through the jobs to find your location where you can then apply. It does not matter if it is NOT your actual location as the roles are UK-wide.
Here are some popular UK Cities where you can click on the link to the actual job where you can APPLY straight away.
London
Birmingham
Leeds
Bristol
Nottingham
Edinburgh
Liverpool
Warwick
Portsmouth
Alternatively, CLICK HERE to the search page, search for "Catalogue Sales Distributor" in your specified location and you will find the job to apply for !!
Happy applying :)
We have come to our last TipTop video featuring a bunch of very cute children. This final video asks the children what they want to be when they are older in the TipTopMe campaign.
You can find the video on YouTube here.
Some of the children have responded saying they want to be: a teacher, a gymnastics instructor, a pediatrician, a fisherman, a ballerina :)
Ask your child what they want to be, take a video and share it with us on any of the following social media platforms: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+ or Instagram.
You may have already noticed some tweaks to the site...
Now you can click through to our Instagram account and Blog right from the icons at the top right of the homepage. You will now find icons for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin, Instagram and our Blog which will link directly to the accounts.
Underneath these icons, we have a new image that allows Clients to click through to pay and post for 1 job online.
And finally, on each job vacancy, there is a new button at the top of the job description that allows the jobseeker to click to apply making it easier to find the APPLY button :)
If you would like to see any tweaks, changes or additions to the site, please do get in touch with us and let us know what you think....
Here are the changes....
The Higher Education Funding Council For England are currently recruiting for an Assurance Consultant (Qualified Accountant) in Bristol.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funds and regulates universities and colleges in England and is responsible for distributing nearly GBP4 billion a year for teaching and research in universities and colleges in England. We are the lead regulator for higher education in England.
You must be a fully qualified accountant or auditor with significant post qualification experience of risk assessment, financial monitoring or assurance related skills. Experience of a regulated sector, or of due diligence type work would be an advantage.
You will work with senior colleagues and institutional staff so excellent communication, presentational and interpersonal skills are essential. You should enjoy building relationships and working with others. Committed to your professional development, we will give you the opportunity to gain experience and to develop your professional skills.
This is a challenging but rewarding role for someone with the right skills and experience during a changing environment for the higher education sector. Some travel within England will be required along with an occasional need for overnight stays.
Does this role interest YOU?
Do you know someone who it may interest?
READ MORE about the job by CLICKING HERE and APPLY ONLINE.
Thank you to Stuart @ VFG for supplying us with the following comments...........
"All is going well. We have made 4 placements so far, with 6 more potential placements in the pipeline. Our clients tend to have a fast turnover rate of staff, though, so it's largely an ongoing process."
Another happy customer. Smiles all around!