Teachers (and the skills they possess) are highly employable. You can transfer your skills into any profession so long as you use your words wisely. Now you have determined you want to leave teaching using our quiz, it’s time to help you figure out your teacher transferable skills!
From my own research and experience of looking for a job outside of teaching, these skills were the most frequently mentioned:
- Strong communication skills;
- Detail oriented;
- Self-motivation;
- Experience of leadership;
- Experience with technology;
- Ability to work to tight deadlines;
- Ability to work under pressure;
- Planning;
- Collaboration and teamwork;
Hopefully, you look at this list and can come up with a myriad of examples from your teaching experience, but worry not if you can’t. Using the nine main skills employers are looking for, I have created the “Teacher Transferable Skills Matrix”. This is a prompt for you to use that forms the basis of your CV. Couple this with the additional resources on how to write your CV on Diary of an Ex Teacher and you will be confident in your job search.
Deciding to leave teaching is daunting enough as it is, so hopefully the Teacher Transferable Skills Matrix proved useful. If you want to delve deeper into your skills, use YouTube for ex teacher case studies as well as listen to podcasts on life as an ex-teacher.