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The Salary Decision You Need to Make Before You Apply

Before you apply anywhere, I want you to have one number written down. Your "walk-away number." The lowest salary that keeps your life where it is today. Most educators skip this step. Then the first salary number in their search comes from the company. It shows up as a required box on the appli...

by Stephanie Yesil — Oct 10, 2026 benefits indeed job search leaving teaching linkedin job search salary teacher career change walk-away number

The 10-Minute Resume Test: Can I Tell What You Were Responsible For?

Okay. Pull up your resume. I want you to look at it with me for 10 minutes. If you rewrote a bullet after my LinkedIn post Tuesday night, keep that one open. It gets tested today. I've read 500 educator resumes since spring, and I keep running into the same problem. I can tell the person worked ...

by Stephanie Yesil — Sep 12, 2026 job search teacher career change teacher resume

7 Corporate Roles You Might Be Scrolling Right Past

Let me save you a whole lot of scrolling. Some corporate job titles sound like they were assembled by pulling words out of a hat. Then you open the posting and think, “Wait. I know this work.” In my last JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! source set, I sorted 1,467 listings. Across my last two weeks of reading p...

by Stephanie Yesil — Sep 05, 2026 corporate careers implementation job search training

Some of the best job leads are hiding here.

The Challenge We're Solving Today Some of the best job leads I’m seeing right now are coming from companies teachers usually overlook. I was going through fresh openings this week and found a Customer Service Instructional Designer at Chewy. Then a Learning & Development Specialist at Reddy Ice....

by Stephanie Yesil — Aug 29, 2026 job search jobs for former teachers

I’m Angry I’m Not Standing Out. What Should I Do?

Let’s talk about the part of the job search that makes people want to throw the laptop across the room. You know you can do the job. You know you’ve handled harder things than half the job descriptions you’re reading. You know you’re smart, capable, organized, adaptable, and good with people. An...

by Stephanie Yesil — Jul 11, 2026 job search teacher resume

Got Ghosted? Do This Then Move On.

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by Stephanie Yesil — Jun 27, 2026 interviews job search

Remote Is Not The Only Healthy Career Move

The Challenge We're Solving Today There is something I want to say carefully because I don't want anyone reading this to panic. A lot of you are trying to leave the traditional education space because you're thinking: I need room to breathe....a job that doesn't consume my entire life....fewer a...

by Stephanie Yesil — Jun 13, 2026 job search remote jobs

The Summer Job Seeker's Daily Schedule

What's Inside This Issue: No more “what should I be doing today?” Your hour-by-hour job search schedule Click the link. Follow the schedule. Start making progress The Challenge We're Solving Today “I want to make progress in my job search, but I never know what to do each day or if I'm ...

by Stephanie Yesil — May 30, 2026 job search

This Is A Scam.

If a recruiter messages you about a job and then tells you your resume needs to be “put in the right format,” I want every alarm bell in your body to go off. Especially if the next sentence is something like: “I know someone who can fix this for you.” “I want to make sure you look perfect before...

by Stephanie Yesil — May 23, 2026 job search recruiters

Your Career Change Has a "Drop-Off Point." Here’s How to Find It and Fix It.

The Challenge We’re Solving Today You’ve applied to dozens of roles, tailored your resume (or so you thought), and even landed a few interviews but nothing’s moving. You feel like your job search is stuuuuck. It gets frustrating. Demoralizing. Gutting. You’re doing the work, but the results just...

by Stephanie Yesil — Feb 07, 2026 interviews job search

The Job Market Isn't Broken. You're Just Using Advice from 2022.

*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" tabindex="-1"> Read on my website / Read time: 4 minutes This issue is brought to you by: Find $60K+ EdTech Jobs Built for TeachersEdskip helps educators find high-paying roles in EdTech w...

by Stephanie Yesil — Jan 17, 2026 job search teacher resume

Layoffs are happening. So is hiring. What gives?

The Challenge We’re Solving Today One minute, you see a post about layoffs. The next, someone just got hired. What’s really going on? It feels confusing. You might be asking, “Should I be worried?” or “Am I doing something wrong?” This is my simple take on this. The market is messy right now. B...

by Stephanie Yesil — Dec 20, 2025 job search

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