Hi,
To keep it short, my CV includes both my qualifications as an English teacher and as a PE teacher. Since both are in the field of teaching,I was thinking it would look good.
I wonder whether this is a good or a bad idea, but since I do not have a lot of experience, I do not have a lot to say otherwise.
As an example, I have my English tutoring written for work experience. While it still shows that I am able to teach, and many of the responsibilities (such as lesson planning) are common, I don’t know if they would even care about that for a PE position.
For PE I do not have any experience except for univeristy since my degree is in sports, and I do not know if the experience from university counts. Regardless, PE experience does not have a whole section on my CV, English tutoring does.
So, should I at least cut the tutoring for PE job applications and have a CV that only fills 60% of a page, or is it something that is either irrelevant or a small plus and I can keep it there?
Thanks!
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List all teaching / tutoring experience you currently have in any form.
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As the years go by, this will change and you can start taking less relevant experience off your CV.
I agree with u/Taido_Inukai. Be aware, also, that there are some places that want to know a complete history of your working, regardless of whether it’s related to teaching or not. The organization will ask you to account for everything you have done when you *could* have been working from the end of junior high school until now.
Both fields are ‘teaching’ and having grappled with this myself throughout my career (I’ve worked as a PE teacher, primary teacher, EFL / ESL teacher, software developer and lawyer), showing more is always better.
For example I got a full scholarship and (academic) uni medal when studying PE teaching. Early on in my legal career somebody told me not to mention it at all. I tried a few different CV styles with employers and found that listing it (just as an FYI) got me more jobs/interviews. It’s also a decent conversation starter as it demonstrates broader experience.