Friday, 20 November 2009

Career Center Search Tips

Return to Search Page

Keep it simple.  The more choices you make, the fewer jobs will match your request. Keep in mind that the way you might envision posting a job isn’t necessarily the way someone else might actually post it. The people posting vacancies are required by the system to enter a job title and to select something from District Category/Employer and from Position, but not from any other section. A district may post a math teacher vacancy, and put Math Teacher in the Job Title, but NOT select Mathematics from under Core Subjects/Electives. Be flexible in your search to see the widest variety of vacancies.

BASIC INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Enter choices in either Option 1 or Option 2.
  2. Click the search button under that Option.
  3. On the next screen, click “View ALL Matching Vacancies.”
    -OR-
    Make additional choices to filter your search and click the search button.
  4. On the search results page, vacancies are initially listed with the most recent postings listed first. Click on any column heading to sort by that column.
  5. Click on any job title to view that job.
  6. Use the return to results, search again, or printer-friendly buttons as needed

SEARCH EXAMPLES

You want to work in a particular district.

  1. Under Option 1 type the district name in the Keyword field
  2. Click the search button
  3. On the next screen, click “View ALL Matching Vacancies”

The Keyword field searches most fields EXCEPT contact information; if you type “principal” in the keyword field, you’ll get vacancies for principals, not vacancies for which you need to contact the principal!

You want to look at all the teaching vacancies in Regions 10 and 11.

  1. Bypass Option 1 and go to Option 2
  2. Select 10 and 11 next to ESC Region
  3. Select “Teacher” next to Position
  4. Click the search button
  5. Your screen will pop to the Refine/Filter Search page
  6. Click “View ALL Matching Vacancies” (i.e., do NOT make any additional choices)

You want to look at all the principal vacancies in the state.

  1. Bypass Option 1 and go to Option 2
  2. Select All Regions under ESC Region
  3. Select “Principal” AND “Assistant Principal” AND “Associate Principal” under Position
  4. Click the search button
  5. Your screen will pop to the Refine/Filter Search page
  6. Click “View ALL Matching Vacancies” (i.e., do NOT make any additional choices)

You want to look ONLY at high school mathematics teaching jobs in Region 4.

  1. Bypass Option 1 and go to Option 2
  2. Select 4 next to ESC Region
  3. Select “Teacher” next to Position
  4. Click the search button
  5. Your screen will pop to the Refine/Filter Search page
  6. Select “Mathematics” next to Core Subjects/Electives
  7. Click the search button

On the Refine/Filter Search page, the values that show up under Assignment, Core Subjects/Electives, and Career/Technology—and the number of vacancies listed under each—is related directly to your choices on the first page. If you select “Teacher” on the first screen, then ONLY Assignments, Core Subjects/Electives, and Career/Technology tied to posted Teacher vacancies will appear.