After leading teaching because of some serious burnout,

she vowed to build the community she wished existed when she needed it most.

She went from classroom teacher to an educational consultant,

instructional designer, and six-figure business owner.

Now, she's here to help you achieve happiness and work-life balance,

whether inside or outside the classroom.

Come join our discussion as we talk about managing teacher burnout, career transitions outside the classroom. Come join our discussion as we talk about managing teacher

burnout, career transitions outside the classroom, starting a side hustle, and everything in

between. Here's your host of the teacher career coach podcast and your new personal cheerleader

Daphne Gomez. Welcome to the teacher career coach podcast. I'm your host, Daphne Gomez. Back in January of this year, I was asked to sit and support teachers who were thinking of making a transition at an ed tech job fair. I was overwhelmed with how many teachers actually came to my table. They were applying for a variety of positions. They brought great questions, and a lot of

them were really strong candidates. In the exact same month, we posted roles on qualified

team solutions for SDRs, account executives, and customer success. If you're just hearing

about qualified team solutions, it is the recruiting agency that I actually own that

helps match education companies with the professionals that match what they're looking for.

From a hiring standpoint, we are seeing so many amazing candidates right now, which is incredible.

But I know to some of you from the other end as a job seeker, it can feel discouraging to see so

much quote unquote competition for the exact same positions as you. Ed tech jobs, especially

those that are marketing themselves to hire teachers, are starting to be competitive.

That's why in this episode, I'm going to help you understand what you can do

best to stand out above the crowd. And I know that this sounds counterintuitive. You're probably

thinking, wait, tens of thousands of teachers are listening to this podcast. So now we're going to do

all the exact same thing to stand out. Yes, because there is only one you and you are going to do this

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