My friend has been an elementary teacher for the past 5 years and wants to get out. She has sent out 50 apps (mostly tech positions) and has gotten no hits so far. Can anyone suggest roles that might be a plausible fit for her background in this market? She’s open to anything at this pt. and is living in Denver. Thanks!!

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Curriculum development, L&D, training - lots of ex-teachers make the move over to those parts of the business from education. Also in Denver and happy to connect.

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Does she have any tech experience? If not, the lack of response isn't surprising. She needs to audit her skills (if she can't be objective, this is something you could help her with), and then compile a list of jobs that have overlapping skill requirements. This should help subsequent applications to give her a better chance at getting the positions.

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Yes, seriously

Realistically she will need to either get an MBA or some kind of certification (or go into an L&D role, but most companies are still going to want someone with L&D experience, which is different than elementary education). Honestly, she’s going to struggle. There are a lot of people with much more relevant backgrounds applying for those same jobs; whether it’s fair or not, she’s unlikely to get anywhere. I’d struggle to hire someone with no relevant experience. Is she willing to go to completely entry level roles in consulting? May be her best bet.

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Customer success roles? Tell her to check out the BreakLine program for transitioning into tech. She might also want to consider school or a bootcamp.

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Thanks! I’ll pass that along!

MBA could be an option

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Does she have an actual degree or just a BA in education?

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Sorry I was a bit unclear, she’s not applying to tech roles, just positions at tech companies in the training, HR, customer success non-tech roles. She’s in Denver, so there just happens to be a lot of tech companies there and her bf is a SWE.

I think a career coach is appropriate here. She’ll need to have a very strong message for roles and be very strategic on her apps. For example: does she translate her time in education and psychology masters for a learning and development role?

Alternatively an MBA or coding bootcamp could help depending on what she is looking for.

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Her best path is probably an MBA which Picts well, or without the degree she might find an entry level job.

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How about targeting edtech companies?

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*she has applied for non-tech roles at tech companies. Sorry I was unclear about that in the original post. She’s not looking to go technical.

Her primary goal is to get out of teaching. She’s ok with entry level. She’s really open to anything, I’ve been trying to suggest something education/kids related to get her foot in the door, like at an ed tech company. I’ve also suggested non-profits so she’s still helping a good cause, or training/learning roles in any industry. Someone also suggested customer success roles. I don’t know of any other teachers personally that have left teaching so just trying to source any plausible role ideas that we’re not thinking of.

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