Got Hired With Southern University!

It's been a while since I posted anything substantial but I've had quite a bit of recent success getting hired for more online teaching gigs and I wanted to share this with you.

In November I got picked up by Southern University. No interview over the phone. Just a nice email telling that I'd been credentialed to teach the following course. Southern has a nice reputation as being a good school to teach for and I'm looking for to the next email scheduling me for the instructor course.

I also interviewed with Concordia University Online in November to teach Educational Technology courses. Not sure how that one is going to turn out. Lastly, I interviewed Tuesday morning with Columbia Southern University with Dr. Rodgers and Ms. Quinley. Nice interview it went very well and I'm just waiting to see if I get a second interview offer next week. Hey, it could happen!

I started the search for more work in September of this year and really did it up right. Researched the latest fad in resume writing, re-did my cover letter and sent out emails and filled out online job applications on hundreds of college and university job sites. In the emails I included my resume, cover letter and unofficial transcripts. So many little details that you need to be aware of.

I got a lot of great information from the adjunct professors group on Linkedin and some job leads. There's also the adjunct Rolodex and other groups as well. Worth checking out.

Be sure to check the higheredjobs.com job board for job opportunities. Adjunctnation and adjunctworld are worth the effort of saving to your favorites and if you are in need of more online teaching work, be proactive.

In 2008 when I got my first gig teaching online with the University of Phoenix, online teaching jobs did not have lure they now have. Online teaching jobs have become much sought after and you can tell this by the way the weasels have come out of the woodwork to try and separate those looking to get hired from their money. Everything you need to get hired as an online adjunct is available on the Internet for free. No need to pay someone or pay for a seminar.

You need to know that this time of year just before the start of the spring 2012 sessions, college and universities are looking to hire to teach online classes. I know this from prior experience and that's why my big push started in September.

I played the numbers and knew that if I sent out 200-300 emails and filled hundreds of online job applications that I would get a small positive return and that's what happened but it's not over with yet. I could still see a couple of more positive returns before the end of the year.

Talk with you later!

Cliff