"Teachers must have strong, accomplishments-based resumes," Davies said. An example is a district with low reading scores that is looking for a teacher to help raise them.

Sample Resume: Substitute Teacher (Courtesy photo) Military.com. Published May 10, 2011 at 9 a.m. There's always more to learn about how to polish your resume for teaching jobs.

Keith Anderson applied to 100 Big Tech jobs after he quit teaching but didn't hear back. Once he made these 4 changes to his résumé, Google hired him.