If you love spending time with curious, energetic children, few jobs are better than working in a kindergarten class. Of course, getting a kindergarten job can be easier said than done when you're a beginner up against people with years of experience. Thankfully, there are many ways to boost your profile and get kindergartens in your area interested in you. Here are a few you can try.

Get Childhood Education Training

Without a doubt, the most helpful asset you can have in your kindergarten job search is a certificate in childhood education. Childhood education training varies between institutions. For those who want to delve deep into the subject of working with kindergarten-age children, there are many bachelor's degree programs to choose from at Australian universities. If, however, you'd prefer to get working as soon as possible, you can also look at short courses that take a year or less to complete. Many of these will be sufficient for getting your first kindergarten job. Then, you can work your way up the ranks, studying more in online or offline short courses as you go.

Volunteer with Children

Remember that paid employment isn't the only way to get experience working with children. If you're struggling to get a job, why not try volunteering first? There are many opportunities where you can offer your services. Look at after-school programs, summer childcare centres, and church Sunday schools in your area. Many are glad to accept volunteers as long as they have clean criminal records. You can also try volunteering to coach youth sports, tutoring local children, or even working with a children's charity. Not only will this give you valuable experience in taking care of young children, but it will also show employers just how committed you'll be to a paid job.

Market Your Transferrable Skills

Working in a kindergarten requires a unique set of skills. However, many of those skills appear individually in other jobs. If you've been in employment before, it's likely that you have many transferrable skills that you can use to market yourself to kindergartens. If, for example, you worked on a staff training program in your previous job, you can use that in your resume to show you'd be good at lesson planning. If your job involved communication, particularly with more vulnerable people, you have another in-demand skill that kindergartens would love to hear about. Highlighting applicable skills on your resume will go a long way in mitigating your lack of experience.

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