Applying for a job as an adjunct professor usually requires a résumé that is slightly more detailed and extensive than résumés created for other types of jobs. The key to writing a good adjunct professor résumé lies in maintaining a focus for the résumé and making your professional experience relevant to the subject you wish to teach. Transferable skills and "soft" skills, like interpersonal communication skills and technological/computer proficiencies, should also be highlighted to demonstrate that you are a well-rounded, capable candidate.

Ensure your name, address and contact phone and email are listed at the top of the first page. Create a header with your name and phone or email for the subsequent pages.

Start your résumé with a short, comprehensive professional profile rather than an objective. Think of this as a summary of your most relevant qualifications that will tell the hiring manager why they should keep reading your résumé and review your qualifications more thoroughly.

Highlight your most relevant teaching skills in the next section, including what subjects you have or are qualified to teach. Typically, a bulleted list is used to keep the information short and succinct.

Create a heading for your education. Since adjunct professor jobs often require a certain level of academic achievement, it is logical to list this information before your work history. List your degrees in order of academic level, beginning with the highest degree you possess. Note specialized courses, seminars and any other relevant training you have received after your degrees.

List your work history in the next section. Carefully evaluate the order you place these in. If you are currently, or your most recent position was, an adjunct professor, chronological is most likely the best method. However, if you have limited teaching experience, it may be best to divide this section into "Relevant Work History" and "Professional Experience," listing each position under the title that best fits.

Remember to focus your work history primarily on accomplishments, with only a brief description of duties.

Note licenses or certifications you hold in the next section, followed by professional organizations you are a member of. Volunteer work can also be included in this section.

Technological or computer proficiencies should be listed next, as well as any specialized equipment you have used that may be relevant to the subject(s) you wish to teach. If you speak more than one language, include that information here --- unless you are applying for a job teaching that language, in which case it should be added to the first sections.

Research, professional publications and presentations should be included in the final section. If this is an extensive list, consider creating a separate document and adding the phrase "Research and publications list available on request" to the bottom of your résumé.

Teaching résumés are expected to be much longer than one or two pages since so much information is required, so don't leave things out or make fonts super small trying to limit the number of pages.

If sections overflow onto the next page, create a smaller heading and note "continued" to provide clarity that the information is a continuation from the previous page.