I only know of 1 job and it was advertised on Dave's ESL Cafe. If you know of any more, please contact me at naturegirl321@yahoo.com
Lalla Khadija College of Health Sciences: They recruit through Chase Resourcing International and require ESL Instructors for a new faculty in Rabat, The Administrative capital of Morocco. They are looking for senior ESL Instructors who will work at the new faculty. You must have a BA in English, TESOL or Education. Or an MA in English, Education or TESOL. You also must have a CELTA or DELTA. Only citizens who have received their degrees from the following countries can apply: the USA, the UK, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland will only be considered. You must have at least 8 years ESL/EFL experience. You will get free medical insurance, free flights, extensive holidays, and a salary / housing allowance package of $65,500 US Dollars, €51,300 Euro, £41,000 Sterling. Please email your CV, degrees, passport, CELTA/DELTA certificate and photo to aking@chase.ie. Adrien King
Global Education Recruitment Manager
Chase Towers, Daly’s Lane, The Square, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Skype: chase.resourcing. Office: +353 (0) 66 9762 007. Linkedin. Chase is a legit recruiter, you can find more info here.
Time after time again I hear teachers wanting to get a job at XYZ school because it’s well-known and will look good on their CV. While I understand this point of view, there are lots of downsides to working at well-known schools.
They often pay less due to supply and demand
There’s lots of competition
There may be few perks and benefits
You may have to teach a lot of hours
There are often caps on renewal so you’ll have to leave after 2, 4, or 5 years
They require a lot more work (committees, publications, create materials) and you're not compensated for it.
Of course, some prestigious schools pay well, but it’s hard to stand out. More likely than not you’ll be a small fish in a big pond. While that’s still better than being a small fish in a small pond, there are better options out there. It would be great to be a big fish in a big pond, but not many of us will ever achieve that status.
Look for well-kept secrets and undiscovered gems. You don’t have to work at the creme de la cream school to have a good job. In fact, some of the best jobs are at schools that no one has heard of. They have low turnover, happy teachers, hands-off management, and a great salary package.
People are more likely to talk about schools that they are unhappy with and have a bad reputation than good schools. If someone mentions a school you’ve never heard of, don’t automatically presume it’s a not a good place to work at, on the contrary, it’s likely to be a good school.
Many of the small, less-known schools often have less competition and due to that have to offer teachers more to work there. They may do this by offering a higher salary, less teaching hours, and longer vacations.
According to the news, it seems like foreigners are to blame for everything, everywhere: crime, housing prices, loss of jobs, the economy. You name it, the foreigners are to blame.
It's pretty easy to pass the buck and many people do it, but that doesn't make it right. Here are some examples of foreigners getting the blame.
Blaming immigrants for California's environmental issues
Besides this being wrong, you'll find that data is skewed in order to make foreigners look guilty. The Korean Times wrote an article about foreign crime rates increasing, but neglected to talk about the Korean crime rate increasing as well as ROK Drop points out.
While it's true that foreigners can hurt a country, so can nationals. Foreigners can also help countries. They stimulate the economy with spending, share their culture, and sometimes settle in that country and make it more diversified.
People need to be accountable and blaming others isn't the way to do it. In this day and age, people should realise that this is racism and should be stopped.
If you know of any other good ones, please let me
know by
emailing me at naturegirl321@yahoo.com
Being a Direct Hire is the Way to Go!
Try to get a direct hire position rather than one with a recruiter. Some benefits that you can expect to get are:
Free airfare (at least once a year, sometimes more)
Decent accommodation
Health insurance
Transport
allowance
End of contract gratuity (1 month salary for each year
worked)
Paid overtime
Potential to teach evening contract work
Own
private / semi private university office with computer and internet
Decent university facilities: gym, swimming pool, cafeteria, etc.
Decent
working hours (average is 22 contact hours)
Decent classrooms with good technology (computers, overhead projector, internet, smart boards, etc.)
Does the thought of taking another test just to get back into school scare the living daylights out of you? Perhaps you're not a great test taker but are better at applying your skills to everyday situations. A poor GMAT score could only be a detriment to your admissions material.
In that case, you might choose not to take the GMAT test at all. Hold up. How can you get your MBA without GMAT scores? Is that even possible? Turns out, it is. Check out these ways you can get your MBA without taking the GMAT.
If you're scared to death about the GMAT, consider taking the GRE general test instead. The Graduate Records Examination is a more standardized test than the GMAT. That means that you're tested on more general knowledge rather than just analytical writing and problem-solving abilities.
A high score on the GRE is oftentimes enough for universities to accept your application without a GMAT score. US News recently published a list of schools that accept GRE scores along with GMAT scores (you can browse these in their business schools section).
As an added perk, the GRE test is about $50 cheaper than the GMAT. To take your GRE test, you'll have to schedule a time with one of 700 global prometric testing centers and be prepared for about four hours of testing. Your score is valid for five years after taking the test.
Use Your Undergrad GPA to Your Advantage
What if you don't want to take a test at all? Doesn't taking the GRE test kind of defeat the purpose of skipping out on the GMAT? If you graduated from your undergrad program with high honors, then you may not have to take the test at all. A high GPA is a data point that you can use as "proof" to show your competency to admissions offices.
However, since most universities already look at undergrad GPA when considering students, a high GPA doesn't always mean you can get out of getting your test scores. Talk with your admissions counselor to see if your GPA qualifies you to skip the GMAT and what other options you have if it doesn't.
Enter a Program With a Waiver System
If you're looking to get your online MBA, no GMAT is required for select programs that offer a waiver system. These programs will waive the test score requirements for qualifying applicants. To qualify, you often have to prove your skills by showing a high undergrad GPA and your achievements in previous work experience. If you don't want to take the GMAT, these programs are probably the best option for you since their goal is to encourage non-typical students to apply. That could mean that the program as a whole would be a better fit for you.
Having no GMAT scores doesn't mean that you have to limit your selection of program choices, nor does it mean that you have to rush to schedule your test time. Instead, you might choose one of the above options to help you get into an MBA program.
How to Get the University Job in Korea that You Want
University jobs in South Korea are amazing, but how can you actually get one of them? Hopefully you have a masters degree, and are already living in Korea with a year or two of experience teaching adults because then it will not be so difficult. But, you never know because even if you don’t, it’s about being in the right place at the right time. Maybe someone decides not to take a job a week before the semester starts and they call you, looking for a warm body who is in Korea, with all their documents and ready to work. Or, maybe your friend who is already working at a university gives you a stellar recommendation.
In order to get a clearer picture of how people find university jobs in South Korea, I posted an informal poll on Facebook on the “Foreign Professors and University English Teachers in South Korea” group asking people about their experiences. There were about 200 participants and the responses were as follows:
ESL Cafe Job Board: 36%
Through a friend: 34%
Through a job site besides ESL Cafe (people mentioned Profs Abroad and Chronicle of Higher Education): 14%
Networking: 7%
Dropping application off at a university or applying through the university website: 7%
As you can see, job boards and friends/networking are extremely important. If you want to get some solid advice about which job boards you should be looking on as you search for a job in Korea, check out the book, “How to Get a University Job in South Korea: The English Teaching Job of Your Dreams.” This book also contains some top tips as well as common mistakes to avoid as you network your way to a job in a Korean university. Good luck and may you find the job of your dreams.
Don’t forget to check out some additional resources by the author of this article, Jackie Bolen.
If you're like me you've probably been asked this question by your students. Now the obvious answer would be to study. There's no magic pill they can take, nor can they learn English through osmosis, or by sleeping on their English book, although I'm sure they'd like to.
Learning a language and achieving fluency is hard work.Of course students don't want to hear that. They want you to come up with fun, exciting, and innovative ways to learn English. Here's a list I put together for my students. I keep a couple copies with me and hand them out to students who ask me how they can improve their English. They probably already do a couple things on the list, but tell them to try a couple new ones too. Now there are more ways than ever to learn a foreign language. Some people swear by online options such as Assimil, Fluenz, How to Learn Any Language, Memrise, Michel Thomas, Pimsleur, and Rosetta Stone.
20 Ways to Improve Your English
Do extra practice activities or homework outside of class.
Only speak English during class.
Try to think in English.
Read English books, magazines, journals, and websites.
Listen to English music, radio, and podcasts.
Watch English movies with English subtitles.
Watch CNN or BBC in English.
Meet with a native English speaker and speak English.
Meet with a non-native English speaker and speak Englihs.
Get a keypal and email them in English.
Chat online in English.
Keep a diary in English.
Use new English words outside of class.
Give long answers in class.
Read aloud.
Join Toastmasters and give presentations in English.
Practice, Practice, Practice.
Read graded readers.
Learn 10 new English words a day.
Review the lesson before class.
There's also a lot of information online. Here are a couple sites I found.
I've been working at universities in South Korea for the past eight years and I can say with reasonable certainty that they are the best jobs that I’ll ever have in my life and that deciding to leave Korea to pursue other adventures will be an extremely tough decision. There are various reasons why this job is so amazing including: time spent in the classroom, hands off administration, and the benefit package. I’ll talk about all three of these things in a bit more detail.
Time in the Classroom
Education is a serious business in South Korea and the result is that teaching is a very well respected profession. University students are generally very polite, kind (they’ll bring you small gifts on your birthday and for teacher’s day), and although they can sometimes be a bit shy, they’re fun-loving once you get to know them a bit. Even if you have some less than stellar classes (engineering students!), you won’t actually be spending that much time teaching since most jobs average around 9-15 hours/week.
Hands off Administration
One of my favorite things about my job is the freedom and lack of micromanagement from the administration. While you are usually given a book to teach from, it’s almost entirely up to you what you’ll teach from that book and how. While you need to give tests, homework and grades, it’s pretty much left to your discretion as to how you’ll do this. Meetings and paperwork are minimal so it really is a job with almost complete freedom. Obviously, it’s not great for inexperienced teachers or those new to Korea, but if you don’t need anyone to hold your hand, it’s really the perfect job.
The benefit package
One reason so many teachers stay at Korean universities for years and even decades is that the amount of money you get per teaching hour is extremely high. I’ve calculated it at around $75 US/ hour. It comes through a combination of things including salary (2.4-3.0 million Korean won), housing (free) or housing allowance (around 400,000 Korean won), pension (around 200,000 Korean Won/month paid by the school) and plentiful overtime opportunities, often at 40 000-50 000 Korean Won/hour. Combine this with a low numbers of teaching hours per week and about 5 months vacation paid at your regular monthly rate, you come out with that $75 US/hour.
If you want to pursue interests beyond teaching, it’s an ideal job since vacation and overtime work during the semester are usually optional. If you want to make lots of money, it’s possible since there are quite often plenty of legal overtime opportunities through your university. If you want to see the world and get paid to do it, it’s a great choice. It’s really up to you: hobbies, money or travel!
Convinced? Here’s How to Get a University Job in South Korea These jobs aren’t that easy to come by since they really are one of the best English teaching jobs in the world. If you want some tips and advice from someone familiar with the ins and out of Korean university jobs, you should check out this book: “How to Get a University Job in South Korea: The English Teaching Job of Your Dreams.” It’s available in Kindle and print edition and after reading it, I’m sure you’ll be well on your way to getting a university job in South Korea.
In November I asked people if they had ever quit a teaching job and 100% of the people said yes. For November I asked people if they had ever been fired from a teaching job. Again, the results were unanimous, 100% of the people said no.
From rmsbunderblog.wordpress.com
Yes: 0% with 0 votes
No: 100% with 11 votes
That's great that people haven't been fired, but also a bit scary since I'm sure all of us have worked with some people who should have been fired. Though maybe they were forced to quit.
Some people would argue that not getting renewed is the same as getting fired, but I'd disagree.
Be sure to vote in this month's poll: Would you pay to see job adverts?
Exchange Rates
Back in the 90s, teachers could save money pretty easily. While they were only getting around 1.5 mil won a month, the exchange rate was pretty good and the cost of living certainly isn't what it is now. Take a look at the chart below to see what 1.5 mil won was. Oanda was used for the exchange rates and I used June 30th of each year. Remember that the IMF crisis happened in July 1997.
1.5 mil won
1997
1999
2007
2014
Canadian dollars
2400
1950
1650
1542
American dollars
1650
1350
1650
1357
British pounds
1050
750
750
864
It's a bit depressing when you look at this chart. 1.5 mil on was worth a lot back in 1997.
Salaries
Exchange rates are one thing, now let's take a look at salaries. In 1999, most hagwons would give you 1.5 mil won. In 2014 it's about 2.3 mil. Salaries have gone up, which is a good thing, but so has the cost of living. Schools are also demanding more than before with many requiring a BA, TEFL cert, and teaching experience. It's good that they're requiring teachers to up their qualifications, but salaries should also increase proportionally. Simply put salaries are not keeping up with the cost of living and the required qualifications that schools are asking for.
Benefits
They've remained about the same, which is one reason why Korea still has a large influx of teachers. You'll usually get . . .
Free furnished housing or a housing allowance
Flights
Pension (worth about one month's salary). There are exceptions, Kiwis won't get anything until they're 65. South Africans don't pay into the pension scheme.
Insurance
Severance (one month's bonus upon completion of your contract
Lunch (if you're at a public school)
Two weeks paid vacation
Decent work schedule
Low taxes (about 5%)
Raising Competition
The bad news is that since Korea's pretty easy to get a job in and seen as the best place for new teachers to save money coupled with the horrible economy which means people can't get jobs back home, more and more teachers are coming to Korea. This means that it's an employers' market and their standards have raised.
At the beginning of this article you saw how teachers now need to jump through hoops to get their degrees legalised at the embassy or apostillised, then get a criminal background check, and finally have that legalised and apostillised. When I first came to Korea in 2007, none of that was required. A couple years later, they started asking for the degree, and then a national criminal background check, legalised / apostillised as well.
Keep in mind that these are the minimum requirements. Since there are so many teachers to choose from, now employers can easily ask for TEFL certs or masters degrees. And even then they'll still have a large pool of applicants they can choose from. They're trying to get the most qualified teacher for as cheaply as they can.
Cost of Living
It's gone up, there's not really much to say about it. People who have been here for ten years say that it's probably doubled for somethings (like gas) but other things (such as foreign products, some like deodorant didn't even exist) have gotten much, much cheaper. Add to that that now you can buy a lot of products online for a decent price, it's probably a wash.
University Positions
Many people hold "uni gigs" in high regard and while they are often still good, there are good and bad things about working at universities.
First the bad, many places won't provide housing or a housing allowance so it's up to you to come up with key money and rent. Second, if you look at Dave's, salaries are often around 2.1 to 2.5 mil a month, which is similar to what hagwons and public schools pay, but again you don't get the housing.Third, many universities, even top ones, aren't offering what they used to; the salary and benefit packages are getting worse or staying the same. Some examples of places which are offering less are Ewha (less vacation), Sungkyunkwan University (overtime was cut in half and they require you to work 5 days a week), and Yonsei University in Wonju (more hours with less pay). Fourth, you're competing with people who are happy to accept what they're
offered due to their current job or the economy back home. Lastly, you might not get severance which hagwons and public schools commonly offer.
The good news is that many universities require you to teach less hours than a hagwon; 15 hours seems to be the norm, though I have seen places require 9-21 hours. Secondly, you often have at least one day off a week. Thirdly, while you might have office hours (2 or 3 a week) you don't have to stay in the office all day like you do in a public school so you have more free time. Fourth, there is often overtime. It can vary, I've seen 23,000 to 60,000 an hour. Now keep in mind that's gross, not net. The problem is that sometimes you can work more and be put into a higher tax bracket, so your take-home pay might not be that much more. Lastly, vacations are pretty good. Some places only offer 5 weeks a year, but there are a few that offer 5 months a year. You might have to teach during one of the breaks, but it's often paid so you can double your income for that month. If you want to teach at a university in Korea, I'd definitely recommend Jackie Bolen's book, “How to Get a University Job in South Korea: The English Teaching Job of Your Dreams.” She wrote a couple of guest posts here at TEFL Tips, How to get the university job in Korea that you want and why I love working at a Korean university. She's been in Korea for over a decade and really knows her stuff.
If you're Canadian, the exchange rate has really taken a hit and you're making less than teachers were years ago. Americans and Brits have gotten a better deal. However, even if you are Canadian, Korea's probably the only country where new TEFL teachers can save as much as they do and have a good lifestyle.
Your Opinion
What do you think about TEFLing in Korea?
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If you know of any other good ones, please let me
know by
emailing me at naturegirl321@yahoo.com
Being a Direct Hire is the Way to Go!
Try to get a direct hire position rather than one with a recruiter. Some benefits that you can expect to get are:
Free airfare (at least once a year, sometimes more)
Decent accommodation
Health insurance
Transport
allowance
End of contract gratuity (1 month salary for each year
worked)
Paid overtime
Potential to teach evening contract work
Own
private / semi private university office with computer and internet
Decent university facilities: gym, swimming pool, cafeteria, etc.
Decent
working hours (average is 22 contact hours)
Decent classrooms with good technology (computers, overhead projector, internet, smart boards, etc.)
Salaries are Deceiving
Remember, that often the stated salary doesn't include allowances. Paul in Saudi states that you'll get about an addition two thirds (65%) in allowances, such as housing and transport. If the job only advertises a salary of $4,000 a month, you'll probably earn about $7,000 total per month. Salaries are dependent upon education and legitimate (meaning that you can prove it) work experience. There are no taxes in Saudi, but you will be living in the Magic Kingdom. Here's a sample contract from Vinnell Arabia.
Finding a Good Employer
Do your research to make sure you find a reliable, reasonable, responsible employer that will pay on time, give you an igama (work visa), allow you to bring your spouse and kids, and pay for their education, as well as get you the proper exit and re-entry visas. Check out employers with the best reputations and positions that pay $100K and up.
Where to Find Jobs
Spring is the higher season, so plan accordingly. Go directly to university websites to find their job offers and application. Applications can be a pain to fill out and it's not uncommon for employers to take a long, long time to get back to you. I had a friend get a job offer a year after she applied. TESOL Arabia is one of the best conferences to attend. TESOL in the US and IATEFL in the UK are also good. There's also TESOL.org, the Chronicle, HigherEd Jobs, Jobs.ac.uk, and IATEFL. Advice for Women
Check out Comparing uni job offers - advice for the ladies! If you want to bring your family, be aware that it's not common for women to sponsor their husbands. You can bring your children, however, you will need permission from their father. Usually you need to have a document that is less than 3 months old that gives you permission to travel with your children. Remember that unmarried girls are their father's property.
The Best Jobs in Saudi Arabia
Al Hoty Co. Ltd: $6,000-$9,000 a month with 3 vacations per year. You'll need to be a male with at least a BA. Here's an example of their adverts.
Aramco: Ah, the famous Aramco. It's hard to get a direct hire position with them, but they seem to be one of the best employers to work for. However, they usually hire males with bachelor status, meaning that you can't bring your family with you. Here's info about teaching at their schools.
B3H (men only): Expect a salary package around $90,000, which would include base pay, bonus, 401K matching contributions, airfare, cell phone allowance, insurance, paid vacation, training and certification by the US Department of Defense, Defense Language Institute. This is a US government contract teaching Royal Saudi Air Force personnel. You must be an American and have a US bank account. Part of Booz Allen.
Dar Al Uloom University: The University Preparatory Program (UPP) needs teachers to teach up to 20 hours per week (18 is the norm). You'll get $2,600 - $5,300 inclusive of housing and transport allowance. 45 paid vacation with airfare. Masters or PhD required. TEFL cert or diploma preferred. 8am-4pm, with 2 office hours per day. May have to work 6 days per week.
Institute of Public Administration (IPA): (Men and Women) Here's a past advert. You'll get about $3,000-$4,000 a month, free housing, paid summer vacation (60 days) with flights, holidays, subsidy for children's education at international schools, private office with computer and internet. You'll teach 22 hours and need at least an MA.
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM): (Men only) Decent pay with great overtime opportunities. On-campus housing is provided and all utilities are covered. Students are good and there's a sane work schedule. Great vacations 917-18 weeks per year). No visa issues and most of the time you get what you're promised, which is rare is Saudi.
Northrop Grumman (Men only): Must be an American. Follows Vinnell ELTB admin regulations.Expect a salary package around $90,000, which would
include base pay, bonus, 401K matching contributions, airfare, cell
phone allowance, insurance, paid vacation, training and certification.
Saudi companies which are subcontractors to Aramco
Raytheon: Pay very well, around $80,000, but the students are difficult.
Saudi British Centre (SBC): MA preferred but BA and experience also accepted. Minimum of 2 years teaching experience. $2,300-$4,800 plus furnished accommodations or allowance, transport or allowance, igama, visa expenses reimbursed, exit and re-entry visas, scheduled trips, cash advance upon arrival, year-end bonus, 30 days paid vacation and airfare.
Teach Away: They sometimes have good jobs. They were recently advertising for an academic director for a women's uni in Riyadh. Salary was $10,000 plus airfare, and 30 days vacation. You needed at least an MA, plus a TEFL cert or diploma, and at least 5 years teaching experience. You also needed experience in strategic planning, development, evaluation, and delivery of programs. Management experience, data analysis skills, and project management abilities.
More and more places are requiring a college degree. Gone are the days of the backpacker teacher where you could waltz into a language school and get a job. Places are requiring degrees, transcripts, criminal background checks, and more paperwork than before.
Having a degree will open up more doors for you as well. In addition, you're more likely to get a good paying job with great benefits. However, time and money are an issue, especially if you're older and / or have a family. The information below will help you finish your degree as quickly and cheaply as possible. The universities below are accredited and cater to mature students. Most of them are U.S. universities, but there are also ones from the U.K., Canada, and for people living in Asia and Europe.
How to Get a College Degree
If
you plan to make teaching English your career and would like to be able
to save for retirement you will probably need a degree. Distance study
and courses for mature students are making it easier for everyone to get
a college education. The US Department of Education has recently released a study that shows that students who study online perform better. If money's an issues, check out the Art of Manliness, which has some good info about Testing Out: How to "Moneyball" Your Way to a Debt-Free College Degree.
Outside credit by examination. You can take tests such as ACE, ECE, and CLEP.
The college's credit by examination. Each college might have exams that you can take.
AP. Theses courses are studied during high school but you don't have to be in high school to take the exams.
DANTES (DSST). These are usually for people in the military.
Subject specific exams. Criminal Justice/Police Proficiency Examinations, and Medical Terminology Examination are some examples. Wilbur Wright College is one college that accepts these.
Applicable certifications. Military credits, Foreign
credentials, Certified Child Development Credentials, Emergency Medical
Services (paramedic certification), and Licensed/Practical Nursing
certifications are just a few that may be accepted.
Life experience. Some schools will give you college
credit if you have documented work or volunteer. You may have to create a
portfolio to document your experience.
If money's an issue you could go through a community college for two years, then transfer. Try Clovis Community College, New Mexico. In the USA, regional accrediation usually is better than national, though not always. Here are some that you might want to look at.
Famous People Without a Degree
There
are plenty of people who have been able to become successful despite
the fact that they don't have a degree. Keep in mind that there are also
plenty of underemployed, jobless, unsuccessful people who don't have a
degree as well.
Alexander Graham Bell
Barbra Streisand
Ben Franklin
Bob Dylan
Bill Gates
Dave Thomas
David Ben Gurion
David Sarnoff (NBC mogul)
Debbie Fields
Dustin Hoffman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ellen DeGeneres
Ernest Hemingway
Frank Lloyd Wright
Helena Rubenstein
Henry Ford
Jane Fonda
Jesse Ventura
John D. Rockefeller
Larry Ellison (Oracle's founder)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Madonna
Malcolm X
Mark Zuckerberg
Michael Dell
Peter Jennings
Ray Kroc (McDonald's founder)
Richard Leakey
Robert Redford
Rosie O'Donnell
Rush Limbaugh
Steve Jobs
Thomas Edison
Thomas Watson (IMB founder)
Tom Hanks
Walt Disney
Walter Cronkite
Warren Beatty
Woody Allen
Wright Brothers
Writing a Cover Letter for a Job that Requires a BA
I found this in Cool Careers For Dummies. While in some cases you won't get hired without a degree, for example,
it's an immigration requirement, in other cases your experience might
outweight the fact that you don't have a degree. You have everything to
gain and nothing to lose.
Dear Ms. Hirer,
When
you’re inundated with applications, it’s tempting to weed out those
without a degree, but I believe I’m worth a look precisely because I
don’t have a degree.
I considered getting a BA, but
after talking with a number of BA holders and examining the courses I
would have to take and their relevance to becoming a good software
marketing manager, I concluded that four years could be more profitably
spent.
I contacted directors of marketing at leading
Silicon Valley software companies and offered to work for them for free
in exchange for their mentoring. I figured that was cheap tuition for
the on-target learning I would receive. A marketing manager at HP took
me on. After three months, I felt I had learned about as much from him
as I could, whereupon I made a similar arrangement with a director of
marketing at Cisco Systems.
In these apprenticeships, I
was deeply involved in a number of projects similar to those mentioned
in your ad, specifically internet marketing and managing a national
consumer branding campaign. In addition, I attend American Marketing
Association conferences, read the best articles and books recommended by
the AMA, and spend much of my commute time listening to relevant books
on DC. To get the bigger picture, I even read a couple of books by
leading academics.
But now comes the moment of truth.
In choosing a self-directed education over a traditional one, I believe I
prioritized substance over form. Now the question is: Will you
interview me?
I hope that you’ll appreciate my having
developed an outside-the-box learning plan, that I was assertive enough
to make it happen, and persistent enough to see it through to
completeion without a professor and deadlines forcing me to do so.
Perhaps more important, in working at the right handof top software
marketing executive, I learned a tremendous amount about how to do the
job well.
I recently discussed my self-education with a
BA holder from Stanford and he said that I probably learned more of
real-value than he did.
I’m hoping you will call me for
an interview, but as with any good employee, I won’t just wait
passively. If I haven’t heard from you in a week, I will take the
liberty of phoning to follow up.
I’m enclosing samples of the deliverables I produced during my work at
HP and cisco. Thankyou for your consideration.
College of the North Atlantic (CNAQ): They only hire Canadiansas EFL instructors, but they will hire people from other countries to teach technical subjects. In addition to advertising on their website, they also advertise on career beacon. Used to be good, but budget cuts have changed a lot of things. Hopefully they'll get back on track. Check Dave's for more info.
Teaching Licenses and Awards Via Distance Education
All
the places are in the U.S. unless otherwise noted. Some of them require
you to complete student teaching on their campus while others let you
do it at an international school overseas.
Teacher Ready is through the University of West Florida. Takes 9 months. Here are some reviews of the programme. You will have to do the tests in the USA.
Teach-Now is through Washington DC and takes 9 months. You do not have to go back to the USA to take tests.
The College of New Jersey MEd and licensure completed over three summers in various countries around the world.
Licensure for American Citizens and Residents
This section is for Americans and those living in the US. Alternative Certification Programmes are becoming popular as are teaching fellowship programmes.
Be aware that often these positions are in high-needs schools, where up
to half of the students dropout or in special needs
schools.You can check salaries at Teacher Portal.
