click here<\/a> –<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nIt reminds me of a school I worked for in Thailand. We gained two new TEFL teachers a few weeks apart. One was university educated, attended a private college to earn his TEFL and CELTA certificates and was quite arrogant about his abilities. The other was none of the above, never attended third-level education and earned his TEFL certificate from an online platform for a fraction of the price of the other teacher and was known a bit of a party animal in his free time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I could spend all day comparing them both, but I don’t want to bore you. I will just tell you this, the party animal was loved by all his students, they scored exceptionally well in their exams, and we were always polite and under control. The highly educated teacher couldn’t control his class. The students were always in charge. They would turn the lights off and run around the hallways screaming while he sat on the floor doing nothing. The other teachers had to come in to control the situation constantly. As a result of his lack of ability, his student’s grades suffered, and he was shortly replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So the essence of that longwinded story is that qualifications are not always as essential as most people think. Just because you may not have them does not mean you cannot succeed in this profession, and don’t let it make you feel inferior when you see TEFL jobs require XYZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We spoke to TEFL teacher Molly about how she got hired as a TEFL teacher:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
“I must admit my experience was quite easy and straight forward and I didn’t have to do much of the work. I did my TEFL course in Mexico, you see, and the trainers had organised interviews for all of us the week after the course. There were nine of us in the class, and we all got hired within two weeks of the course ending!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another girl and I asked to go to the same school, and somehow we both got in. It certainly made the whole experience better for me personally because I felt like I already had a friend, and we were able to explore together, which was really lovely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would recommend doing the TEFL course in the country you plan to work in because it took all the stress away, and I was able to enjoy the course and have a little vacation afterwards before I began working. It was my first time doing this kind of thing and I’m glad I did it this way because I loved my school, the kids were the best, and the staff were really friendly!!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We spoke to TEFL teacher Aaron about how he got hired as a TEFL teacher:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
“It was very easy, in my opinion. I got my TEFL certificate online as I was working full-time to save up to move abroad. My friends had taught English abroad before, so they told me the best websites to go to, and I had three interviews set up on the first day. I was shocked, but it was good to know there is a demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All three interviews were for China and offered great salaries and benefits. They even offered to pay for a flight which I was not expecting. The interviews themselves went well. Of course, at the time, I thought I screwed them up, but two of the three schools got back in touch with me to offer me a job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The advice I’d give to someone starting out on their TEFL journey is to believe in yourself and contact as many schools or job postings as possible. There are so many TEFL job openings out there that you will find a job 100% but just be sure to choose the one that’s right for you and also be sure to use a website with a good reputation before you accept a job and move to the other side of the world because I have heard some horror stories from other TEFL teachers I have met and they could set you back financially!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We spoke to Matt about how he got hired as a TEFL teacher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n