Beware the Ides of March!

Where the Jobs are in 2012

("Beware the Ides of March!")

The subject of jobs is is a constant chatter among educators looking for some stability in an world filled with incessant efficiency downsizing and fiat bail out businesses of the modern here today "gone to Jakarta" economies.

The topic of what “hot job prospects” there are overseas, is often limited by the job candidate's own timing and availability as much as their specific background skills and authorizations or prior experience.

 

One field which is continually growing and in demand is TEFL-TESOL English Language teachers.

 

You probably already know that in the very near future, China will have the largest number of English speakers globally. Markets in South East Asia are set to unify economically in the next three years according to government officials and this has created a deepening "worldwide shortage" of NES (so called "native English speakers") from abroad. 

Recently, many potential teachers of English are drawn from pools of sometimes semi-qualified "non-native" speakers who are actually highly fluent second language teachers from Europe, the Philippines and India who are being tapped in order to fill the increasing demand for English teachers to share the language of global business.

 

You will see many EFL training and teaching jobs on line advertising in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand for a certification and employment programs, guaranteeing jobs to their graduates across numerous well worn TESOL-TEFL employment websites. More and more, those web sites recommend that you sign up with them to get certified and get a guaranteed job at the end of the training. 

 

But beware! You should always ask yourself, "what kind of a job will I actually get" once I pay my money, put in many hours of study and have the authorized experience through their “one stop/one size fits all” TEFL teacher training's?  In reality, many of those programs dedicate only a short percentage of the time you are enrolled in a certification course to the actual teaching of English.

 

Having gone through a CELTA training myself, I can personally attest that the longest times I ever taught were never more than 20 minute segments where I was evaluated not on my overall effectiveness, but rather on how well I molded to my instructors demands instead of how well I reached my students.

 

Many Language centers now have year round recruitment of TEFL teachers offering employment in cities throughout Mainland China. In Ho Chi Min, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore you can enroll in the same kind of formula based assembly-line programs, where the need and demand for English teachers is constant, routine and ongoing. 

But what are actual the teaching success and employment rates? What are the conditions and quality of like there for English teacher graduates? How long do they stay and work abroad before they fold up their tents and head home?

 

Unlike locations in Europe or North America, in Thailand now is the time to look for work as the school year ends in late March and early April and the first semester begins in mid May with the end of summer and return of the rainy season. (Similarly, in many parts of South East Asia and throughout the cities and rural regions of Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Laos summer conditions are approaching and the end of the public school year is drawing near.) 

At Paradise TEFL we aim to give you the essential methods, proven techniques and educational theories in as understandable and a succinct form as possible, in order to focus and spend the maximum amount of time on our client's observed teaching practice. We do this so that you can develop your confidence and effective teaching techniques quickly, and have expert assistance in finding the kind of teaching job that personally suits your individual lifestyle and financial needs best. 

 

Whatever plan of action an unemployed educator decides to take, in general, the more advanced certifications a TEFL or TESOL Teacher holds, the more opportunity they possess in terms of their marketability and increased number of employment options. 

 

For a limited time, Paradise TEFL Certification Program offers these advanced certifications such as TOFEL, IELTS, and TEYL at the SAME PRICE as the basic TEFL/TESOL certification!

 

The advanced course provides additional English Language teaching certifications and is offered in tandem with our site course in Chiang Mai Thailand, or as a complete series of online modules.  You should have already completed a TEFL, TESOL or CELTA course first in order to be eligible and teaching experience is necessary. (Our on-site program provides 2 to 3 weeks of hands on observed teaching practice to help our teachers to effectively develop their skills).

 

All courses are certified and you will receive a certificate of completion, which is internationally recognized and accepted when you graduate from the course. Many of those who already have experience as TEFL instructors are finding that becoming a certified TEFL trainer is another opportunity and feather in their cap in terms of meeting the demand of TEFL instructors (who are leaving their home countries and working abroad) by teaching others how to teach TEFL effectively.

 

Graduates with these additional certifications have the advantage of substantially increasing their marketability and employment status. Improve your chances of getting a good job with a higher level of pay by enrolling today!