Hi all!
I'm starting to panic as I have noticed that a lot of you have placements already for when you finish your course. I was told that agencies will help you find a position and that they should be free.
Any recommendations on agencies to use? I would quite like my first placement to be in Europe but I am not picky at all as I would love to go further afield too.
Sorry, I seem to be bombarding Chalkboard with blogs lately!
Thanks in advance,
Chloe xx
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@ Chloe: Agencies in Europe tend to deal only with the elite end of the market, and as such you'd need to be pretty highly qualified not to mention experienced to even get considered. Smaller schools don't really use agencies to recruit staff as it's not worth their while.The cost of recruiting two staff for example through an agency far outweighs the benefits.
The best way to find work in Europe is to (a) contact a number of schools via email and try to set up a Skype interview, or (b) fly out to your town/city/area of choice and call into every school in the area and give them a copy of your CV. Have you looked at ESL Base's list of schools? See: http://www.eslbase.com/schools/ for more details. I'm not sure how up-to-date this list is but it's a good starting point at least.
@ Kristen: I see you're from America. To teach in most of Europe you need to be in possession of a passport from an EU member state (which you may be able to get through an ancestry claim), or to be married to an EU citizen or to already be in possession of a valid work visa. Schools will not organise a work visa for you as there's just too much red tape. The exception might be the American schools but I don't know enough about that to advise. It is still possible for you to find legal work in parts of Eastern Europe though.
I would like to know as well!!! Someone help! :o)
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