Hello!!! This is Shruti here from Mumbai, India. I am new to the TEFL community and have recently completed a 120 hour online course in TEFL. I have secured a job in Istanbul, Turkey at the Royal College of English. I am expected to teach english to business people and corporates. I am getting a salary of 1250 lira and the organization is ready to pay for my accommodation and bill and transport. I am really new to the market. I was wondering if you know about the credentials of this school and if you think this is a good offer. I am not aware of the average salary a TEFl teacher should command in Turkey. Any comments or suggestions would be more than welcome. Thanks!!!!

Hi Shruti! It is really heartening for me to learn that you have got an offer in Turkey. It is already 3 months since you posted this, so I want to ask if you are in turkey now, and if so, how is it so far? I am Rohini from Bangalore, India, and I am just about to start the 120 hour online course myself. I have done alot of research on the internet, and the opportunities for non-native speakers don't look too good.. Please let me know. 

Hello! i wanted to ask you how did you find a job if a lot of the job requirements state that they seek native speakers or not, but definitely with a passport from an English speaking country. Does that mean that it will be pointless for me to react on these jobs? I am finishing my 140 hour online course, but wherever i read about a job i found the requirement of a passport from an English Speaking country.

So, how did you find a job Shrutim? please be so kind and let me know..i'm starting to feel i did the course for nothing. I'm Romanian, by the way.:)