Ditch Your Dead-End Job and Get Paid to See the World

Let me guess – you absolutely adore the following things:

1) Watching the clock drag round to 5pm every day

2) Listening to your colleagues’ inane chatter

3) Being trapped in a soulless office block for most of the day

4) Doing the same thing, every, single, day…

What, you don’t? So what are you still doing there?!

Let’s say, hypothetically, you had the chance to tell your boss where to go, move half way round the world to somewhere new and exciting, do a job where no two days are the same and have the chance to see a whole world outside of your cramped office block – would you take it?

If you would, congratulations… step this way and I’ll tell you how.

It all starts with a TEFL course

Contrary to popular belief, travel isn’t reserved for people who’ve managed to amass a small fortune in the bank. Due to the massive worldwide demand for English teachers, any native English speaker can get certified as a TEFL teacher and start teaching overseas.

Swap your boss for some even harder taskmasters! (Photo: Keicee)

As you’ll be getting paid, it’s perfectly possible to start living abroad with very little money in the bank. Generally all you need to cover is the cost of your TEFL course (which can be as little as £150/$200), then the flight out to wherever you’ll be calling home for the next 6-12 months. Some employers, such as these ones in Georgia, will even cover the cost of your flight.

But won’t I just be walking into another dead end job?

Err, hardly – teaching abroad is about as far from the 9-5 as you can get. Most new teachers teach kids, who are challenging, invigorating and infuriating in equal measures. That’s before you even get started on the excitement of living in a totally new country, meeting loads of cool new people and sampling a world of exotic booze.

Teaching abroad isn’t ‘wasting time’ either – you’ll find that the leadership, communication and organisational skills you develop while teaching abroad will make employers sit up and take notice when you get home. So hopefully you won’t get trapped in a dead end job ever again…

So, how do I make it happen?

The TEFL world can be a tad confusing, so you might want to download a free copy of the eBook, TEFL Uncovered: How to Teach Your Way Abroad with TEFL. It’ll give you the lowdown of where you could be working, how to get there, and what to do once you’re in the classroom. Get your free copy here: http://www.onlinetefl.com/contact-tefl-team/tefl-ebook.html.

So, who’s thinking of escaping the 9-5 and seeing the world?

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