Hey Jonny,

Thanks for accepting. I am on the weekend course at the moment, having a great time. I plan to start the rest of the 140 course later this week. I have the same aim as you, I really want to try and find a job in the Middle East, I have a degree and hope to have the Tefl soon but I dont have the 2 years experience and I was just wondering how you got on and how you would approach the job seeking part of it.

Are you in Bahrain now? Seems to be uite hostile out there at the moment. Hope your job is still secure and hopefully they will come to a reasonable solution in the country soon.

Appreciate your help

Saj

Hi Jess

I have been offered a job in Bahrain, which is not far from Dubai.  It looks ok.  It's been very hard to get a job to be honest.  They all look for experience.  I got in touch with an english language school directly and basically sold myself and what I could do for them.  The money isn't as good as I'd hoped, but i'm hoping to do some private lessons to make it up.  Good luck in China. 

Johnny

Hey Johnny, Just wondering if you have had any luck with getting a job in the UAE? I'm doing the China internship which leaves next week, but am hoping to head to Dubai in Septemeber.

Jess x  

Hi Laura

Thanks for getting back to me.  I notice from a lot of the middle east jobs that they are looking for people with lots of experience.  Is there any way around this?  I don't have practical experience.  Any ideas how I might get around this?  I'm looking to try and go as soon as possible.

John

Hey,

Welcome to Chalkboard. Great to see you're interested in teaching in the middle east, what has attracted you to teaching there?

To get you started on the you may want to have a chat to some of these members who have experience teaching in the middle east - they'll be able to give you help and advice on finding work out there:

Egypt: http://www.tefl-chalkboard.com/emmafoers
United Arab Emirates: http://www.tefl-chalkboard.com/kate
Turkey- http://www.onlinetefl.com/tefl-chalkboard/halidemine

In terms of finding jobs take a look at these sites who have lots of listings in the Middle East:

http://www.esljobsworld.com/esl-jobs/middle-east.html

http://www.eslemployment.com/esl-jobs/middle-east/

Enjoy the site and feel free to ask me any questions you have :-)

Hi folks, anyone got any suggestions on how best to get a job in the middle east?  I'm finishing my 120 hr online Tefl tomorrow and want to get started straight away, getting a job and moving out.