Hello from Florida! I have a few interviews next month in Germany and am a little nervous. Any good interview advice? Also, if I do get an offer, what paperwork, if any, should I begin now?
Thanks, Maureen
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Hello from Florida! I have a few interviews next month in Germany and am a little nervous. Any good interview advice? Also, if I do get an offer, what paperwork, if any, should I begin now?
Thanks, Maureen
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Thanks again. I guess my next class will be to learn German!
Being an EU citizen I can't advise on the paperwork issue suffice to say that if you come over on a Schengen visa you have 90 days in which to convert it to an appropriate working visa. Failure to do so means having to leave not just Germany but the entire Schengen zone and not returning till another 90 days have passed.
The second and equally depressing comment I have to make is that it is ridiculously hard to make a living teaching English in Germany thanks to the taxes and compulsory pension scheme deductions. Between tax and other compulsory deductions, you lose 50% of your salary before you've even paid your rent! Also if you declare a religion on the various forms you fill in, you'll end up paying a compulsory Church tax (handy hint: DON'T declare a religion!).
Basically if you are fluent in German, have an appropriate TEFL qualification and a couple of years' experience, you should be OK. Otherwise, it's a nice idea but the reality may prove rather different.
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