hochhasd
Joined: 03 Jul 2008
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 Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:47 am Post subject: Re: Looking for work in Israel |
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| Ixchel wrote: |
| hochhasd wrote: |
| Prof.Gringo wrote: |
| cairanya wrote: |
| mlawson1776 wrote: |
Hi All,
Most of the postings in this forum are quite old so I thought I would start a new one. I am currently in Israel because my boyfriend lives here, in Haifa. I am a native-English speaker from the US (not Jewish) with a B.A. in Psychology, a CELTA cert., and about 6 months of various teaching experience.
Judging by all the posts and the lack of job listings on the major sites, the market doesn't look so good for me here. I have looked into Berlitz and Wall Street and have applied to several smaller schools throughout Israel with only negative responses. I am working on compiling a list of schools and language institutes in and around Haifa in order to start making the rounds with my CV.
I got some good websites on TEFL in Israel from other postings here that I am going to check out. I also posted in CouchSurfing/Haifa, but haven't received a single response to that. I was thinking of advertising private lessons in some local papers and/or putting up flyers around Haifa.
I'm just looking for any advice that anyone can give me.
Thanks so much! |
Wait, "not Jewish" by American standards (i.e., Christian/Muslim/Hindu/etc.) or by Israeli standards (i.e., Reform/Conservative)?
If you're Reform or Conservative you still qualify for an Oleh's Visa and can get job hunting and HSL support via the Ministry of Immigration. |
I know for a fact I qualify to make Aliyah under the Law of Return... Now, as an Oleh, without any Hebrew skills (Yes, I know, I'll get free intensive Hebrew course thrown in) what IS the job market like in Israel?
And I don't mean just teaching EFL, but overall, how's the job market?
Thanks! |
I guess you are no older than 26 years(i believe that is the deadline) and Jewish? The job market is bad. I was thinking about doing the same thing without doing Aliyah as I am too old. The government starts you off with enough money for one year and what you get is enough to live near the war zone. You can forget about teaching English as I checked into that when I was on vacation. If you have friends or family living there it might help. |
You can retrain as a teacher in Israel to teach K-12 or you can get a PhD to teach university (university jobs all require PhDs) For either of those career paths you must speak fluent Hebrew. There are a lot (English is in high demand-Israelis are NOT fluent for the most part and few people around the world speak Hebrew so knowing English is a necessity) of private English teaching jobs that don't require a high level of Hebrew but it's not a career. There are plenty of jobs but again, you must speak Hebrew.
And yes, I know whereof I speak as I have family there. |
It depends what you consider high demand. If you compare it to one of the Asian countries ,well it is not the same. If you rely on private jobs then you are taking a chance of not getting steady pay and as you know it is not cheap to live in the country. As I said before I could move to the country and have one year to get a job as the government pays out unemployment (not same as America)while I search for a job. |
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