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sprightly
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 Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:59 pm Post subject: job fairs in Britain |
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yup, i posted this question on the UK branch, and i'm sticking it here too!
i'd like to know how many of you got hired at a good place through a job fair, and if so, what was it called?
been to any horrendous fairs?
have any other suggestions?
yes--i'm googling.
a "good" job lets me save 1000 USD/mth-- and i live pretty cheap.
ps--thx to VS for mentioning that ME visas take a lot of time--i've jump-started my search instead of waiting until april. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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Your welcome, Sprightly. There is also the detail that most places have completed their hiring by then. They normally finish up their interview process at TESOLArabia. Now, that is the convention that you should try to attend for ME jobs. It will be in Dubai and you can google up the dates... in March I think.
Can't help you out with British job fairs... IELTS?
Saving US$1000 a month? Depends on your credentials... If you have an MA and experience, no problem.
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sprightly
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, i'll finish my MA tesol in August, and have 6 yrs previous to that.
i found the tesol arabia--very tempting to escape britain for that!! |
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veiledsentiments
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I have to give you one warning. They tend to not take into consideration 'future MAs' so this will cause you problems with many employers. Some ME unis will just tell you to apply AFTER you have it in hand. You're working with many bureaucracies that can't deal with anything a little out of the norm.
But, if you can swing the visit, it will also give you a chance to see the country and network with other teachers.
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scot47
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IATEFL is in Cardiff in April (not IELTS - that is an exam !)
I was not im[pressed by IATEFL when I went there a few years back. The job fair at TESOL Arabia is more likely to deliver - especially if you are looking at GCC countries. |
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veiledsentiments
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Dumb Amuricans, what do we know? It didn't look right when I typed it, but was too lazy to check it out. 
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sprightly
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hey!! my friends are going to that! they're coming all the way from korea too.
and me living next door and all.
erm. gcc? |
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sprightly
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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grand council of the crees?
a programming language?
gulf cooperation council? that looks my best bet, given the arabic script... |
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veiledsentiments
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GCC, sometimes known as AGCC -
Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council - the theory is that they work together on security, finance, and all that... Mostly an excuse to meet regularly in alternating countries in order to mess up the traffic with their motorcades.
(the word cooperation is used loosely...)
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