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Mark Loyd · Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 517

Welcome to our profession.

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

get a real degree.

Mark Loyd · Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 517

Without a degree you will be doomed to working illegally with low pay and poor conditions and have no job security. Or what we call working in a language school.

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

that's what you call it ML. Others call it a profession. Other professions require a univ degree. Half a degree is not enough, with or without experience.

Gamze · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 1

Do you think thats its better to come to Istanbul and look for a job? I'm in London at the moment and finding it difficult to find a job from here even though I have a degree and a celta certificate.

erinyes · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 272 Location: GuangDong, GaoZhou

Thanks for the advice. I guess we'll be staying in China for another year then. Hooray!

Frizzie Lizzie · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:37 pm Post subject:

If you follow up job vacancies posted on sites like tefl.com with an application directly to the school, you shouldn't have any problems securing a job from outside Turkey. The DOS of the school will arrange a convenient time with you for a phone interview, and then it's really up to you to do a good impression and get the job.

Mark Loyd · Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 517

Mark Loyd · Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 517

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

Yes Mark/Adrian/31/elmekparasi, I agreed to interview him but I did not agree to hire him. When people like that (if they are real and not troublemakers like you) I can interview them and advise them on what they should do to be employable. That is my privilege as a PROFESSIONAL in this field.

Mark Loyd · Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 517

You were going to interview him not for a job but to advise him on the career that he doesn't have. Perhaps you could give the same advice to one of your DOSes who is degreeless.

BERRY · Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 37

I am startig to really like Mark Loyd - a man after my own heart! Laughing

Frizzie Lizzie · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:38 pm Post subject:

They don't have DOSes at ET, Mark, they call them Head Teachers Razz

Mark Loyd · Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 517

I know, the DOS I was referring to is at Interlang which as you know is part of the evil empire.

Frizzie Lizzie · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:42 pm Post subject:

Yes, degrees ARE important, but surely 11 years' experience in the TEFL world must mean something.