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sarainrome · Joined: 27 Aug 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Toronto, Canada

Hi all,

I am looking for work strickly in Rome. Fell in love with the city this summer. I don't have any teaching experience but am in the process of getting my TESL certificate. I have several years of corporate office experience. Would it be easier to find a job teaching adults? Are there specific schools for that? Since i do not have teaching experience, will it be difficult for me to find work in Rome? I just got my Italian citizenship and EU passport, so i think all my papers are in order. Now all i need is a job Smile

Thanks,
Sara

canadian_chic80 · Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 6

Sorry I don't have any specific answers to your question about how difficult it will be to find work in Rome, I just wanted to reply to your message because I'm pretty much in the same boat. I took a university credit in Rome two summers ago and absolutely fell in love with the city. I finished University then got my TEFL certificate. I however don't have any teaching experience, but like you have italian citizenship and an EU passport. My friend and I really wanted to find a job in Rome but so far we've had no luck. So I've been applying to pretty much any school posting in Italy.
I received three responses for interviews but then the schools never ended up calling me when they said they would. Needless to say I'm getting really frustrated with this. I really wanted to have a job before the beginning of October, so my time is running out.
Anyway..... Just keep checking for those job postings and hopefully something will turn up. If I hear anything I'll let you know! Smile

Buona Fortuna!!

LORI

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Keep an eye on here. good luck.
http://www.tefl.com/jobs/results.html?searchOpts%5Bage%5D=&searchOpts%5Bcou_id%5D=106&searchOpts%5BtitleKeywords%5D=&searchOpts%5Bjo_category%5D=0&searchOpts%5Bec_id%5D=0&x=33&y=5

liamfoster · Joined: 11 Dec 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Rome - Italy

hey sara,

I've been living in Rome for a few years and I agree with you, it's a wonderful city, to sum up pros and cons: get stuck in a traffic jam on
the ring road, work late hours, become a bit nervous, have excellent
fish in a restaurant at Fregene, gather in an Irish pub with no Irish beers Wink

go shopping in the new outlets out of town
Anyway, try kid's world school, it's a great place to start.
ciao!