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[cam]

Do you mean they expected you to arrange your visa on your own? What kind of help should they provide for the medical?

[Desert Storm]

I have found Interlink to be among the most professional here is Saudi. They're as good as it gets in the Gulf and it's because they seem to actually be wedded to the notion of academic achievement rather than to the number of zeros in their bank account. I would call them 'new age' in the sense that what they are attempting to do is unprecedented here is Saudi. They are trying to get young Saudi students to take ownership of their learning and education. Arab culture has spent centuries learning by rote memorization. This new Interlink approach will help develop them into critical thinkers.

I also found that the administration was quite reasonable

[scot47]

Desertstorm's first post.

And it is in fulsome praise of an employer no one else has ever heard of.

Maybe I have been in the Middle East for too long but I am suspicious !

[Desert Storm]

scot47,

I may be a newcomer to the forum but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm uninformed. I also didn't know it was obligatory to give full length bio on where I've taught and who I've worked for in the Middle East in order readers to appreciate my opinion. Since you must know, I have frequented this forum for almost three years now and have benefitted tremendously from the input of its writers, including yourself mr. scot47. Having been in KSA for two years now I think it's perfectly fine for me to give my two cents.


I would not call what I said a 'fulsome praise'. In my experience with my school's administration and corresponding with other employers I have found Interlink to be among the most professional. What is suspicious about that?

They have answered phone calls and returned emails...a simple practice yet many employers in the Kingdom are deficient in doing (ie. Taibah Univ.) I have had correspondence with the President of the organization in Colorado and he seems like a very honest and dedicated man. With many schools and language institutes here in the Gulf, it seems that MONEY is the only focus, whereas I didn't get that impression from Interlink. They seem to be genuinely interested in students taking ownership of their learning.

Many of the posts related to the position are helpful, especially in regards to the lack of financial support for children (no allowance for children schooling). My post offered my general impression of them.

For those of you interested you can take it or leave it.

But I don't think I need to post some 3,000 posts (3,165 to be exact) for teachers to listen to an opinion.

Maybe if I did post that many, I might develop an air about myself too.

[scot47]

We all have bad days. You will get over it.

[jmsauer]

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[floydrules]

So what's the scene like at present with al yamma/interlink? I've been offered a position but reading all these things is making me scared.

Any help?

Cheers,
Floydrules

[scot47]

My advice is do not go to Al Yamamah.

[The Lathe of Heaven]

Mr. D. P. that does the hiring at Yomama has a BA himself. But insists on an MA for everyone else. Maybe he should fire himself first before insisting that everyone that works there to have MAs.

If you go there watch out for this snake. Don't mention your credentials in detail let him research them, since he has only a BA and doesn't deserve the respect of MA applicants. He didn't like my MA TESOL because I did part of it through distance learning. Well why doesn't he just take two years out of his lucrative career at YO MAMA and get his own fully on site MA, that seems more and more unlikely for the baby boomer generation that have already commited to jobs and can't take that kind of time off.

Regards

TLOH

[Never Ceased To Be Amazed]

I detect cynicism in the last post...I can't put my finger on it, but I believe that it's there...

NCTBA

[The Lathe of Heaven]

You detect right.

TLOH

[Citizenkane]

[floydrules]