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Mac · Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 77

I am thinking about taking a position offered by this recruiter has anyone heard of this recruiter? It would be teaching adults mon-sat full time at night for 55,000. Any help would be appreciated.

markholmes · Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 661 Location: Wengehua

What does full time mean? 20, 30, 40 hours a week?
Why are you going with a recruiter? Why not try a chain school which will have an easily searchable history instead of a one man band who I suspect nobody has heard of. The pay would be the same at a chain.

I used to work for Kojen, admittedly a while ago so my info is likely out of date, however they are still often mentioned on this site as a reasonable starting point for a newbie. Plenty of info on them too. Do a search.

www.kojenenglish.com

markholmes · Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 661 Location: Wengehua

What does full time mean? 20, 30, 40 hours a week?
Why are you going with a recruiter? Why not try a chain school which will have an easily searchable history instead of a one man band who I suspect nobody has heard of. The pay would be the same at a chain.

I used to work for Kojen, admittedly a while ago so my info is likely out of date, however they are still often mentioned on this site as a reasonable starting point for a newbie. Plenty of info on them too. Do a search.

www.kojenenglish.com

clark.w.griswald · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 2056

markholmes · Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 661 Location: Wengehua

I think it really comes down to research. If you can find a significant body of positive evidence about a particular school, that has to a better shot for a newbie than a school or recruiter with little or no published info. That's not to say the unknown school/recriuter are bad, they are just unknown.

Mac · Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 77

I 've decided after taking a look at their contract that I am not going to work for a recruiter. I am interested in teaching adults only. I have a bachelor's degree with a TEFL certificate and over 6 years of teaching. I am 46 years old so the jobs don't come by so easily. I am checking the internet for job openings teaching adults only. If anyone knows of any positions open please let me know. Thanks for the information guys.

markholmes · Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 661 Location: Wengehua

Kojen has an adult department and hires 'older people'. I don't know if you will get away with only teaching adults though.

twinkletoes · Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 76

Good advice, Mark Holmes.

One man band schools can be heaven or hell. Sometimes you luck into a small friendly operation, and sometimes you find yourself working for people who barely know how to run a school and have inadequate materials for you to use to teach from. Also, sometimes they go out of business.

I suspect the great ones retain their employees for years, and the miserable ones are always having to hire new teachers from overseas, so be wary.

I think chain schools are a good idea for a newbie because at leat you know they aren't going to go out of business overnight and are run by someone who at least knows how to run a business.

I've heard good things about both Kojen and Hess. However, I also heard recently that Kojen has been having trouble with the police. Does anybody know about this?

Tsimplyme · Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 15 Location: Canada

If you're considering this company please contact me privately.