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handular · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 9

Hello all,

I know that you always find out much more information once you are in the country than you can over the internet, so I�m asking for some relocation help (you�ve surely heard this a thousand times).

I have two years of EFL experience in Asia and in Mexico, as well as a TEFL certificate. What kind of work can I expect to get in Turkey (anywhere in Turkey)? Should my standards be high or low?

I�d really appreciate a local there pointing me in the right direction!

Thanks!

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Hourly paid work in a language school averaging about 6-700 pounds a month over the year unless you want to work every hour God sends when you can and earn a bit more. No work visa and unpaid visa runs every three months. No holiday pay, legality, sick pay, guaranteed monthly salary, social security, accomodation or rights.

Your sights cannot be set high, they will have to be low if you want a job.

handular · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 9

What a salesperson, thrifty! Is that the type of job you have? If so, can I ask what the positives are to keep you there?
I do appreciate learning the reality of the situation if that is the norm there. It sounds like I could expect to be treated worse than Asia, but, believe it or not, much better than Mexico.

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Some positives of the aformentioned job:

Very pleasant students
Little interference from management
Easy job
Free to do pretty much what you want in class
Lots of gorgeous late teen early twenty potential partners
Can go out drinking and roll in the next day no problem
Students delighted to take you out
Don't have to get up too early five days a week
Wear what you want
Vitually impossible to get sacked

handular · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 9

So if it�s not the most difficult thing to find work there, maybe the real question is, is it better to have a job in hand before arriving or would there be more and better options to start the search after arriving?

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Whatever way you do it language school jobs are easy to get, easy to keep and all much of a muchness.

Getting a job before you arrive is easier as you should get some temporary accomodation and even a free airport pick up.

Rolling up and staying in a backpacker hostel as you knock on doors would cost a little more.

Mid Sept onwards guarantees you a language school job as long as you are a native speaker with a heartbeat.