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TESOL Conference and Job Fair in NYC April 2-5

 
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mishmumkin



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:09 pm    Post subject: TESOL Conference and Job Fair in NYC April 2-5 Reply with quote
Anyone going?
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chickyabroad



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm considering it. Has anyone been to one? Is it worth it?

A little bit on my background: I'm just starting out in the TESOL field - did a year teaching in Korea and just got my CELTA - but I am planning to pursue a career in teaching English. I've looked at jobs on the TESOL.org website and these are the type I would like to be qualified for eventually, however that is still five or more years down the line. Would it be worth going to any part of this conference at this point in my career?
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mishmumkin



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I won't say that there aren't any jobs that you woudn't be eligible for, but many employers target the more papered candidates. If you are serious about this career in TESOL attending the conference always looks good on the resume.
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mandalayroad



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Has anyone gone before? Is it worth attending from the first day? Any advice from previous attendees?
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mishmumkin



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Is it worth attending from the first day?


Are you looking for a job or are you wondering about the conference itself. I've attended the US TESOL conference before, as well as the regional TESOL confererences (TESOL Arabia). It depends what you're after in order to make it "worth it."
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mandalayroad



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mishmumkin wrote:
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Is it worth attending from the first day?


Are you looking for a job or are you wondering about the conference itself. I've attended the US TESOL conference before, as well as the regional TESOL confererences (TESOL Arabia). It depends what you're after in order to make it "worth it."


I'm there to look for a job. I've been to academic conferences before and there's usually not much happening on the first day except set up. There's usually not much happening on the last day either except tear down. What would be the best days to go there to look for a job? Thanks.
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mishmumkin



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'd give the last day a miss. If you check TESOL's JobMarketplace website you can see which employers are going to be there. You can also request an interview (all of thie w/o registering for the conference). My experience w/ most of these conferences if that it's better for those who are well-qualified, but perhaps not for a newbie to TESOL.
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chickyabroad



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, looking at the jobs advertised on their website, I'm completely under-qualified for 99% of them. But going and making contacts for the future might be worth it... it's a bit expensive for me at the moment, however. I'm thinking of just going to some of the pre- and post- institutes, since a few of them look very interesting. Does anyone know how expensive they are? When I got to the registration page with prices for the convention itself, it said it would calculate final cost of the institutes after going through all the registration process...
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mishmumkin



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I want to say that those pre/post conference sessions were around $150/each. They seemed to fill up fast, too.
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mandalayroad



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mishmumkin wrote:
I'd give the last day a miss. If you check TESOL's JobMarketplace website you can see which employers are going to be there. You can also request an interview (all of thie w/o registering for the conference). My experience w/ most of these conferences if that it's better for those who are well-qualified, but perhaps not for a newbie to TESOL.


Can one just go to the jobs room and not register for the conference? That would make life easier... and cheaper...
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mishmumkin



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
In some conferences, yes, you seem to be able to attend the job fair separately, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't the case for this one. I might be wrong, but I recall lo