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tvik



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:52 am    Post subject: the best time Reply with quote
When is the best time to arrive in Mexico and slip comfortably into a job as fast as possible?
Aug? Sept?
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
For primary, secondary, or post-secondary schools, you should have made your contacts already and in most cases, would need to be in Mexico for the start of August.

If you're in to scoop up work by knocking on doors for the same schools above, hoping for a late slot, then anytime in August will do.

For language schools, year round pretty much.
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tvik



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
where can people find a list of schools for JDL or other cities in mexico....
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MO39



Joined: 28 Jan 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
JDL Confused Question
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notamiss



Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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Location: El 5o pino del la CDMX
PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
�Juadalagara?

Mexican Yellow Pages: http://www.seccionamarilla.com.mx/
Try these search keywords: escuelas, institutos y universidades
idiomas
ingl�s
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MO39



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
notamiss wrote:
�Juadalagara?



Good one, notamiss! Laughing Laughing
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tvik



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
wow those upsidown question marks are, like, soooo cooool!!!!

thanks for the yellow pages!
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Prof.Gringo



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Right NOW! Just come on down to Mexico City and you will have a job for the start of the new school year if you got a decent resume and some kind of TEFL. Being clean cut and dressing nice helps and generally between the ages of 25-35 or 40. Being too young or old hurts, but you could find a job anyways.
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MO39



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Prof.Gringo wrote:
Being clean cut and dressing nice helps and generally between the ages of 25-35 or 40. Being too young or old hurts, but you could find a job anyways.


I'm soon to be 63 and have never found my age to be a problem when looking for work here.
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Prof.Gringo



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
MO39 wrote:
Prof.Gringo wrote:
Being clean cut and dressing nice helps and generally between the ages of 25-35 or 40. Being too young or old hurts, but you could find a job anyways.


I'm soon to be 63 and have never found my age to be a problem when looking for work here.


Congrats MO39!
I wanted to let the OP know that some have an age policy. Most of the colegios and business English places don't seem to care. But some do. As do a number of language institutes. It's best to realize that some places here just don't hire you if you're under or over a certain age. It seems to happen less to English teachers, esp. native ones, but it does happen.
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MO39



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Prof.Gringo wrote:
MO39 wrote:
Prof.Gringo wrote:
Being clean cut and dressing nice helps and generally between the ages of 25-35 or 40. Being too young or old hurts, but you could find a job anyways.


I'm soon to be 63 and have never found my age to be a problem when looking for work here.


Congrats MO39!
I wanted to let the OP know that some have an age policy. Most of the colegios and business English places don't seem to care. But some do. As do a number of language institutes. It's best to realize that some places here just don't hire you if you're under or over a certain age. It seems to happen less to English teachers, esp. native ones, but it does happen.


Thanks for your early happy birthday wishes!

Regarding schools who have age policies for the hiring of teachers, I wonder if any pattern is obvious. That is, do the better schools have these policies, the not-so-great ones, the really bad ones, or is it all over the map?
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geaaronson



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:40 pm    Post subject: age Reply with quote
I am 57, nearer to 58 than MO39 is to 63, and likewise I have not had much of an age discrimination issue, as far as I can see. I have run into a gender issue, however, mostly in the Yucatan. Apparently, some mothers think their teenage daughters will develop crushes on the good looking, exotic gringo teacher who will take advantage of the starry-eyed teen.
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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the good looking, exotic gringo teacher


Guess you didn't have to worry so much about that, eh, my friend?



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MO39



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:09 pm    Post subject: Re: age Reply with quote
geaaronson wrote:
I am 57, nearer to 58 than MO39 is to 63, and likewise I have not had much of an age discrimination issue, as far as I can see.


I turn 63 in a month - so when's your birthday, younger friend?
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geaaronson



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Herbert Hoovers. August 10th.
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