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Grahame · Joined: 14 Dec 2010 Posts: 11

I will be completing a CELTA course late Feb 2011 in Jkt, and will probably look for work afterwards.

I recognise that to reinforce the course I would need to work - and preferably full time for >6mths - so this is more just a part of getting an overview of the teaching scene.

My questions relate to the possibilities for shorter term work, or short contracts, or temp work. It seems much of the work discussed here is 12+ mth contracts. What else exists? Where? With whom? etc etc etc

TIA,
Grahame

chezal · Joined: 25 Feb 2009 Posts: 146

Not a lot else if it's legal work 1 year is usually the minimum. They should provide you with a year KITAS (working visa).

If you are offered shorter contracts I would be wary as you will probably be working illegally on a tourist or business visa. If you get caught teaching on these visas by immigration you can be deported. More or less guaranteed on a tourist visa some leeway on a business visa. I wouldn't recommend it though.

Are you doing the CELTA in Indonesia? Others on the course already working in Indonesia and the trainers would be the best people's minds to pick. Also they maybe able to give you a heads up on jobs that are around.

Good luck with your CELTA. If you're not too hot on the tenses etc before the course I would recommend you invest in Murphy's - English Grammar in Use - Immediate Book it really helped me get my head around all the tenses.
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Grahame · Joined: 14 Dec 2010 Posts: 11

Thanks Chezal, mostly I'm just trying to get a bit of an overview. This will include things like working back in Australia afterwards or considering other countries etc. But first a bit of solid ESL may be appropriate to consolidate my learning.

Yes I'm doing the course with TBI in Jkt. I chose Indonesia due to my long history with the country and having spent 3mths there this year. I am also on the lookout for other work (already have a couple of quals) so I figured being 'on the ground' would be best - trying to get (any) work from Oz is just too hard.

And thanks for the heads up about tenses etc. One of my quals is journalism but I only know tenses etc instinctively - not good enough for a teacher.

Thanks.

Bule_Gila · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:02 am Post subject:

One year contracts are the usual contracts offered here, with the possibility of a year extension, if the employer is pleased with your work.

What you have to realize is that the employer pays quite a bit of money to get the KITAS you would need to work here legally. The application process costs $1200 USD. This does not include the cost of registering with the police and Immigration after you pick up the KITAS, the refund for your flight out of Indonesia to pick up the KITAS at an Indonesian Embassy, the cost of the person who handles your file on behalf of the employer, etc.

With all this money changing hands, it is close to impossible to find an employer who would do all this for a 6 month contract.

phis · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 250

You're confused BG. The application process does not cost $1200 USD. That is the 'foreign workers tax'! That has to be paid by all employers for each foreign worker they employ. It is payable as soon as the KITAS has been approved. You have to add on all the additional costs for the processing of the KITAS etc. Many of those costs already mentioned by you, plus a few extra.....