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SandyG20 · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 208

Any jobs for a teacher without an in person interview?

Have BS in education and teaching license.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

With your credentials, you should be looking at Teachaway. But, I do believe that they want face-to-face interviews. They do them around in various countries. It will certainly be the best paying for a certified teacher.

They normally have ads running here and you can check their website.

VS

SandyG20 · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 208

I am aware of teachaway and the other recruiters - but teachers have to pay alot of money to travel to the sites for interviews - add it it up - lots of money - plane fare, car rental, hotel, taking time off from work - and maybe no job afterwards - no wonder they are always interviewing = most people simply cannot afford to do all of that. Ditto for the job fairs - expensive.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Well... the truth is that this is how you get the high paying jobs in the schools teaching K-12. There are likely places that will hire you with no interview at all... but I doubt that you want to work there. Laughing

Other than that, all you can do is apply when you see an ad somewhere and come back here and check the place out if you get an offer. There are way too many very very bad employers in this part of the world. So, carefully check out any offers you may get.

VS

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:15 am Post subject:

crazycatlady · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:29 am Post subject:

1. look into search associates.
2. skype interviews seem pretty common.

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:00 am Post subject:

Search Associates costs money and she's already stated her opinion on that!

NCTBA

crazycatlady · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:03 am Post subject:

Neutrino Girl · Joined: 01 Apr 2010 Posts: 128

My job interview with UAEU was via videoconference. Surely that's more common these days...

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

That is certainly true of the universities, but not of the schools. All the better K-12 level jobs seem to require face-to-face interviews. Teachaway requires that you travel to them and the other option seems to be going to job fairs.

VS

s_lteacher · Joined: 12 Nov 2008 Posts: 4

I was hired after two phone interviews. I worked in the UAE for CfBT from 12/2008 through 7/2009. I was hired through Teach Anywhere - I spoke with folks then working in Abu Dhabi, while I was in Nashville TN. I was assigned to work as an advisory teacher at a public girls' middle school.

So try Teach Anywhere, is my advice.

Goldmeyer · Joined: 04 Sep 2011 Posts: 18

2 long distance phone interviews and I was hired. VERY long intense interviews, mind you--- asking very specific questions (lots of those dreaded "what if" questions).

It's Scary! · Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Posts: 823

mimi_intheworld · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 167 Location: UAE

Teach Away and Caneducom's big interview push is usually in....I think late spring (April-June) - that's when they do in-person interviews just about everywhere. I had my interview in January (I think) and was fortunate to find a plane ticket (round-trip, one day) under $150. It's pretty rare for secondary school teaching to get hired - in the public school system, at least - without an in-person interview. I don't know why this is, but it seems to be one of the ways they winnow out some of the less serious candidates.

Private schools often do skype interviews. They're also less likely to use recruitment agencies like Teach Away or Teach Anywhere, etc.