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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
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Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
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 Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| BadBeagleBad wrote: |
| Isla Guapa wrote: |
Getting nasty responses from those applicants must have been unpleasant, but it was one way to know that they'd be unsuitable candidates for teaching English at the school you were working for.  |
Good point! One woman actually sounded like she might be an OK teacher, but her resume had something like FIFTEEN mistakes. I sent her a nicely worked letter and she sent me back a note basically telling me to to to hell, and saying it was MY loss. Now I realize that there are lots of people who can't spell and are great teachers. But this is your resume. Make it work FOR you, not against you. |
This was a resume from a language teacher, for God's sake. I know that being a good speller is not the only criteria for being a good English teacher, but having some common sense should be, which includes knowing how to put together a correctly-spelled resume. I have no use for spell-check, but if you know you can't spell to save your life, then you should use it! The unprofessional response from this applicant told you all you needed to know about her personality, obviously one that does not take criticism well and does not work and play well with colleagues |
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BadBeagleBad
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
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Location: 24.18105,-103.25185
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:54 pm Post subject: Re: Mextesol D.F. Academic Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012 |
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| leslie wrote: |
You might want to start your networking by going to a Mextesol (Mexican TESOL) Academic Saturday this upcoming Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
Their facebook says that they have 50 registrants already! So you'd start making connections and could tell people you're looking for work.
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And if I recall correctly last year there were around 200 people at the Regional Conference, which is coming up in a few weeks, and probably lots of people (like me) will just pay at the door, since it is a pain to have to go to a bank and pay ahead of time. Great place to meet other teachers, some of them probably know about open jobs, or are in a position to hire as well. |
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