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[robertokun]

Hola Colombia Vets,

I wanted to pop in with a question for you.

In short, I have an M.A. TESOL, am K-12 state certified, have about seven years teaching experience with about four abroad, and speak fluent Spanish...

... and yet I have no idea how to find a job in Colombia. My aim is to work in Bogota at a private university or a well regarded and organized place like the Centro Colombo-Americano. However, my searches and attempts to contact people from abroad have proven fruitless. I'm just curious, what's a guy like me to do? Feel free to PM me if you prefer.

Thanks

[The Internationalist]

[robertokun]

Internationalist,

Could you be more specific? For example, do you know of specific international school job fairs in the States where Colombian schools go to recruit teachers? Do you know and agencies which recruit for and place teachers in Colombia?

I will go ahead and search that as well, though Google and I aren't really good friends. He usually gives me general, outdated, or non-relevant data and I find myself wading through lots of junk content. I find it very helpful when people can drop realtime specific data on me. Hence, coming here. If you have some hot tips that you don't want floating around, please feel free to PM.

[travelNick]

Try www.computrabajo.com

If your Spanish is good, you could try calling university reception and asking for information about who to send your CV to.

I would also qualify your phrase "organised" with "relatively"

The BC are doing a big hiring push right now for senior staff and project managers.

My experience is that unless you're on the ground, the only way you would find a university position is through a formal application process i.e. solicited applications.

[The Internationalist]

[robertokun]

Thanks for the tips, guys. I'll have a look at ISR. I looked in to BC, but they don't accept anyone without a CELTA, regardless of an M.A. TESOL or whatever else you might have.