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[mohammad a]

Hey people!

Anyone heard of al jazeera international academy in ksa?
are they any good?

thanks in advance

[Bebsi]

Well, there's the Al jazeera TV channel, based in Doha, which is excellent.

There's Al Jazeera Paints whose reputation I know nowt about.

And last but not least, there's the Al Jazeera Hotel in Bahrain, whose reputation I can most certainly comment upon. (No, I didn't say "vouch for", I said "comment upon" )

[also in saudi]

Don't forget Al Jazeera Hospital in Riyadh.

[007]

There is also Al-Jazeerajobs.com which maintains the biggest database of live jobs across the Gulf region.
I think they are looking for native English teachers.

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Important note: AlJazeera Jobs is not associated with any of the below organisations:

Aljazeera Publishing, Dubai, UAE (www.aljazeerapublishing.com) and Aljazeera.com (www.aljazeera.com)
Al Jazeera Newspaper, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (www.al-jazirah.com)
Al Jazeera Satellite Channel, Doha, Qatar (www.aljazeera.net)
Al Jazeera Information Centre (www.aljazeerah.info)
Al Jazeera Airways, Kuwait (www.jazeeraairways.com)
Al Jazeera Paints
Al Jazeera Hotel
Al Jazeera International Academy

[muhajir]

Assalaamu 'Alaykum Mohammad,

This is the Al-Jazeera you are referring to: http://aljazeeraacademy.com/ and I think this is the advert you saw: http://www.eslcafe.com/joblist/index.cgi?read=16584

I was considering them, and I even visited them in Riyadh (Khalid -mod edit - is the deputy director). The pay is ok, place seemed nice, teachers were happy enough (they have 3 westerners, rest are arabs) but the hours put me off. Unfortunately these types of hours can be expected from any language institute.

Mohammad PM me I may have something better.

[mellamus]

Does anyone have any further up to date feedback on this academy - either having worked there or had communication with them?

[veiledsentiments]

Did you do a search? A few more threads showed up like this one:

http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=78605

With the Arabic website, that suggests that there are few, if any, native speakers of English. Probably only an option if you also speak Arabic.

VS

[plumpy nut]

[dottieH]

Don't waste your time, if you are considering working for them. The person I was dealing with got upset every time I asked relevant questions about the job and other questions I deemed important. They told me I wasn't "serious" and blamed me for not asking these question during the interview. I'm really suspicious about companies that evasive to a potential employee anyway when it concerns employee support.