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[wanderingwonderwoman]

i am coming to istanbul in january, and im curious what the job market is like at that time. i realize that the school year starts in september, and i am interested in working in a university if possible.

i am a certified teacher (although its expired!) with a celta cert.

thanks so much for any help that you can give me.

[justme]

Have you already sent out resumes? For January, your best chance is finding a school with teacher's who've bailed or where they've added extra classes for some reason...

[justme]

Have you already sent out resumes? For January, your best chance is finding a school with teacher's who've bailed or where they've added extra classes for some reason...

[molly farquharson]

to work in most univs you need to have a masters degree, probably in TESOL or linguistics. you might look at language schools and then look for univ work while you are here.

[wanderingwonderwoman]

thanks for that. good to know.

heres the deal:

ive been offered a job with istek (kartal branch) and having read some stuff about it here, im nervous. i need to tell the lady yes or no pretty soon, and the thing is: the job looks great on paper, and i would like to have a job that looks that good (on paper). but i would not particularly like to have a job that ends up being significantly less-than-good in real life. so if im pretty sure that i can get something decent on arrival, i think i would prefer to, so i can suss it out visually rather than relying on paper.

is the job market more or less decent year round?

[wanderingwonderwoman]

thanks for that. good to know.

heres the deal:

ive been offered a job with istek (kartal branch) and having read some stuff about it here, im nervous. i need to tell the lady yes or no pretty soon, and the thing is: the job looks great on paper, and i would like to have a job that looks that good (on paper). but i would not particularly like to have a job that ends up being significantly less-than-good in real life. so if im pretty sure that i can get something decent on arrival, i think i would prefer to, so i can suss it out visually rather than relying on paper.

is the job market more or less decent year round?

[Mark Loyd]

You do not need a Masters degree to work at the following universities` prep departments:

Bilkent, Beykent, Yeditepe, Bahcesehir, Bilgi, Atalim, Dogus, Kultur, Izmir Economics, Bosphorous, ITU and many more.

[Mark Loyd]

[whynotme]

[Mark Loyd]

Do not give out false information to newbies.

Add Isik Uni to the list

[coffeespoonman]

What's wrong with a 5-6 pound an hour job? That's 10-12 USD an hour, in a country where life is a fraction of the price. That's how much I make, and I'm making more and living better that I'd be in the US, doing what I love. Sure, I could make a bit more in the States teaching high school or Uni, but it would be far more soul-sucking...

[Mark Loyd]

Life is a fraction of the price??????

Try bringing up kids here and see if life is a fraction of the price.

Perhaps we could start a new thread with things that are more expensive here than in our home countries.

[wanderingwonderwoman]

thank ya'll so much for the info...especially the uni list.

coffeespoonman: i take it you are living just fine with a language school salary. do you have a split schedule, unconsecutive days off, or trouble getting enough hours? how are the conditions in your school?

and for everyone else out there, another quick question: if it was you, would you take a job with istek?

thanks thanks thanks

[calsimsek]

wanderingwonderwoman:

[Mark Loyd]