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hannah26 · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 2

hi guys, am new to this forum thing but need a bit of advice. i've been teaching in for EF in indonesia for 2 years and would like to continue but why is the pay so crap? my 2 years experience don't seem to count for anything.... any suggestions on where i should be going if i want to earn some real money?

rayman · Joined: 24 May 2003 Posts: 427

If you've been in Indonesia for 2 years now you really should've established a solid understanding as to where to good jobs are at on your own.

That said, bar a couple of schools, you need to be in Jakarta and applying for international and national plus schools. But then, that's obvious isn't it?

beefer · Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 238 Location: java

ray is right.....apply to the nat. plus and the "international" schools and see what/ if any replies you get. be warned though, the regulations here allow pretty much any school with a budget allocation for a paintbrush (and paint, ofcourse) to slap "international" onto the front/end of their name....... and letterhead

....be careful...sometimes that larger salary can bring larger headaches. still, good luck in your search as the good ones do outnumber the bad ..... or so me thinks

gugelhupf · Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 575 Location: Jabotabek

Ah. I must surmise that you are not a hardcore God-botherer then? For those who are, there is an elegant sufficiency of jobs paying good money. Pelita Harapan, IPEKA, BPK Penabur and Kaseh Lestari are all recruiting this week.

Those better schools of a neutral stance in the doctrinal department (Global, Binus, Central, SBR etc) rarely advertise actively because so many suitable teachers send in their CV's every month without prompting.

Best job in town - in my humble opinion - is at BIS but the deadline for in-country recruits was yesterday.

sidjameson · Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 629 Location: osaka

What about those of us who are not only born again atheists but also have a court order banning us from going within 100 metres of children. Or maybe just don't like teaching the little buggers. Smile

What would be considered the best job that one could hope for if you only wanted to teach adults?

beefer · Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 238 Location: java

hannah26 · Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 2

thanks for all the replies guys, i appreciate the advice and comments.

happy_me · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject:

No dice, he cant have my bottles, however i will pay as good as EF never mind you need 40% more to live here.

Beefer just becuse you did it in 8 weeks dosent mean i can....and then there are the days or weeks that are spent in the bottle as well, so maybe I would need a year or so.