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[jademonkey]

I have four years experience teaching at in Japan at Nova (which shows I have endurance, if nothing else) and this year I will complete my secondary teaching postgrad qualification in Australia. I will also pick up a CELTA certification.

I'm thinking of heading to the Middle East and was wondering what kind of jobs I should aim for. High school? Universities? I'm not sure what the job market is like there.

[veiledsentiments]

Answered at your other post on the UAE branch.

For a younger person, I would suggest that North Africa and the Levant may be more interesting and fun. The Gulf pays more but the cost of living is also higher - much of it is rather dull for the young and single.

It really depends on your interests and goals.

VS

[Van Norden]

Would you be interested in a well-paid but rather unpleasant job "teaching" in Saudi Arabia?

[jademonkey]

Would you be interested in a well-paid but rather unpleasant job "teaching" in Saudi Arabia?

It really depends how unpleasant and how well-paid. I'm fairly tolerant of crap jobs, but I'm not really looking for one if you know what I mean.

[NadiaK]

I suspect that you're looking at primary/secondary schools or language schools. (A CELTA will probably be an asset in a secondary school and it's something you can always fall back on, so if you think you're going down the school path, I'd still recommend that you do the CELTA). It's likely that a decent secondary school job will earn you significantly more than a language school job will, but the trick is getting a job in a decent school.