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sundissentialgirl
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 Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:44 am Post subject: British Council Bangkok Recruitment/Retention |
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Can anyone tell me why BC Bangkok are having difficulty recruiting for this coming academic year?
I've been offered a job starting May but notice that they've been advertising for jobs on their website for months now, with the application deadline being continually extended.
Also a couple of threads here have mentioned that they're having trouble retaining teachers.
So what's the problem?? |
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cafecafe
Joined: 24 May 2006
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:09 am Post subject: Re: British Council Bangkok Recruitment/Retention |
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hahaha the problem is that most English teachers have a teaching diploma or a teaching certificate but... not a degree. This means that the British Council can't get them a teacher's license and can't get them a work permit...
Also, Bangkok is not for everyone. Some teachers love it, especially single males, and some teachers, especially married couples and single females hate it and leave. Just my guess, though. I don't work for the British Council.
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Can anyone tell me why BC Bangkok are having difficulty recruiting for this coming academic year?
I've been offered a job starting May but notice that they've been advertising for jobs on their website for months now, with the application deadline being continually extended.
Also a couple of threads here have mentioned that they're having trouble retaining teachers.
So what's the problem?? |
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massivegeoff
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Location: thailand
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i've been away from thailand for a while, but just before i left they were really cracking down on all sorts of dodgy practices and making the rules much stricter to get a job.
yes, you need a degree as well as a tefl qual to teach in thailand...i was working at an international school and they were starting to ask for degree transcripts and everything.
i did work at the council too, part-time, and i can't say much about any problems with recruitment or retention, but that was last year. there will always be some turnover, and with a large number of teachers it always seems too high.
the council in bangkok is a pretty good place to work IMHO. |
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whistleblower
Joined: 09 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:02 am Post subject: Re: British Council Bangkok Recruitment/Retention |
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| cafecafe wrote: |
hahaha the problem is that most English teachers have a teaching diploma or a teaching certificate but... not a degree. This means that the British Council can't get them a teacher's license and can't get them a work permit...
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Veryvery incorrect cafecafe. I worked there.
The council has a special arrangement with the Thai government that allows its teachers to work legally on a non-imm F as I remember. No work permit needed nor tax paid. The Thai government recently stipulated that only UK passport holders are eligible for this visa. The council sends teachers on a visa run to obtain this visa if recruited in-country.
Regarding the other comments about work permits: The Ministry of Labour issue work permits for teachers. They check that you have been registered with the Ministry of Education as a teacher by your employing school. The teacher's licence is not a prerequisite to obtain the work permit. It is in fact a school requirement and not a MoE requirement. That explains why many teachers comment that they have a wp but no TL. You can read a very interesting interview on another popular Thailand teaching website. It's the intention of the MoE to make TLs compulsory in the future. |
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StrayCat
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Teachers sometimes use the BC as a stepping stone to much better jobs in BKK & elsewhere.
Their pay is really quite poor (BC Chiang Mai pay is very, very low). Consider that at some schools in BKK you can get anywhere between 50 - 80,000 baht. At a few international schools you can get close to 100,000 baht (or more). These well-paid jobs are there, you just have to know where to look/hunt (some appear on here...).
These jobs are M-F, home by 5pm at the latest. Now go and check the salaries/hours/working days/holidays of the BC. Hmm...
The only 'good' thing was the glory of saying 'I work at BC'! Also looks good on the resume. But apart from that... |
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