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Annatolia · Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 2 Location: UK

Hi, I'm new here. I'm hoping to fly to Turkey in late summer to find a job teaching English, but at the moment I'm a bit concerned about what to put in my CV. Most of my experience is in office jobs, so do I mention these briefly or leave them out as irrelevant? I have got a tefl certificate and 6 months teaching experience too, but obviously I'm quite limited in what I can write about that!

Thanks

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

I think it depends a bit on how old you are, really-- If you're in your 30s or late 20s, I'd put at least some of the office jobs to show I'd been working the last several years, but it isn't really necessary if you're fresh out of school.

But that's just general advice for the real world-- here, many schools would hardly care about anything but the teaching, if that. So it also depends on what jobs you're applying for-- unis, some private schools and good dershanes would care, other places maybe not...

comrade in arms · Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 61

Annatolia · Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 2 Location: UK

Thanks, seems like I'm already halfway there as a native English speaker. When's the best time to fly out there - is September too late? I think I'll focus on language schools (dershanes?) rather then private schools, I've been scared off by the rich brat stories!

comrade in arms · Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 61

Mid-August may be better... Most people return to Istanbul from their long summer holidays before schools start sometime in September. Also it's better to give yourself a week or two for orientation. If you haven't lined up a job before you come, you need to find somewhere to stay, etc, you know all those common sense things. As far as I'm aware, most dershanes (correct, language schools) provide temporary/short term lojman (lodging) or a housing allowance for their teachers.