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vox
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 Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:39 pm Post subject: What if you could work in Europe? |
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I apologize for the barely relevant post but I can only access these forums.
I work in Korea, I'm from the West, but I've just discovered that I am eligible for an EEC passport to work legitimately in Europe. I am thrilled but I don't know where to begin looking for opportunities. I hear that with the right credentials (I don't have but could begin to get) one can make a lot of money teaching English in Sweden. I have a lot of arts background and already know a lot about Europe from an arts history point of view. But besides the tourism, is there any money to be made there? I'd prefer to take my added credentials online I think, while working (and saving something.) Any constructive research recommendations are gratefully received, I'm at the beginning end of my homework on this. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: What if you could work in Europe? |
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| vox wrote: |
I apologize for the barely relevant post but I can only access these forums.
I work in Korea, I'm from the West, but I've just discovered that I am eligible for an EEC passport to work legitimately in Europe. I am thrilled but I don't know where to begin looking for opportunities. I hear that with the right credentials (I don't have but could begin to get) one can make a lot of money teaching English in Sweden. I have a lot of arts background and already know a lot about Europe from an arts history point of view. But besides the tourism, is there any money to be made there? I'd prefer to take my added credentials online I think, while working (and saving something.) Any constructive research recommendations are gratefully received, I'm at the beginning end of my homework on this. |
Extremely open question, but I will try. I just got a EEC passport last year too... And I think I will go work over there in the future, but not right away.
Sweden does pay a lot, but it's also not the cheapest place to live.
A good site for TEFL jobs in Europe is TEFL.com.
The CELTA is the most highly sought after credential in Europe (then ofcourse the DELTA after).
There is money to be made, but it is harder to find than here. That is because a lot of the bad schools get illegals (there are TONS of illegal Americans and Canadians teaching in Europe under the table) so people with average credentials get the OK jobs. That doesn't leave a lot of openings for the really, really good jobs. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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From all the time I spend on the main boards here it seemes to me that the three big markets for ESL in Europe will hire non-Euros: Spain, Czech Republic, Poland.
But if you've got a Master's and a CELTA, you could easily find a good ESL job in other European countries too, I hear.
Good luck whatever! |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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dzeisons
Joined: 14 Oct 2004
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| The EEC no longer exists- in this century it's called the EU. They also don't have a EU passport- each country still has its own passport, although as a EU citizen you have the right the work and reside anywhere in the EU. What country did you get citizenship for? If you want to live in Sweden to teach and make a lot of cash you've got Buckley's. Although Swedish teachers are well paid, taxes aren't the 3-5% you may be enjoying in Korea and certain goods are ridiculously expensive e.g. housing, white goods, clothing, cars etc. If you are getting a Swedish passport and know Swedish you could get certification to become a teacher there in a number of years and if you are lucky land a job at a school there. If you were thinking of teaching EFL in a private language institute they are thin on the ground but try posting on the Europe board. You can send the people here at the cafe a message if you can't see the links to do that. Good luck. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| dzeisons wrote: |
| The EEC no longer exists- in this century it's called the EU. They also don't have a EU passport- each country still has its own passport, although as a EU citizen you have the right the work and reside anywhere in the EU. What country did you get citizenship for? If you want to live in Sweden to teach and make a lot of cash you've got Buckley's. Although Swedish teachers are well paid, taxes aren't the 3-5% you may be enjoying in Korea and certain goods are ridiculously expensive e.g. housing, white goods, clothing, cars etc. If you are getting a Swedish passport and know Swedish you could get certification to become a teacher there in a number of years and if you are lucky land a job at a school there. If you were thinking of teaching EFL in a private language institute they are thin on the ground but try posting on the Europe board. You can send the people here at the cafe a message if you can't see the links to do that. Good luck. |
Don't be so nitpicky.  Anyone with a passport from an EU country is considered to have an EU passport. It is just an easy way to say you have a passport for a European country in the EU. TEFL.com always asks for a EU passport. And isn't the EEC still valid for places like the Nordic countries. It's much easier for people with a EU passport to work there because of it? |
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