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mep3 · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Location: no

Two questions for anyone who may know. Any input is really appreciated. The first concerns my chances for landing a university job for September, and the second concerns how many of those jobs are available for September as compared to the beginning of the school year:

1. Re. my chances: I will be applying from outside of the country. However, I do have a PhD (English lit.), a lot of uni experience (nothing glorified, but a lot of adjunct work in the U.S., including ESL, and a couple years at uni's in China -- also ESL adult ed. teaching for a public school system in the U.S.), and a Cambridge CELTA.

2. Re. availability of jobs for September: I've read a range of things about this on the forum -- on the one hand to the effect that little hiring is done for the September term, maybe only a few jobs in June or July; and on the other hand, that while more hiring is done for March, there's a good bit done for September also and uni job ads will be running from late April through the summer. Any input on which is more accurate or where in-between the reality lies?

I did get a uni job offer in '05 over the net, so that suggests something, althought that was in July. This year, for practical/logistical reasons, I might need to get an offer and know my plans a couple months earlier than that.

Thanks a lot for any input.... mep

merkurix · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Location: Not far from the deep end.

mep3 · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Location: no

THANKS for that merkurix! Very helpful and I definitely will PM him. Any sense about question #2?

Anyone else with two cents worth?

Thx ... mep

gsxr750r · Joined: 29 Jan 2007

Just come here do your search. They want to see you in person. Then you will have no problem (unless you have lots of tattoos, are non-white, or scary looking).

Pak Yu Man · Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Location: The Ida galaxy

Back home uni starts in September...not here.

You'll be applying mid-year. The only uni that will hire you is onethat needs a teacher ASAP. With you out of the country they might pick someone else.

Can you wait and try for a job starting March? That's the main hiring season.

mep3 · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Location: no

If I come there to do my search, I wouldn't be able to arrive until about July 20 because of my current teaching gig. Is that too late or would I still have no problem? Thx .... mep