There doesn't seem to be that many teaching jobs around for those with a TEFL and experience only in private tuition. My son is native English, 28 years, keen, but has yet to land a job. He knows government schools are out but he knows there are many private language schools. He lives in Phuket and prefers to stay there. Has anyone similar experiences? or do you all have degrees and teaching experience?
Any advice would be great, thanks.
Phuket and other desirable locations can be tuff. They are always places where lots of foreigners want to live and the employers know that. Hence, low pay, lots of competition. If he's a survivor type he'll make it. If not .....
So, at 28, why aren't you letting your son figure it out for himself?Originally Posted by debbie long
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If he hasn't found a job teaching English in Thailand he hasn't looked for one.
You're his mother?
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He's twenty eight and you are trying to sort this for him?
Don't really get it.
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Debbie Long.
Come on!
A bunch of useful responses here.
I think your son needs to get a degree. It is harder to get a good job teaching English without a degree in Thailand as greater labor supply offsets demand. Thailand is damn trendy and that means a lot of white people want to work in the country. To stay competitive, he should get a degree.
Just thinking out loud.
White people.
He could get a job without a degree, although your post doesn't actually say he has no degree. Thais have a way of arranging things. They like young good-looking, well-dressed people. If he's none of that it'll be tough.
............(he)Should be competitive.
Presumably white?
Why not look in the countryside?
It's the end of semester 1. Schools are busy with the students' grading reports. Wait a week or so. Semester 2 starts on 1 November 2012.
you should take the training wheels off your kids bike. It will allow him to travel a lil further and increasec the number of schools he can apply to.
fred
As others have already pointed out, your son if faced with two difficulties in his job search. First, (if I'm reading your post correctly) he has no university degree. While this is not an insurmountable obstacle, if there are other candidates who have similar qualifications but also have a degree, they will obviously be the first choice. Second, places like Phuket are generally more popular places for foreigners to live, so there is more competition.
My advice to him would be to get out of Phuket and look for a job in a mid to large sized town that is no more than 2 hours by bus away from a nice beach. That way he would be some place where he has a better chance of finding a job, but could still head for the beach most weekends.
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