Simon - Your best hope - assuming that you have not yet despaired and decided to call it a day and go to Saigon - is to dress for an interview, clean and shaved and sober, and go to the places advertising one after another day after day, clutching yet another hard copy of your abbreviated CV, and adopt your very best Uriah Heap manner -
"Very 'umble, Master Copperfield!"
The bummer here in Cambodia is that people younger and less wrinkled than you are hopping off planes and buses
every day, convinced that they can walk straight into a decent-paying job. Plus they are willing to work for less
money than you are.
Moving on from Thailand - 'decent' teaching jobs in Cambodia?
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I'm not convinced that younger people are being hired because they can be paid less. The market for English lessons here in Cambodia is predominantly kids - edutainment. I would argue that it's market forces not ageism, per se.
In Vietnam there is more demand for IELTS and Business English and mature people are preferred for these subjects. OP, if you're not familiar with Business English Textbooks have a look at Market Leader and International Express, these are the most common.
Ageism is everywhere.
In Vietnam there is more demand for IELTS and Business English and mature people are preferred for these subjects. OP, if you're not familiar with Business English Textbooks have a look at Market Leader and International Express, these are the most common.
Ageism is everywhere.
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To comment on some of the comments:
Cambodia certainly seems to be a country where most of the vacancies are for teaching kids, and the schools seem to only want young teachers.
But the feedback that I'm getting is the young teachers tend to move on after a few months, and so the schools have to start looking for teachers all over again.
I have good experience and certification in teaching IELTS, business English etc, so HCMC beckons.
I'm just waiting on a job offer from Myanmar (where I have previously worked). If that comes through, then I'll return to Myanmar, otherwise go and work in Vietnam.
Cambodia certainly seems to be a country where most of the vacancies are for teaching kids, and the schools seem to only want young teachers.
But the feedback that I'm getting is the young teachers tend to move on after a few months, and so the schools have to start looking for teachers all over again.
I have good experience and certification in teaching IELTS, business English etc, so HCMC beckons.
I'm just waiting on a job offer from Myanmar (where I have previously worked). If that comes through, then I'll return to Myanmar, otherwise go and work in Vietnam.
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