Having been in PP for just over a week now, I decided to follow up on some of my email applications by calling the school direct, using the phone number given in their adverts for 'We urgently need NES teachers'.
Schools such as Western Int., Golden Gate, ACE, KIS etc.
The phone conversations typically went like this:
Hallo, is that xxx school?
Yes
Are you still looking for NES teachers?
Yes we urgently need to recruit y number of NES teachers.
Last week, I sent my Cv by email two times to your school, and I also dropped a hard copy in at your reception
Oh, the person handling recruitment hasn't looked at any CVs yet. .
LoL, totally useless
Moving on from Thailand - 'decent' teaching jobs in Cambodia?
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Steve - setting up even a very modest learning center will cost several thousand dollars, assuming that one is in a town of any size.
In the poorer and shabbier provinces, it'll cost less but you'd be competing against similar "schools" run in crude shack where the teaching is endless / meaningless repetition done by Cambodians (on $100 - $200/month) who hold some sort of certificate from rinky-dinky schools in provincial cities.
Nobody is "slagging off" the O.P. - the point is that the O.P. is a newbie and hasn't had time to learn what is what
is a grossly-oversupplied market; Cambodia is inundated with bright-eyed kiddies eager to "make a difference" and
work for nothing or perhaps a tiny stipend (insufficient to cover rent and food, let alone beer and sushi.)
In the poorer and shabbier provinces, it'll cost less but you'd be competing against similar "schools" run in crude shack where the teaching is endless / meaningless repetition done by Cambodians (on $100 - $200/month) who hold some sort of certificate from rinky-dinky schools in provincial cities.
Nobody is "slagging off" the O.P. - the point is that the O.P. is a newbie and hasn't had time to learn what is what
is a grossly-oversupplied market; Cambodia is inundated with bright-eyed kiddies eager to "make a difference" and
work for nothing or perhaps a tiny stipend (insufficient to cover rent and food, let alone beer and sushi.)
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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.
"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.
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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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