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Everything You Need to Know About China’s Z Visa

Here at TEFLwork, we sometimes post job adverts for positions that require the candidate to be a native English speaker. This isn’t because we think that native English speakers make the best English teachers. Not at all! Instead, we will only post adverts like this for countries that require English language teachers to be native… Read more

Tips for Applying for English Teaching Jobs

July 11, 2018

Having employed and managed many teachers and other staff, here are my tips for standing our from the crowd when applying for English language teaching jobs: Clean, Clear, Correct and Spell Checked You’re going to be an English teacher so check the spelling and grammar of your application and covering letter. Please. Clean up… Read more

Can TEFL work develop into a permanent teaching career?

December 27, 2017 - C.V., career, career change, CELTA, EFL, english teaching, finding tefl work, job, job search, life plans, PGCE, qualifications, resume, spain TEFL, teaching children, teaching english, TEFL, TEFL Argentina, tefl barcelona, TEFL job, teflwork, tesol, travel, work

We ask Katie Levey – can working as an EFL teacher inspire progression into a permanent teaching career? “I think, if you have done your CELTA, and taught abroad, or at home, and enjoyed it, then going into teaching seems like a logical next step when you return home. It’s a great way to explore… Read more

The Ultimate Plan For Working Abroad: Booking Flights

December 19, 2017 - advice for teachers, airline, career, CELTA, ELT, english teaching, flight comparison, flights, flights travel, gap year, job, job search, jobs, research, Teaching, TEFL, tefl travel, travel abroad, travel blog, travel plan, travelling flights, work, work abroad, work overseas, working holiday

Booking flights… Is the price the only factor? In the previous post of this series, we spoke about researching your dream destination. Now onto booking those all important flights… If you are 100% certain on your overseas working location, then the next step to take is booking flights. Once you have a flight secured, you will have… Read more

The Ultimate Plan for Working Abroad: Destination Research

December 12, 2017 - CELTA, choose tefl, destination, holiday, holiday preparation, job search, planning, planning trip, prepare, prepare work overseas, research, teacher training, TEFL, tefl teacher, tefl work, tesol, tesol work, travel, travel career, travel destination, travel job, travel plan, travel research, where to work, work abroad, work overseas, working holiday, working holiday preparation

Location, location, location – do your research! As mentioned in the previous post, we will be looking at ways to help you plan and prepare for your first working holiday. First things first, research… Some of you may have always dreamt of going to a certain place overseas. Personally, I had always wanted to go to… Read more

The Ultimate Plan for Working Abroad: Introduction

December 11, 2017 - advice for teachers, gap year, job, job advice, job search, plan, preparation, Teaching, TEFL, TEFL job, teflwork, travel, travel advise, travel checklist, travel guide, travel plan, work, work abroad, work overseas, workabroad, working holiday, year out

For many people, working abroad may be a completely new experience. It might even be your first trip away on your own, which can seem quite daunting. Are you excited to get out there and see the world, travelling to far away, beautiful places, but aren’t quite sure where to begin with planning? Have you… Read more

Sarah Handy - Post-CELTA TEFL work guide

A guide to finding TEFL work overseas

November 10, 2017 - advice for teachers, barcelona, CELTA, ELT, finding tefl work, job, job search, jobs, teaching efl, teaching english, TEFL, tefl barcelona, tefl canada, tefl colombia, tefl guide, TEFL job, tefl spain, tefl vancouver, tefl work, tesl, tesol, tesol job, tesol work, vancouver, work

Sarah Handy – A guide to finding TEFL work overseas post-CELTA! Sarah Handy is from Watford, UK and has been working as a TEFL teacher for over 2 years since taking the CELTA. The qualification has helped her to travel across the globe, from Europe to Canada and she now plans to work in South… Read more

ELT Retirement, The Ultimate Plan?

October 16, 2017 - 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, career change, ELT, english teaching, jobs, life plans, older teachers, retirement, TEFL

When it comes to teaching English, more and more employers prefer experience and maturity over fully-functioning knee joints. We explore, is ELT retirement the ultimate plan? It’s seems like every year someone proclaims that 40 is the new 30, or 50 the new 40. We’re living longer and healthier, and suddenly age doesn’t mean as… Read more

Working in China ELT Long Term Investment

Working in China and why it’s your best long-term investment

October 16, 2017 - CELTA, china, Delta, ELT, english teaching, jobs, language, TEFL, Trinity Cert TESOL, work

“The world has a new mania”, proclaims Jay Walker, the crowd hanging off his every word, “A mania for learning English.” Today we explore why working in China could be your best long-term investment. The huge screen hanging behind the stage projects images of hundreds of thousands of Chinese, simultaneously, and, almost religiously, repeating the… Read more

Why TEFL Qualifications are Key

October 16, 2017 - CELTA, online courses, qualifications, TEFL, Trinity

It’s no secret that the English teaching industry is one of the fastest growing internationally. Every year, countless, freshly-qualified teachers search for jobs, hoping to carve themselves a slice of the proverbial language cake. New English academies spring up every day, and with them arise more and more TEFL qualifications – often companies offering ‘internationally… Read more