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An employer can receive hundreds of CVs for a teaching position. How will your CV survive the whittling-down process? Here are some helpful tips from employers:

It is probably fair to say that whether you voted Remain or Leave you are feeling anxious about the future.  After trying to follow the line of thought on both sides of the argument you wouldn’t be alone in struggling to untangle all the arguments and make sense of the forecasts.  But what are the real consequences of Brexit for British TEFL teachers working here and abroad?  One thing that everyone can agree on is that nobody knows what the outcome will be; it hasn’t happened before and so we are relying on predictions.  Here teflhub looks at the likely effect of Brexit on TEFL jobs and salaries in the UK and around the world.

Have you ever considered teaching in Japan?  Here, teflhub interviews Joel, an American teacher who has been in Japan for years and in that time has moved from language schools to universities. We discuss some of the most common questions raised about life for TEFL teachers in this fantastic country over a meal of yakiniku (Korean barbeque) in Shibuya, a vibrant district in Tokyo.

Have you ever considered teaching in Hong Kong?

Have you thought about where your TEFL career might take you? teflhub is carrying out interviews around the world to help you decide where you want to work and in which direction you want your career to head. Here we interviewed Amanda, an American who, since arriving in Hong Kong has been promoted to Head Teacher at a language school on the island.

By Delv

It’s probably fair to say that most of us can see where we could have made life easier for ourselves if we’d approached our TEFL careers differently. These days a Masters degree in TEFL will usually include a module on reflection. I’m afraid I was one of the dubious crowd who was not sure of the virtue in studying reflection at the expense of a list of other teacher-related modules which I believed would be more useful. However, as soon as we started the module it became apparent how useful reflecting on our respective TEFL careers was: identifying areas which could have been planned better as well as identifying our strengths. I realized I could have saved myself a lot of work, time, and money had I taken a step back and considered my future plans more thoroughly. So, here’s my list of things I would do differently (and things I got right) if I wound back the clock to January 1st 2000:

Coming soon!