When transitioning to a career in TEFL, many people forget that they have lots of experience or education in a specialized area.
Rather than starting at the bottom rung in TEFL, consider finding your own special niche where you can probably make more money, do a better job and enjoy yourself more.
For example, many people from Information Technology (IT) careers come to TEFL. Their best job strategy would be to seek an English teaching position at a college or university that has an IT specialty.
Many occupational specialties in foreign countries need English training. They need it either for university study and papers, research (most international research is published in English) or to run a business.
If you have a background in a special area, it is in your best interest to use it. You will know the specialized vocabulary of the business and how the business works and you will even have an interest in the business that other teachers won't have. This makes you ideal to teach in that special niche.
Consider nursing, aviation training, business and marketing, chemicals, general medicine, engineering, hospitality, IT, law, construction technology and every other possible major at a university or college.
If you have such skill/knowledge, it would be well worth your time to seek employment in that area. Don’t go to the English department of a college or University. Go to the department of your specialty and have them recommend you to the English department. You will be in demand.
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