In any event, Dave is a perfect example of what happens to us-all of us-as we get older but not necessarily wiser as human beings on planet earth in the early 21st century of the anno Domini era. So, I am going to start a discussion on 'mapping the future of survival in EFL' as I think that only by hearing from others out there can we realistically find our survival path and place in the 'digital free-lance' era.īeware seems a bit strong, perhaps wary is better word for the precautionary tales of traversing the TEFL world and its many teaching job from hell. This covers for the fact that there is hardly going to be any future in any profession without any tech- or digital skills. Well, on the brighter side, the thought that occurred to me is that if our future is a 'free-lancer' one then, we need to take more control over our work domain and the only way to do that is to diversify our skills. Simply because they cost too much for the client. The days are counted for all those agencies regardless of what we do. Supposedly, the last word was, she went on a trip around the world. but I know they haven't been there since 20xx.
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There are many EFL professional profiles on Linked In frozen in time for years of people that I never ever had any news about or come across in social circles. There are just you buddie teachers if you have any wherever you are. There is no survival guide out there or salvation NGO or what, to come and pull you out once you fall into any of these down-turning spirals. I tried this, became anorexic and anemic, couldn't work and fell into a trap! excellent!! this why I have sought a forum to start an imminently important discussion. And, they practically force you to do the extra work which is 'required' (report-writing, marking, lesson prep, etc) for free! If you look at the adverts in many other countries you will often come across the word 'freelance' referring that you as an EFL teacher can be employed as a freelancer, which means they can give you as little or as much work as it pleases them and that there are little or hardly any contractual rights other than hours spent in the classroom in most cases. We EFL teachers are just commodities to them.Īnd what is it to say that the situation in the EU or other places is any better? Most of the problems with EFL are that the majority of teachers are young travellers who are happy to 'hitchhike' so to speak. This is how these recruitment agencies work across continents and do business. This inevitably causes some bottleneck and casualties. The local recruiters work with different clients.
Casual and non-transparent recruitment campaign with Gulf countries, where you think you are matched to a job, but they only match you after you arrive. Following this event, I wrote to join his forum and make people aware about this situation that has been going on for a while. As Dave's ESL Cafe, in the past I always was 'lucky' I'd say. But now I have a bit of leverage to be seen if I can force the local EFL recruiter to come up with a job for me. In my case, I have a base as I have worked here in the past. It is now 12 days and I am still waiting for a job. They practically 'urged' me to come to Saudi quickly and you know how costly it can be to come to this country. That is true! Recently the casualty of an (Canadian) recruitment campaign for KSA done through Dave's ESL Cafe.
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