I've been working on an online English teaching platform and I've been successful with Japanese people since day one, I could technically push myself and make even 25 lessons a day but if I earn more than 5k in a year under a freelance contract I will have to start a business. So I guess I can get to 20 daily and I can earn 500 bucks a month from home without paying rent or expenses. What can I do with all that money? I want to move Asia and be an English teacher. I know I won't become rich so don't bother dissuading me, I love teaching English. The downsides are that I don't have much experience in schools (only a short course which lasted 3 months besides online teaching and some private tutoring) and I'm not a friggin NATIVE SPEAKER. Recruiters don't give a shit if you're bilingual and have a perfect american accent, they want fucking americans born in america. I've got a CELTA and a master's degree in languages but I'm going to get a C2 in a while, I've been speaking English since I was 11 and I consider myself fully bilingual but not being a fucking native is enough to make me less appealing to recruiters. Japan is expensive as fuck and I'll never make it with 5k bucks alone, however I can start off in SEA where rent is cheaper and make experience and money there to move to Japan. Which countries should I go to? Which schools welcome qualified non-native teachers?
GABA and Nova both hire directly from abroad and don’t need people to be native English speakers, they even hire people from India and Africa. They even do the visa for you. However you’ll struggle to make 1000 eur a month (200,000 JPY). You could use it as a stepping stone to get into the country till you find a better job
>>34000087I applied for a GABA school and they told me they needed me to confirm that my bachelor's degree was taught in English. Obviously I told them I got it from an Italian university so the percentage of English was around 50% and possibly even more if we consider my master's degree. I'm still waiting for their reply atm.
>>34000122Next time just say you were taught in English, they won’t bother verifying. Gaba is so shitty that it really doesn’t matter. It’s literally impossible to work there and support your life; you live on savings till you find a new job or you work more than one job. It’s just a stepping stonet. worked there for 3 months during a period of unemployment
>>34002029Damn, I had no idea they wouldn't verify your bachelor. I guess next time I apply to a similar school I will just say my degree is in English. I asked them if my job on Native Camp counted as full time teaching since I'm working 7-8 hours a day.
>>34003686Apparently it seems like they do verify your data now. Maybe you applied back in 2019 when their policies weren't so strict.
>>33999938Just curious, what's wrong with Italy in particular, or is it just Europe issues overall?
>>34004006Schools are biased towards non-natives
