Hi, I hoping destiny approves my entry into a life with livelihood in Indonesia beginning this September 2006.
My situation warrants that I choose Jakarta initially. Can you offer me with more information or rather your opinion, please. Unless my questions have answers based on a general rules, then its not your opinion. (hehe)
I start with the questions most closely related to finding an EFL job first Q.1- 4.
1) Is it better really to try to get a job organized before I arrive in Indonesia = better / simpler for visa purposes.
2) Is early-mid September a good time to seek a new job, or not a good time?
3) I've heard that franchise "EF" centers paying lower wages. Can anyone recommend who I can try to get better paid work with? Bearing in mind I'm not eligible for international schools as they require people with formal teaching degrees. I just have "a" University degree + 3 years EFL experience in Taiwan.
4) I've just started an online TESOL certificate course, but I may not finish it before I arrive. Is it very necessary to have this? What percentage of the EFL jobs demand it?
Q: 5 - 6: are more about the law = visa arrangements.
5) I've been told by one reliable source that most employers must pay for the EFL teachers airfare back to point of origin, after each contract year?? In my case I'm coming from Taiwan, but this isn't my homebase. Australia is. Do you know anything about this?
6) If I arrive in without a job organized, I must then find one within 1 month = usual tourist visa? I'll have to have an airfare ticket showing I'm going onto Australia. So the disadvantage is the time limit & cost of ongoing fare.
I really like the Indonesian people I've met...so I freely & happily come to Java. Though, yes I've concerns about the civil unrest.
best wishes,
Dane
My situation warrants that I choose Jakarta initially. Can you offer me with more information or rather your opinion, please. Unless my questions have answers based on a general rules, then its not your opinion. (hehe)
I start with the questions most closely related to finding an EFL job first Q.1- 4.
1) Is it better really to try to get a job organized before I arrive in Indonesia = better / simpler for visa purposes.
2) Is early-mid September a good time to seek a new job, or not a good time?
3) I've heard that franchise "EF" centers paying lower wages. Can anyone recommend who I can try to get better paid work with? Bearing in mind I'm not eligible for international schools as they require people with formal teaching degrees. I just have "a" University degree + 3 years EFL experience in Taiwan.
4) I've just started an online TESOL certificate course, but I may not finish it before I arrive. Is it very necessary to have this? What percentage of the EFL jobs demand it?
Q: 5 - 6: are more about the law = visa arrangements.
5) I've been told by one reliable source that most employers must pay for the EFL teachers airfare back to point of origin, after each contract year?? In my case I'm coming from Taiwan, but this isn't my homebase. Australia is. Do you know anything about this?
6) If I arrive in without a job organized, I must then find one within 1 month = usual tourist visa? I'll have to have an airfare ticket showing I'm going onto Australia. So the disadvantage is the time limit & cost of ongoing fare.
I really like the Indonesian people I've met...so I freely & happily come to Java. Though, yes I've concerns about the civil unrest.
best wishes,
Dane