Want to teach in Asia in September 2022? Read this post!

If you want to secure a great teaching job in Asia, this post is for you! Why? Because many of the top international schools in Asia will have already started advertising and many of the great ones will have FINISHED their recruitment by the end of November for the next academic year! 

So if you want to teach in Asia, here is your To-Do List…

1. Decide which locations in Asia suit your personal, professional, and financial goals. 
2. Start checking out vacancies at great schools, using this free checklist of 10 websites to find teaching jobs in Asia that I’ve created especially for you!

•  Keep an eye on the Empowering Expat Teachers Facebook community to see vacancies posted by members in their schools!
• Join expat teacher Facebook groups in Asia such as Teachers in Thailand, Shenzhen Expats Group, Expat Group Ho Chi Minh City, where teachers often mention opportunities.
• The Federation of British International Schools in Asia advertises teaching jobs at FOBISIA-accredited schools.
• The TES International Jobs page is a very popular website among expat teachers.
• The Council of British International Schools (COBIS) website advertises teaching jobs at COBIS-accredited schools.
• The Guardian Jobs website also advertises teaching jobs.
• Join Dipont Education. It recruits for independent schools in China that maintain the requirements of the Chinese curriculum, but with A-level, Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programmes.
• Search Associates is a paid international recruitment organisation. However, you can still join their Facebook page for free and see the kind of schools that they work with, before you decide to sign up!
• Join expat teacher groups like International Single Teachers and International School Teachers to see jobs shared by members in their schools around the world.

3. Tailor your CV and cover letter to each job ad by researching the school in-depth and using the keywords mentioned. Your cover letter is an extension of your CV, so always craft your CV and cover letter together - they should complement each other. This is your chance to expand on the bullet points you’ve mentioned in your CV and provide evidence that you’re the best candidate for the job. This means they must:
   • highlight your positive skills, talents, and experience
     
   • include all work dates with no gaps in the employment history, as many heads will not consider an application from a CV with unexplained gaps
   • list your education and experiences with the MOST RECENT first
   • name referees who are professional, including your current employer
   • include a photograph at the top of your CV, but make sure it is a professional-looking photograph!
4. I have a FREE "5 CV and Cover Letter Mistakes You Don’t Even Know You’re Making" Webinar. In it, you will learn the top 5 mistakes that future and current expat teachers make in their CV and cover letter and how to rectify those mistakes straightaway! Click here to watch it!

For new members of the Empowering Expat Teachers community, let me introduce myself! My name is Sorcha Coyle and I’ve been teaching in the Gulf (Qatar and Dubai) for the past 10 years. I also run Empowering Expat Teachers, whose mission is to empower future and current expat teachers to lead personally, professionally, and financially rewarding lives. Follow me on Instagram here and join the EET FB community here for daily job-hunting, CV and cover letter tips!

In addition to being an experienced expat teacher, I am also a Certified Professional Résumé Writer and a member of the Professional Association of Résumé Writers & Career Coaches. I provide CV and cover letter support to future and current expat teachers with my Teach Abroad Academy service to help them secure an interview for teaching jobs overseas they apply to!

Be sure to share this post with all your teacher friends who are thinking of moving abroad to work!

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