Today was spent recommitting myself to looking for work as an English teacher in Medellin, sans teaching experience and the ability to speak Spanish.
Since I began paying attention, I´ve met quite a few travelers who are looking for work or already building up a few hours of class time per week, however it seems to require months of patience and a healthy dose of luck.
A funny thing happens when you stop traveling. Boredom sets in.
You´ve seen the main sights, and any locals you´ve met are at work, university, or both during the week.
To stay focused and productive, I kicked myself into gear and spent some time in the morning drumming up potential advertisers for my already established travel site, GoBackpacking.com.
After a bagel and coffee lunch in Zona Rosa, I returned to the hostel and immersed myself in tutorials for writing resumes aimed at language institutes in foreign countries.
Below are a few of the bookmarked sites I found useful:
My briefest, most basic and simple resume ever developed was then forwarded to three contacts I made here so far, two of whom responded with great feedback within a few hours.
As I continue this process, I will build upon the Teach English page.
Hopefully it will save future travelers a little time an effort, especially if they´re knew to the whole ¨teaching English abroad¨game.
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Hi David,
Really helpful site and well-written! Just wanted to let you know you've got the wrong link to your travel web site, above in the article.
Thanks for all the great articles...
Nigel
Thanks, fixed it. This was one of the first articles I wrote on Medellin Living 5 years ago!