Doing your reserch on teaching english

Something I can always recommend is doing your research.
And if you are going to go thousands of miles from home for a year or more you should more then likely research everything about the place that you are going. There are a ton of resources on the internet about teaching pretty much anywhere that you can think of going.

A few good places are web sights that are for companies, even if you don't go though those companies you can get a good ideal as to what the job is going to be like there.

Doing your reserch.

The internet is a wonderful thing and should be used with care and diligence when ever you make a big choice in life, Teaching English is really no different then any other choice. There are a ton of good web sights out there that you can read, on subjects from pay, to culture to things you need to bring.

One of my rules of life is to always do your homework, this goes for companies as well, some companies have much better user comments then others, and there is normally a reason for that.

Apostilling Documents.

One of the many steps you may be asked to understand wile going into the field of teaching english overseas, is the process of having documents Apostilled.

The best way to explain the ideal is to just say that Apostilling is the form of international notarizing.

The county you go to will determine what documents you will need to have Apostilled.
But it is very important to remember that some documents must be Apostilled by the United States State Deparment. (If you are in the US) And others will need to be Apostilled by your states state department. (Kentucky in my case)

A good rule of thumb is that if it was given to you by a state istitute, it must be Apostatized in your state. (So my degree from Eastern Kentucky University but be Apostilled by the Kentucky department of state)

It is also important to note that this is free in some states and not in others.

First time.

So my first response from a company was from 'Teachaway' after a little research, I figured out that this was most likely not the best company to get a job from. Wile there were plenty of people who had gotten there jobs with them. There wear also quite a few people who had some trouble with them.

Common complaints were.
Dropping you a month before peak hiring dates.
Dropping you AFTER giving you a work offer.
Dropping you for a better worker after you have spent $100+ on paper work with them.

Despite this I went ahead and applied, did the paper work. (Took a week) and then sent it in, After a few day I got a phone interview.

I was told it would take about a hour, took some time to studdy up on the questions that might be asked. And then came the interview.

I was... Less then Impressed.

It took about 20 minutes of them asking questions, and then 7 minutes of me asking questions.
Needless to say I was less then Impressed by there battery of questions.
The only up side I can find with this group is that they hire people to teach English in more then one country.