| If you want to teach abroad in Korea, you will need to | | | | other benefits that they will receive. Schools want to |
| pass a telephone interview. | | | | hear that you are interested in teaching, so leave the |
| Phone interviews are not usually the norm for jobs in | | | | money questions until the end of the conversation. |
| western society, so when it comes time for an | | | | 3) Ask about the job. Again, schools want to know |
| interview with a potential new employer who is calling | | | | that you will be a good teacher, so ask plenty of |
| from halfway across the world, many people are | | | | questions related to the students, the curriculum, the |
| clueless as to what to expect. Here are some tips that | | | | class sizes - anything related to teaching and you |
| will help you get through what should be the easiest | | | | should be fine. |
| part of landing a teaching job abroad: | | | | 4) Make yourself understood. Directors of schools can |
| 1) Make sure you are ready for the interview. You will | | | | sometimes have poor English skills (this is not |
| most likely be in a different time zone from where | | | | necessarily a bad thing, as they are running the |
| your new employer is calling, so make sure that you | | | | business side to things at the school, and will usually |
| have your interview time in synch. I hear a lot of | | | | have a head teacher who can speak fluently). For |
| complaints from teachers who leave their number on | | | | some people, this is the first real conversation with |
| their resume and have directors call in the middle of | | | | someone who has poor English skills, so remember to |
| the night, either because they don't consider the time | | | | slow down, be clear and make yourself understood. |
| difference, or because that is the only time they have | | | | 5) Be personable. This is probably the most important |
| to call you. | | | | thing that you can do in your interview. Schools are |
| 2) Don't ask about money. As mentioned, the interview | | | | looking for someone who will be good with their |
| should be the easiest part of getting a job abroad as | | | | students and someone who is easy to get along with, |
| the school has already gone through your credentials | | | | so make them know that you are that person. If you |
| and seen your picture; once you get to the interview | | | | are too quiet or too pushy, you will give them the |
| stage, it pretty much means that you are the person | | | | wrong impression; so be polite and personable and you |
| they want. The biggest mistake that people make is | | | | will do just fine! |
| asking about how much money they will be earning or | | | | |