Thursday, March 1, 2007

Getting a job—Methods and resources: Part II

As mentioned in earlier blogs, a great way to start your online job hunt is to post your resume to career sites like Monster International and CareerBuilder. Imagine how great it would be to have an employer seek you out and offer you a job.

These sites, and many others, also allow you to search for openings in the country of your choice. Monster makes it extremely easy. You can simply select a country and field and then view a list of results.

You can now even find job listings on Craigslist, which has gone international. I was able to choose from 9 different cities from within the Americas and could then easily navigate to the “Education” link listed under “Jobs.” There I found 8 EFL job listings, all written in English and most with salary and qualification requirements posted.

Another approach is to check out classified sections of online newspapers from your country of interest. This will often require, however, that you can read the prevailing language.

When I looked at the job listings in the classified section of La Nacion (an Argentinian paper), I was redirected to ZonaJobs Argentina, which yielded 331 education-related job listings.

Zona Jobs has turned out to be an amazing resource, and also offers sites specific to Colombia, Chile and Mexico. If you're interested in any of these countries, I strongly recommend you check it out.

To be continued . . .

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