46 Part I: Getting Started in TEFL
Potential employers you can try include:
✓ English First, known as EF advertises scores of vacancies worldwide.
Take a look at their website http://www.ef.com.
✓ Language Link has vacancies in Europe and Asia. Its website is
http://www.languagelink.co.uk.
✓ Wall Street Institute International employs graduate teachers without a
TEFL certificate in their schools around the world. See http://www.wsi.com for
worldwide vacancies.
✓ Avalon School have a network of affiliated schools throughout Europe,
Brazil, Poland, China and France, and its main branch in central London.
Email [email protected] with your CV. You must have a
degree and TEFL certificate to apply.
✓ VSO – short for Voluntary Service Overseas – offers placements in Africa
and Asia, preferably to graduates. Salaries are modest but VSO provides
accommodation and you can apply for various grants. See http://www.vso.
org.uk. You need to be under 68 years of age to apply.
✓ International House has an excellent reputation for teaching worldwide
and operates in about 30 countries. Contact [email protected] for
vacancies if you have a recognised TEFL certificate.
✓ Bell International operates in 18 countries. It advertises vacancies on its
website at http://www.bell-worldwide.com.
