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Job Agencies and School Groups
There are plenty of commercial recruitment agencies specialising in the English language market – working for a school to help find teachers or helping a teacher find a job. The agencies are normally paid by the employer (the school), though make sure that you check before you sign up! Agencies normally cover a particular area or country – and will help you put together a good CV, send you new job opportunities and even advice on relocating, accommodation and visas.
Almost all the jobs for ELT or ESL teachers are with English language schools. The majority of all schools are run on an individual basis, with the director of studies also the person who interviews and appoints new teachers. But there are some major chains of schools who have their own internal recruitment agencies who can help you find a job within the schools in their group. Once you have a job in the group, the internal job-agency often works to help find a job in another school within the group or in a different country.
The biggest ELT employer in the world is the British Council, which has its own recruitment service – click here for more details on the British Council.
As a good starting point, try these commercial agencies and major international school groups:
Major group that has schools around the world; most schools recruit locally, but this office can provide contact information
Major group with over 80 schools (in Europe, Africa and America); most schools recruit locally, but this office can provide contact information
Major group that has over 400 centres around the world; teachers are trained in the Berlitz way of teaching
Provides language assistants to schools around the world. The British Council has over 60 language teaching centres, offices in over 100 countries and is the by far the biggest ELT employer in the world, with over 7500 staff (most of whom are involve ...
Looks after the JET (Japan Exchange Teaching) programme as well as Teach in China and Teach in Thailand programmes
Major group that works with Berlitz for its language centers – however its 40-plus schools still recruit through this central address
Agency that specializes on the UK
Major group of schools and recruitment centre that places over 500 teachers per year around the world
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