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NQTs in Middle Easr

  • 12-08-2015 1:17am
    #1
    goose1
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭


    friends of mine have worked in the UAE with SABIS and with only a degree. I have a teaching degree but no experience and yet am struggling to find employment in UAE! I''ve done a year of TEFL and a year teaching uni undergrads so I have experience!

    Just wondering.....since when does one need so much experience in UAE? Where else can I go? Pakistan and Iraq have been suggested....and immediately rejected

    Claire


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  • #2
    katydid
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,351 ✭✭✭katydid


    goose1 wrote: »
    friends of mine have worked in the UAE with SABIS and with only a degree. I have a teaching degree but no experience and yet am struggling to find employment in UAE! I''ve done a year of TEFL and a year teaching uni undergrads so I have experience!

    Just wondering.....since when does one need so much experience in UAE? Where else can I go? Pakistan and Iraq have been suggested....and immediately rejected

    Claire

    TELF in South Korea? Reasonably well paid, all lesson plans handed to you


  • #3
    Fizgig Bandicoot
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭Fizgig Bandicoot


    katydid wrote: »
    TELF in South Korea? Reasonably well paid, all lesson plans handed to you

    I think a new thing has come in that says you need 2 years experience in the UAE. My bf is an NQT and some recruitment agencies he found helpful were seekteachers, teachanywhere and teachandexplore. These all put him in touch with places within these countries who will take NQTs although this could be because we are going as a teaching couple and i have 5 years experience. Teach and explore are Irish and we found these to be the best as they have been constantly in touch with us and extremely helpful.


  • #4
    katydid
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,351 ✭✭✭katydid


    Fizgig Bandicoot wrote: »
    I think a new thing has come in that says you need 2 years experience in the UAE. My bf is an NQT and some recruitment agencies he found helpful were seekteachers, teachanywhere and teachandexplore. These all put him in touch with places within these countries who will take NQTs although this could be because we are going as a teaching couple and i have 5 years experience. Teach and explore are Irish and we found these to be the best as they have been constantly in touch with us and extremely helpful.

    You need two years experience in the UAE to each in South Korea? That can't be right, surely?

    I have to say that as a woman, I wouldn't fancy working in a ME country.


  • #5
    Fizgig Bandicoot
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭Fizgig Bandicoot


    No, I meant you need 2 years teaching experience to teach in the UAE.


  • #6
    katydid
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,351 ✭✭✭katydid


    Fizgig Bandicoot wrote: »
    No, I meant you need 2 years teaching experience to teach in the UAE.

    Ah ok, I was wondering!


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  • #7
    Fizgig Bandicoot
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭Fizgig Bandicoot


    I think it's only a new thing. I'm in the same boat basically, my bf is an NQT, can't get a job here and we're finding it hard to get one abroad because most places look for 2 years experience which I have but he doesn't. We are also not married so it's harder to get a place together in the Middle East, depending on where you go. You can go to Kuwait as an NQT for a years contract instead of 2 years contract which a lot of Middle Eastern places are for. It's a dry country though so we didn't think we'd last long! We have also been offered Kazahkstan!


  • #8
    katydid
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,351 ✭✭✭katydid


    Fizgig Bandicoot wrote: »
    I think it's only a new thing. I'm in the same boat basically, my bf is an NQT, can't get a job here and we're finding it hard to get one abroad because most places look for 2 years experience which I have but he doesn't. We are also not married so it's harder to get a place together in the Middle East, depending on where you go. You can go to Kuwait as an NQT for a years contract instead of 2 years contract which a lot of Middle Eastern places are for. It's a dry country though so we didn't think we'd last long! We have also been offered Kazahkstan!

    I would NOT like to be in one of those ME countries, as a woman especially. You'd have to live in a total bubble. But then, I suppose it gets you the experience.

    Kazahkstan sounds great. I had a student from there a few year ago, and she gave a presentation on the country. It's actually a stunning place, if you get the chance to travel outside the cities. If I was young, free and single(ish) I'd go for it!


  • #9
    Fizgig Bandicoot
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭Fizgig Bandicoot


    My brother lives in Dubai and I know a few people in Abu Dhabi, so I think they have a great social life, girls included, and they're a lot more liberal than some of the other places but I suppose you can never be too sure. We were looking at Al Ain but fell at the final hurdle. Thinking about Qatar aswell. One good thing about Kazakhstan is the 1 year contract. The pay is good too!


  • #10
    sineadg91
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭sineadg91


    Hey, I moved to Abu Dhabi as an NQT last year. I had no experience and went on my own so decided to join SABIS. You don't need to be a qualified teacher to work for them, its very structured and goes against everything you have learned in becoming an NQT but its a great way to get started and its only a one year contract. Once you get settled then its much easier to look for work for the second year in better schools. Having lived in the UAE for a year at that stage ,the employers know that you are well used to the culture and wont decide to quit after a few months which happens regularly.

    I wouldn't be put off by the culture over here at all. The nightlife is great, you wear what you want, I never feel unsafe or degraded as a woman. You are going to be surrounded by people from different nationalities but how you react to them is up to you.

    I would recommend the move to anyone!


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