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Life In Vietnam: As a Need-Greater - Part 2: I'm an English Teacher!

As most of you may have known, the majority of need-greaters in Vietnam and other third-world countries support themselves by teaching English. And as you may have read in one of my previous posts , finding work as an English teacher in Vietnam can be hard for non-Westerners. But it's not impossible! I've received 6 job interviews/job offers in the last two weeks of February! What were they? Teaching English online to Chinese/Taiwanese students (TutorABC/iTutorGroup) Writing photography blog articles on Wordpress for sleeklens.com (through Upwork.com ) Tutoring the apartment manager at my apartment (downstairs) Teaching English at a private English center ( Ivy Square ) Teaching English at a different private English center ( IELTS Station ) Tutoring online through at varsitytutors.com I ended up getting accepted for jobs 1-4, and did not pass the interviews for jobs 5 and 6. Currently, the minimum hours per week that I have to work is 10 hours, but I can work...

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