 Hello there. It's time for live stream. So I'm super glad to welcome you at today's live stream as usually. And my name is Lisa. I'm a Tefl NTSOL expert at ITTT and an online ESL teacher who is also a non-native speaker. So today's live stream is devoted to a really popular question of ITTT's lifetime job support. So if it is something interesting to you, stay tuned. Stay with me here and we will have a discussion over this topic. By the way, if you watch me right now, if you watch me live, could you please send your greetings to the chat box and let me know where you guys tuning in from. I'm staying in Russia. So I'm located in central Russia, pretty far from Moscow. And what else? I usually go live on Tuesday or Wednesday. So today's Wednesday and I've chosen this a little bit different time, 2 p.m. my time zone. So where do you stay guys? Let me know. And also, sorry, my camera is changing its direction. So I have to fix it. Yeah, okay. So let me know if you hear and see me clearly. Because I'm not sure if the equipment is working well. I would really appreciate your questions, comments and so on. So don't be afraid. Don't be shy. Yeah, just communicate with me. It's really helpful because I basically speak to myself and have no idea if there is someone watching. All right, there are people from China. That's actually cool. I used to stay in China. I used to teach in China and I love that country. Nice to see you. And also Dbilisi, Georgia, it's a great country. I would love to visit. All right, Africa, Botswana. Yeah, it's 11 a.m. in the morning. So you're like three hours. So I am three hours ahead of you, right? Okay. Some old comers, old visitors. Nice to see you guys. Thanks for joining. Okay. There is a person from YouTube. Let us know where are you from? Okay. Egypt here as well. Nice to see you guys. Thanks for joining. Today's live stream is devoted to the job support topic. So if you have questions around this point, feel free to comment. But I have a couple of slides to share. So you will see some clues. And I will try my best to dwell upon the main points. Okay. So let me zoom it in so that you could see it. And let me change the slide. So by the way, before we start, I just want to draw your attention to this QR code. It is also in the top right corner of your screen. And if you want a nice discount of any TEFL courses, this is your lucky time, lucky moment. You can scan it with your cell phone, or you can simply follow the link from the chat box. I'm going to drop it there. So you will be able to get this nice discount if you are interested in TEFL courses or getting TEFL certified. It's a real benefit as for me. And yeah, let's move on to the main topic of today's session. It is circled around the problem of job support. But I would also address a couple of popular questions like how to find a job, does it take long to find a job and so on. So I hope that I will make my point clear today. And you won't have any issues with this problem anymore. And you will feel more or less confident in the point of this job search thing. So yeah, let's kick start. Alright, so ITTT has several benefits which we provide to our graduates. So it means that the lifetime job support from ITTT is accessible, is available only to the graduates. It's kind of exclusive. So this is something we do provide to our graduates. And if you're a student with ITTT right now, this incentive is coming. And speaking of the services, there are several main points. Two of them you can see on this slide. So first of all, right upon your successful completion of any TEFL course with ITTT, you get access to our exclusive platform where we list different jobs and some other resources with supplementary units, which should help you build your resume, create your demo video, for example, and just get the understanding of the job market. So we have also created some lists of contact details, of job supervisors, of job advisors, and those people will basically guide you through the process of job search and then through the hiring process. But I have to, one more time, I want to stress out that this option is available to graduates only. So if you haven't taken a course with us yet, but you are thinking of getting a TEFL certified, you should definitely look at this opportunity. And we try our best to assist our graduates, to assist our current students, and make sure that everyone finds their placement. So feel free to ask in person. Like if you have any further questions related to the job support, you can definitely email us and let us know what interests you best. Let's see some other options which are included in the job support. So they are basically some lists of schools in different countries. So if you, for example, are interested in a specific destination, our platform gives access to a whole list of places with schools and job providers there. So definitely you can pick out a destination and get a contact. This is probably the easiest way how to keep in touch with recruiters or with employers directly. So this is also a great opportunity. We also have country facts which are more detailed than the country facts on our websites, because you know, like all countries have different regulations. It is vital to get to know what visa policies they have and so on. So also, this is available on this graduates platform. And we also keep updated a list of available vacancies in different areas. So if you are, for example, interested in teaching in Europe or in Asia, you will be able to see some available vacancies. So these are the services which are included in the ITTT's job support. And this job support is available to you as an ITTT graduate lifetime. So you can request a job support anytime during your teaching career, even if you stop at some point of time, even if you have a break and then you want to get back to teaching, you can still request a job support, but you will need to contact either your tutor or another person who will guide you through the process. But generally speaking, you will always have this access to the graduates platform where you can do everything on your own, right? So basically, we do have access to the platform which helps you do everything on your own. And the last point to mention, two other services provided by the job support, you can prepare for an interview with us, build your CV resume and probably create your cover letter, for example, and a demo video. So we have this guidance as well. But should you have any further questions, you can also totally contact us and request any information. Our guides, our managers will try their best to assist you. So that's it in terms of the services. And now I'm going to check out the comments section. So if you guys have any questions related to the job support, feel free to ask me out right now. Okay, so if you have questions about the ITT's job support, write down your questions in the comments section. Okay, and here is the first question from Alam. I hope that I pronounced your name correctly. If not, I'm totally sorry. So Alam has done masters in English literature and linguistics. Oh, we have the same major with you. I also, but I don't have masters. I have my bachelor's in linguistics, but anyway. So you're fluent. Okay, you want to be fluent as a native speaker. That's not the question to ask me. Well, I am a taffle advisor here. So if you want to become fluent in English, basically you have to work on your English, you have to practice speaking skills, you have to work on your pronunciation. But actually, I would suggest to you, keeping in touch with me via my Facebook group. So I try my best to create useful content for English teachers and English learners on my Facebook group. So if you're interested in self development and career development, feel free to join my exclusive group as well. It's a closed group, a closed community of people who want to become proficient in English and in teaching as well. So feel free to join. I hope to create this nice little community of people who are interested in English. So probably I will address this point of becoming fluent because it also interests me a lot. And I try my best to practice English and practice pronunciation. So yeah, keep in touch. And let me change the slide as well. So I would like to move on to the second part of the presentation where I'll try to address several problems, several frequently asked questions like how to get a job and how fast will I get a job. So this is a really tough point, guys. I know that if you have already taken your TEFL, you kind of have expectations. And I also did have expectations when I graduated from the course. So before I became a TEFL advisor here, a TEFL expert here in ITTT, I was just a regular student. I was a regular graduate as you probably. So I took a TEFL course when I went to China to become a teacher there, to teach there in the kindergarten. It wasn't as difficult at that time to find a job. I mean, to find a job abroad, it was pretty easy, especially if you get to a location. But anyways, so if you haven't gotten, if you haven't got TEFL certified yet, or if you haven't started teaching yet, I want to share my story right now because it is something motivating, I would say, and inspiring. So usually, we get questions like this. So like, does ITTT provide any job placement? I don't know how to find a job. I don't know how to find an employer, and so on. So the thing is, guys, we do provide different job assistance services. We do have this special guidance for our graduates. But you have to understand that that there is no 100% guarantee that we will be those people who will assist you. On the first place, you have to understand that it is on you as well. So we don't provide any job placement just simply because we do not partner with any educational institutions and do not provide any direct job placement. So make sure that you understand that. But if you still have questions related to this problem, yet you can definitely ask me via the comment section right now, I will try to explain everything in details if it is possible. Also, we do not guarantee you 100% job placement even if you got TEFL certified. Still, there are different situations, different requirements all over the world, and you still have to be flexible and active yourself. I will address this point a little bit in details further. But as for now, I just want to make clear that there is no 100% guarantee and there is no job placement at ITTT. So we try our best to help you. We try our best to assist you. We do provide different services related to your profiles, personal presentations, but there is no 100% guarantee that you will get a job super fast and easy. It's really personal and subjective. And also, sometimes people blame everybody that they can't get something, that they can't find a job, that they can't get a higher salary and stuff like that. This is a really childish point of view. This is a really childish attitude. This is a real world, right? And you have to understand that in order to get anything you want, you have to work. You have to be proactive yourself. And do not expect that someone will come from nowhere and give you whatever you want and whatever you need, right? Just let's be frank here. Let's be absolutely realistic from this point of view. And if you agree with me on this point, please let me know in the comments section. I believe that people who come to my live streams are those people who want to develop, who want to work and who aren't lazy at all. So if you agree with me, let me know. Okay. And let's move on. So now look at this comment. This is a comment I got on YouTube. So we have those recordings on YouTube. And one of my live streams attracted a lot of questions alike. So this person says that they try to find a job, but they can't. Just because they are non-native. And here I want to start repeating my story. So if you have already seen my previous live streams, you know that I'm not a native teacher as well. And if you have seen several videos which I done earlier, you probably noticed that my English skills aren't like super proficient. I still have to work a lot. I still have to practice speaking. I still work on my grammar, vocabulary, and so on. This is the point of how to become proficient in English, how to become a master in English. And still when I was 21, I went to China and I became a teacher there. So I was a graduate at that time. My English was not even C1 at that time. I was an upper intermediate level probably around those years. But I still got a job there. At first I started working through an agency which was absolutely not useless, but it wasn't profitable in terms of money because the agency had their cut. And my salary could be twice as big if I worked directly with the employer. So I spent a year like that. And then I just found a job myself. I found a different employer, a different kindergarten and started working directly. So I switched three kindergartens that way. I just found a really nice company to work with. And yeah, that's it. I was really motivated to find a better workplace and in order to become more competitive on this huge job market in China, I first of all, I worked on my English. I tried my best to practice as much as it was possible. I worked on my vocabulary grammar and other sub skills. And then I also got TAPL certified just to be a better teacher and provide better teaching services. So I guess that it helped me at that time when I was in the location because I found not only a primary job, but also some, you know, some part-time jobs, some sideways. So taking a TAPL certificate is absolutely helpful. But apart from that, you also have to practice your English if you are a non-native speaker because like, come on, we have this competition. And in terms of speaking activities and some, you know, some services related to mastering pronunciation, speaking skills and so on, we have the competition with non-native speakers for sure. But at the same time, sometimes non-native speakers can help learners more in terms of teaching grammar, vocabulary, explaining vocabulary and stuff like that. And we just understand their path and we can address those problems which can't be addressed by native speakers. So being a non-native speaker isn't bad. It just means that you have to work probably more, but maybe not as much as native speakers at the same time, right? So let me see the comments section because I see that there are some questions in the chat. All right. So this is the question I have already addressed, I believe. So if you want to increase your chances for an employment, you have to work. Yeah, so that's easy. Nothing special. You have to work. You have to prove that you develop your teaching skills, that you develop your English skills. For that purpose, I actually took an IELTS training, not training. I took IELTS so I got certified to prove my English level two years ago. It really helped me especially when I started working as a solo teacher without any company outside any companies as a freelancer because when I showed my certificate to potential clients, they were okay. We got your point. We understand that you are advanced and you can actually provide a better service. But at the same time, you have to work on your teaching skills, of course. And speaking of TEFL courses, it actually depends. So if you don't have any understanding of the teaching job, then probably the most basic course, which is 120 hour TEFL course would be suitable to you. However, if you want to dig a little bit deeper, or if you want to have a deeper training and learn more methodologies and different teaching styles, probably I would suggest you to get a TEFL diploma. So there are many options. And once again, let me just drop the link to the comment section. So if you follow this link or if you scan this QR code in the right top corner, you can get this 30% discount of any TEFL courses. So if you think that it is time for you to get TEFL certified in order to become a better teacher in order to get more chances for the employment, feel free to check out the website and choose whatever course suits you best. Because I can't suggest, but I can't understand like what level you have and so on. So it's really subjective and individual. Okay, so let's see the next question. All right. Yeah, that's true. So China is a great place, is a great destination to practice teaching. However, I wouldn't limit myself to this only country because there are more opportunities all over the world. And thanks to the internet, we have even more possibilities to teach and make money and have this job as a lifetime career. So don't think that China is the perfect destination and the only destination to work because there are more other places where you can also start teaching and then develop and progress. Okay. Yeah, right. That's true. So Tamta has mentioned that it is pretty challenging to get to China right now. Basically, there are a lot of offers. I actually have done a live stream interview with my friend who is currently staying in China. This video is so popular. Let me just share the link to that video. Because if you're interested in working in China, then you have to watch that video. My friend just addressed all points related to the challenges and the job search and so on. Just let me find the link just now, just one second. Yeah. So he talked about the job search. He talked about the visa policies. So make sure you check out that YouTube video because it is absolutely helpful to those who are willing to teach in China. Yeah. So that video is the resource of this unique information, which is 100% trustworthy and it is the most up-to-date information. So make sure you check that out. And as for the bachelor's degree, yeah, the thing is that it depends. Sometimes when you go to some governmental websites to check out the visa policies, they just avoid saying anything about your degrees. However, having a degree means that you are at least like that you are of the most appropriate age. So you're like over 21 or 23. It depends on the country. And at the same time, it means that you have this basic knowledge of academic skills, which is really vital. Okay. So thanks a lot for my accent. It is actually 100% Russian. I am no longer intimidated about this accent thing because when I started doing this live streams, some people tried to shame me for my accent, but that's actually not a problem as long as you understand me. But I can absolutely say that I'm not a perfect presenter. I'm not a perfect speaker because it's just not that comfortable for me to speak in front of the audience. So it's a skill I have to develop yet. Okay. And the last point about myself, like a perfect example of a non-native speaker who found a job, who found this place under the sun, you know, so back then I was an ESL teacher, a non-native ESL teacher in China. And what I have now is this. So two days ago, I got hired by an online English teaching company. It's also a leading IT company in Russia. And it took me just 26 minutes to go through the whole interview process, which was a video interview, but I didn't communicate with anybody, you know, like I just recorded different answers to questions and that was all. So I got the job in 26 minutes. It means that you can do it too. If you want to find a job, you have to be passionate about it and you have to be proactive yourself. Nothing comes easy, nothing comes for free. You have to put a lot of effort if you really wish to have something in this life. So I hope that you, you know, have the same mindset as myself because many people just expect that everything will be for free and, you know, they don't have to work. It actually drives me crazy because we still constantly get those questions like, how to do that, how to do this, how to find a job, how to find an employer, how to Google. So I just don't understand that because, yeah, like the internet is for free. You can find whatever you want. So apart from this job, which I found two days ago, I'm also an online ESL teacher hired by an American educational company. And I go, I run a group of international students who live abroad primarily, who live in the US, in the UK. So in the native speaking countries and they still have problems. This is another job I do. And I'm a total freelancer. So I found that job making a proposal. So I just found the company and understood that they have, you know, like they have a drawback, they provide excellent reduction courses. But their students are intermediate level or like upper intermediate level, and they still have troubles with grammar, vocabulary, and so on. So I created a detailed proposal and just emailed the company, emailed a CEO. And that was it. They found me professional and just invited to work for them. So that's it, you have to be active again. And the last point, I also have a blog on Instagram. So if you're interested, it's a really small blog yet, but I try my best to be consistent there. You can check it out as well. So I find students through the blog as well. I try to focus on non-native students from all over the world who need either get IELTS, for example, or some other exams, or who need to move to another country for work or, you know, just for immigration purposes. And this is another strategy I take to find students. You basically can try to do the same, because social networks are really powerful in terms of presenting yourself and building your personal brand. So it's a great way to find clients, students, and so on. And also my last recommendation is that you should not underestimate your personal network. If you have friends, if you have families, just make sure you tell everybody that you're a teacher and you provide these services. I know that many of you want to travel abroad and get a job there, but before that, you still have to make money, right? And if you want teaching be your career, start teaching right now, even before getting TAPL certified. It's really vital because you have to get this experience as early as it is possible. And at the same time, you still can work online, but for some international companies. And if you're interested in working in China, for example, you can basically find a Chinese company and start working with the Chinese students and get experience with this group of people. So that when you get to the location, when you travel abroad, you will be able to address those people's needs. So that's probably the most crucial point. And yeah, I don't have any further details, any further ideas. I think that I covered all of the points today. Still, if you have any questions related to the job assistance or what else or finding a job, but I believe that I have already addressed it, just let me know. And if you have questions related to some previous topics, I don't know, I've done so many different live streams already. And I believe that every week, the topic is really interesting and addresses many problems. I can also suggest it, as I have already suggested the live stream with my friend from China. So yeah, yeah, that's right. So if you want to succeed in any sphere, you have to be a workaholic. At least you have to show employers that you are a hard worker. Right? Because if you're a lazy person, and if you don't do anything even to find a job yourself, then who cares? Right? Nothing is for free here. You have to be really persistent. Right. So this final slide is devoted to my Facebook group. So if you are not on my Facebook group yet, feel free to join it. Let me send the link once again. Yeah. So basically, that's it for today. If you still have any questions related to the topic, let me scroll it back. Yeah, there was the Q&A section, but I think that that's it. So if you have any questions related to the job support, yeah, to the job support, let me know. And by the way, I have, I want to share a link to the company I interviewed in. So I got a job in. Let me send it to the comment section. I would say that if you want to work for like some money, it is, yeah, it is really accessible. It is easy to get a job in this company. I'm not sure if they hire anymore, but you still can check out that landing page and try your best. Who knows, maybe you'll start working with Russian students. Yeah. So check that one out. Okay. So that's probably it. Do you guys have any questions for me today? If not, that is all for today. And I will see you next time. I hope that this live stream was easy, was helpful to you. I hope that I addressed all possible issues related to the job search. But if you still have any questions, feel free to contact me in person on Facebook. You can do that either through the group or you can direct message me. Yeah. So I try my best to help out everybody. And when I have time, I answer in details. So if you have any further questions, just feel free to write me on Facebook. And that's it for today. By the way, no, I do not have a YouTube channel, but actually it's a great idea, especially for the pronunciation practice and for speaking practice. So maybe I should create an account. But I do have an Instagram page where I communicate with my prospective students. And I am also followed by some teachers from these live streams as well. So if you want to see how I do that, if you want to see how I build on my personal brand on Instagram, just feel free to follow me as well. Thanks a lot for today's questions. Thanks a lot for coming to the live stream. My colleague Linda will go live on Friday, by the way. She is also really helpful. So if you have any questions to native speakers, make sure you come to Linda's live streams as well. And I'll see you next time, guys. Thanks a lot for coming. And I wish you have a great week. Bye-bye.