 Hi, hey, welcome, Linda here with another live session this week. How are you all doing? Thank you so much for joining me on this beautiful day. I hope it's a beautiful day where you are and thank you so much for taking some time out of your day today to spend it with me. Today, we're going to talk all about Tefl resumes and how you can boost your own Tefl resume for applying for teaching jobs abroad or online or in your own home country. So that's what we're going to talk about today and I think it's a really important and exciting topic and I hope you're ready to hopefully learn a couple of new things. And maybe if you've already looked for a Tefl job in the past, you've got a Tefl job, you have experienced teaching abroad or online or in your home country, maybe you can throw in some of your own tips as well so we can grow this list together. That'd be really cool. If you could also share your experience and I'm also going to share obviously my experience. 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I'm in Cheongju in Chungbuk, which is kind of near Sejong city and Daejeon. So I'm sort of in the middle of the country. Very nice. Awesome. All right. How about you, other people here? I see we have a lot of people watching. Guys, let me know where you are. We have Anglic tech here in Egypt. And we have Gregory in South Korea. I'm in South Korea as well. What about you guys? Anglic tech suggests a conversation material to study to improve speaking. Very good. So actually what you can do, you can go to our website. Hold on. It is this link. I'm just going to share the link with you so you can check it out. One second. And we have a lot of material on this page that you can use. And they're sorted by category. So we have a category speaking. What is it called? Speaking tips, I think. Speaking. What is it called? Speaking. Here's, yes, speaking tips. If you scroll down a little bit and you go to speaking tips, there are a lot of activities. And you just click on one. And then you will see the activity. So check that out. I just shared it. It looks like this. So English minus grammar minus corner. That's where it is. And then you look for speaking tips. And I'm sure you'll find something there. All right. Cool. Yeah, then, yeah. Again, don't forget to like and subscribe so you never miss any of our upcoming live sessions. And then what I'm going to do, I'm going to jump into today's topic, OK? So, yeah, today we're going to talk about Tefl resumes and how you can boost your Tefl resume. And I think that a lot of people watching here today are already certified and they have teaching experience. Maybe you have worked as an English teacher abroad before. So maybe you can also share some tips and tricks. What you did maybe to improve your own resume that would be also really great. I'm going to share my tips, what I have personally done to boost my resume. And we're going to look at six different tips, how we can boost our resumes. And I think it's going to be really fun. So let's jump right in. Yeah, we did that 30% off. OK. All right, first I'm going to introduce myself for people who don't know who I am. My name is Linda. I'm a travel writer and content creator under the name Linda Goes East. East because I'm super interested in Asia. I've been living in Asia for almost 10 years now. I live in China. And I've been living in South Korea for over seven years. And I've also traveled all over Asia and my own personal website, lindegoseast.com. And my Instagram at lindegoseast.com are all kind of content about living and traveling in Asia. And also on my blog, on my website, lindegoseast.com, you'll find information about teaching specifically in China and in South Korea. If that's what you're interested in, feel free to check it out. I'm originally from Germany slash USA. So my mom is German. My dad is American. And yeah, now I'm based in South Korea. I'm also a Teflon TESOL marketing professional for ITTT, which is why I am here doing this for you guys, right? ITTT, if you don't know, stands for International Teflon and TESOL Training. It's a bit of a mouthful, but yeah, that's what it stands for. You can find us at tefloncourse.net and at International Teflon Training on Instagram. And we're also on all the other social media platforms. So go ahead and check that out as well. Give us a like, give us a follow, subscribe, you know, all of that stuff. We really appreciate that. And what is ITTT? Well, ITTT is a leading Teflon and TESOL course provider worldwide. So we provide English teacher training, right? English teacher training. People who want to teach English professionally, either abroad or online, or maybe in your own home country or maybe you want to start your own business as an English teacher, then you can come to us and we provide the training, get you that certification so that you are ready to start your new career path, all right? It doesn't matter if you come straight out of college or if you've been working in a different field and you want just a change in your careers, we have all different kinds of course graduates. They come from all different walks of life. So it really doesn't matter what your situation is, you can do it. As long as you're fluent in English, also if it doesn't have to be native English speaker, right? We also provide our courses for fluent English speakers. So as long as you're fluent, you're good. So you can take the course. No problem. Yeah. So that's a little bit about myself. And now we're just gonna think about, because we talk about Teflon resume. So what is the perfect Teflon resume? Let's think about that for a second. Obviously there's no, I don't think there's a perfect Teflon resume. There's not one answer, what is the perfect Teflon resume? But because we're all different, we all come from different backgrounds, we all have different strengths, weaknesses, interests. So no Teflon resume. Teflon resume is the same. And I don't think we could say, oh, there's like the perfect resume. But if we really had to pin it down, then the perfect Teflon resume would include this list of things. So a Teflon or a TESOL certificate for sure. That is one thing that you will definitely need. It just looks bomb on a resume. Even if you have a bachelor's degree in English or a master's or whatever it is, or if you even have a teaching license in your home country, it's just different. And for teaching English abroad, a Teflon or TESOL is definitely one of the things that you need to have. So that's one thing. Then obviously relevant work experience. So teaching experience or tutoring experience or any kind of experience like that should be on the resume. Ideally experience abroad or language skills also look really, really great on a Teflon resume. If you've already spent some time abroad, really, really good. Also, if you have foreign language skills, it just looks really good. And we're gonna talk about why that is in just a little bit. We're gonna go deeper into those things. And then also English proficiency certificates. And this is mostly for non-native English teachers from other countries, not English speaking countries. That's what you should have. If you're a non-native English teacher and you want to do Teflon TESOL professionally. So this is what we're gonna look at today. All of these points a little bit more in detail and we're gonna talk about it. And like I said, if there's anything else you would like to add at any time from your own experience or your own ideas, feel free to do so, all right? Here we have Dieu Franck Félisme. Hello, teacher. Félisme from Brazil. Hi, how are you doing? Good to see you. All right, good. So that's basically it. That's what we're gonna talk about today. We're gonna look at the Tefl resume, how you boost your Tefl resume considering those things. So let's jump into it. Let's have a look at the first tip. So make sure you get the right Tefl or TESOL course for the role that you're applying to or for your goal that you want, for the kind of teaching job at the country that you want to work in in the future. Make sure you get the right Tefl course. Juliana is here also. Hi, Juliana, good to see you. So when you do a Google search and you punch in Tefl course, you're gonna get thousands, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of results because there are so many different Tefl courses and even just on our website, you go to our website, teflacores.net, you'll see we have so many different kinds of Tefl courses. So it can get a little overwhelming and you might not be sure, hey, which Tefl course should I sign up for? So you need to do your research. Think about what do you wanna do? Where do you wanna teach? What kind of teaching job do you wanna get? And then you pick the right course for that specific role and destination. And obviously we at ITTT, we can help you with that, right? My team can help you with that. So if you have any questions, you're not quite sure, hey, which course is right for me, reach out to us. The email is a great way to reach out to us. Courses at teselminustefl.com. You can let us know exactly, hey, this is where I wanna teach. These are the kinds of students I wanna teach. This is maybe how much money I wanna make. Which Tefl course should I do? And then we'll be able to recommend one that is perfect for you. There's also, and I showed you guys that last week if you were watching on our website when you go to teflcourts.net and you're on the main website and you scroll down a little bit where you see it's a special offers. And then under that, there is like a light blue sort of box where it says, which is the right course for me? And then it says take our Tefl course quiz and find out in minutes. So that's another way how you can kind of do your own check which course might be right for you. So you can do that too. If you go to teflcourts.net, you scroll down just a little bit, you'll see that light blue sort of banner for that quiz. And you can take the quiz and then you can find out there as well. But yeah, so let's have a look at the Tefl courses here, the right Tefl course you should get. So just be aware that 120 hours of Tefl training is the basic international standard for gaining employment as a paid English teacher abroad or teaching English online. So a couple of years ago, either people didn't even need a Tefl. It was just kind of a nice to have thing. And there's even like introductory Tefl courses. They're just like maybe 20 hour Tefl courses, 30 hour, 40 hour, 50 hour, 60 hour and so on. Those are not enough anymore today. Those might be good if you wanna go and volunteer teach somewhere or if you just wanna get a little bit of a taste for Tefl and see if this is right for you before you invest in a full course. But other than that, those kind of introductory courses really are, they aren't really doing anything. And in my opinion are just kind of a waste of money because they're not really doing anything. So nowadays you really wanna get 120 hours minimum. This has really become the international standard. So even countries, there's some countries around the world where they even make 120 hour Tefl courses, a requirement in order to get a work visa or an English teacher visa. We see that in a couple of countries already and more and more countries are gonna do it and employers also. So just make sure you do that at least 120 hours and also pick, there's some essential criteria for picking the right course provider. Like I said, when you do a Google search and you type in Teflur TESOL course, you're gonna get thousands, tens of thousands of different results from different providers. So how do you know which provider is the best? Obviously ITTT, but just kidding. There's some other criteria as you can check and they should have obviously. So make sure that the Tefl course instruction is provided by a qualified instructor. That's a big criteria for a good Tefl course. So these instructors, they should hold a university degree related to TESOL and they should also, the organization, the Tefl course provider should possess accreditation from a recognized body within the field. And there's not just one accreditation for Tefl. There are actually different kinds, but really take your time to your research. And if you find a Tefl course provider that doesn't mention anything about accreditation, you should walk away from it because it's not recognized around the world. It's just not gonna be right. So just make sure that it ticks those boxes and ITTT does tick those boxes. Just wanna mention that. Anyway, also you should care about the course content. All right, typically on a good Tefl course website, you see a outline of the course content of that course. So make sure that it looks something like this. All right, so the Tefl and TESOL course content should teach you the primary skill areas required for a course graduate to teach English as a foreign language. And this includes things like here. So things like theories and methods and techniques of teaching, evaluation and testing, classroom management, lesson planning, pronunciation and phonology, receptive and productive skills also should have a grammar component. So this if the Tefl course that you wanna choose, Tefl or TESOL course you want to choose, the course outline, the course content, looks something like this, then it is worth taking. All right, here we have Daniel. Hi Daniel, how are you doing? All right, very good. Good, so this is the first point. Make sure you choose the right Tefl course, the right Tefl course being at least 120 hours from a accredited provider who ticks all of that boxes and the course content should look something like this. All right, then we're moving on to tip number two. Now you can go even further with advanced Tefl courses and they are really a good way to go. They're gonna look great on your Tefl resume because like I just said the 120 hour course these days is really the basic standard course that pretty much anyone who wants to go abroad to teach has, right? So how can you make your resume a little bit special, right? So that's what we're gonna talk about today and this is tip number two. How can you make that special with an advanced Tefl course, all right? So advanced Tefl courses are a great way to set yourself apart when it's time to look for jobs. So having both a base qualification, the 120 hours plus a specialized certificate can really make a fundamental difference to your job prospects because like I just said the 120 hour course is just now the standard. So you wanna aim for more than the standard, right? To stand out from the crowd, especially if you're applying for a country or a region that is very competitive or even if we take like China. China is huge, it is a huge ESL market but then inside of China if you really wanna be in Shanghai or you really wanna be in Beijing the competition is really great there especially for the good schools so you need to stand out, right? So that's a great way to do it. And these are some of the specialized Tefl Tefl courses that we offer at ITTT. So very popular business English, young learners and teaching online. And then we also have now teaching grammar and phonology and ELT academic planning, English language teaching academic planning. So these are really good add-ons that you can add to your resume that are really gonna just, yeah, sprinkle a little bit of spice onto your resume and they're also gonna be extremely useful obviously. If you wanna go into teaching English to young learners for example, if you wanna go into teaching children and if you want to be an English teacher in Asia for example, they're most likely your students are gonna be children. So this is a great additional certificate to have and this is also something I have personally done. So I got the 120 hour Tefl course in, I believe it was 2014. So I got that in 2014 and then the next one that I got to boost my resume was getting that young learners certificate. I did that. And I also got the business English certificate, excuse me. And then I also got the teaching English online certificate also. So I have three, those three specialized courses and they just look really good on my resume. They make me send out a little bit and I did get business English opportunities because I have this certification as well. And it also helped me with starting to teach English online. So that's also something I started doing kind of during the pandemic because a lot of in-person classes stopped. So I thought, hey, you know what, maybe now is a good time to start or try out teaching online and that's what I did. And that certificate really helped me doing that as well. So, yes. All right, Englea Tech has a question here. Does your course certified from Cambridge? So is your course certified from Cambridge? No, our courses are not certified from Cambridge. We are not, CELTA is a different company, right? So CELTA is a type of Tefl course just like ITTT has types of Tefl courses and CELTA is from Cambridge. We are not from Cambridge. We have other accreditations. And I showed that last time, but you can also check it out on our website. We have a affiliation site. So you can check out all the different accreditations because we do have online courses, in-class courses, combined courses, and the accreditations vary depending on the course, the type of course, because we have a different accreditation body who administers the in-class course because it just works differently compared to the online course. So there's some differences, but we have a bunch of accreditations that you can check out here on our website. All right, good. Then this was the second tip. I think that is it. So let's move on. Oh no, sure. Yeah, I forgot about that. So specialized, these are the specialized because we talked about advanced Tefl courses. So we have the specialized Tefl courses, but then you can also do advanced level Tefl courses, which are basically these here. For example, the 220-hour master package, this is kind of what I did plus the teaching online certificate. So as you can see, this master package has three parts. First one is the 120-hour course, the basic course, plus then two specializations. That's a really, really great course. That's the one I personally recommend to anyone who wants to teach English abroad because it's just so helpful with Business English and Teaching Young Learners because those are really the two biggest like niche fields in teaching. So it's really good to have and it looks good on your resume because you have 220 hours of training compared to just 120. But you can do even more. So depending on, you know, if you wanna pursue Tefl as really a long-term career and maybe your goal is to move into a head teacher, kind of a leading role, then these higher packages are definitely worth looking into. So we have the 420-hour professional package, which you can see includes the Tefl diploma course. So this diploma is really another level. It's high level. It's really for people who are really serious about this career path and maybe they want to do this long-term. Maybe they wanna teach at a university or maybe you want to start your own business even. So that's really great for that. And the 550-hour expert package, that's really the highest level of Tefl training that we offer at ITTT. So this includes really a lot of stuff. And yeah, I mean, in general, the more hours of training you have, the better it looks on your resume. So it just depends on you. Personally, definitely go higher than 120 hours. My personal preference is the 220. And I mean, then you can even come back later and do the diploma later if you want to. You don't have to do them all at once, right? This is training or professional development is a year-long process. So you can start now and then maybe two years later, you're like, hey, now I really wanna get a diploma in TESOL. So all up to you. It's not that you have to do this all in one go. That's not how it works. That's also not what I did. I first, actually when I took the course, there was no package like this. So I had to purchase them all individually, which was a lot more expensive. That's the other downside. So that's the good thing about the package that if you do purchase the package, it's just cheaper. And it also gives you actually a lot of time. So you have up to, I think a year to complete all of this. So if there is really no time pressure and even then you can get an extension as well. But yeah, so this is a great tip. Go for advanced level TEFL courses. They look just great on your resume. They're really gonna help you out. Let's have a look at tip number three. So if you are completely new to teaching, you wanna teach abroad, maybe in a more competitive area, but you don't have any teaching experience, what can you do? You can gain experience by teaching online. This is a super, super great way to gain experience, to kind of boost your resume with that. And it's just so incredibly easy these days to start teaching online. Like with a 120 hour TEFL, you wanna get that first. Once you have that, you'll really be amazed by how quickly you can actually get started teaching online. There's so many platforms nowadays and really because of COVID and everything, online teaching has boomed and it continues to boom right now as well. So teaching English online can really be a launch pad to a long and successful TEFL career. For building experience and boosting your resume, teaching online is really a great, great option. Because, yeah, I mean, maybe a couple of years ago was like, oh, teaching online, like online, online learning, it was kind of looked down upon or it wasn't like taken seriously. But I think especially because of COVID and like Zoom and the Zoom boom and everything now, just teaching online really is on the same level as in-person teaching in terms of what people think, people's views and opinions. So, yeah, I mean, teaching experience online is just worth just as much as in-class teaching experience. So having that on your resume is just great and it's just super easy to do. You don't even need to go anywhere. You just need to make sure you have a stable internet connection. You have like a quiet room. You have a good computer and literally that's it. And then you just sign up. You go through a little bit of an interview process, application process and then that's it and you're in. And you can get experience and you can get money too. So that's also good. So here are some of the online teaching platforms that are currently hiring that we recommend. And this is a sheet that I've shared with you guys before but I know maybe some people are new here. So I just wanna share that with you as well. And this is a Google Sheets that, hold on, how can I open it? Oh no. Okay, I'm gonna search for it here. Hold on one second. And then I'm gonna share the link and then what you can do is you can make a copy of the sheet. Here it is. You can make a copy of the sheet for yourself and there are all the different requirements and the hourly rates and the apply links, how you can apply and you can just check that out. So I'm just gonna share that now. It looks like this right here, this docs, Google Docs link. So click on that. And then what you can do is you can just go to file, make a copy, file, make a copy and then you can save that for yourself. I know that many of you guys watching have already done that. You have that copy and, but if you do that, so you go to file, make a copy. You can really then refer back to that at any time. You can check it out. There's also the different requirements. Is a Teflon required for this? Do they accept non-native speakers, et cetera? Are there any minimum hours that are required per week? What types of students is this platform for? So yeah, go ahead and check that out. Do you need a degree or whatnot? Do you need to have teaching experience? So yeah, I see somebody's looking at the sheet. So just go to file and make a copy and you can save that for yourself. All right, good. Awesome, okay. Yeah, so this sheet is something I really like to share. I think it's super useful for online teaching. So many different platforms you can really choose from. And maybe some of you are confused why it doesn't say 20 non-Chinese online teaching companies but this is because last year in the summer, about a year ago in China, they had this huge online teaching crash almost where the government put into place new regulations kind of banning foreign teachers or teachers from abroad. Like there were a lot of Americans, for example, or North Americans, Canadians teaching English on Chinese online platforms and the government in China kind of banned that. And then a lot of people, a lot of these Chinese online companies, online teaching platforms kind of went bankrupt or they weren't able to hire foreigners from abroad anymore. So we were looking for alternatives that are safe basically where it's not like, oh, suddenly the next day you'd be out of work. So that's why it says 20 non-Chinese online teaching platforms because they don't face this issue basically. You're good to go with those. You don't have to worry about any Chinese regulations when you work for any of these companies here. Okay, good. Then if maybe online teaching is not your cup of tea or you're like, yeah, I wanna gain experience but maybe not online. I wanna do something like in person, what can I do? Volunteering is a really great way to do so. And there are a lot of great ways you can volunteer. You don't even, yes, there are like volunteer programs where you can go abroad and teach abroad, volunteer teach, you know, people but you don't even need to do that. It's great if you do that, awesome. If you wanna do that, go for it. It looks amazing on your resume but some people don't have the time, don't have the money, don't have the resources to do that. So you can just find volunteering, volunteer, volunteer work, Jesus, volunteer work in your own community, right? Go to your community centers, you know, ask there. I know that here in Korea in my city, they were looking, they're always looking for teachers who maybe can teach English to, you know, some children from financially disadvantaged families and stuff. There is lots of opportunities you can do. You can volunteer in your own communities. These days, also what my friends back home are doing, also in Europe, they actually volunteer, teach refugees. So that's a really big thing that you can get involved with. So you don't really need to move abroad to do that but any kind of volunteer teaching work from an employer's perspective just looks amazing on your resume, right? I mean, volunteering in general looks great on everybody's resume, no matter what job you apply for but especially teaching because you are applying for a teaching job so it looks just great. And volunteering just shows that, it just shows an awareness and empathy for local and international issues and a level of self-sacrifice in that you're giving up your own free time to improve your own skills as well as providing a learning platform for others. So I just read that word for word because it just sounds really nice. But yeah. All right, Danielle says, I couldn't agree more. I've learned so much from this global online learning experience lately. I'm now quite interested in giving a go to teaching online before moving abroad. Yeah, so teaching online is just so great before you move abroad because also for yourself, you also get, you'll already get some teaching experience. So when you then are in an actual classroom, it's overwhelming enough because there are like 20 kids looking at you which is overwhelming but it kind of takes some of that pressure away when you've already been through hours and hours of online teaching. It is different obviously online teaching compared to in-person but it just helps you get more comfortable as a teacher and also kind of find out your own learning style or sorry, teaching style. So yeah, that's really great. Okay, so this is, yeah, that about volunteer work. All right, now we're jumping into tip number five, proof of English proficiency, right? And like we said in the beginning, this tip is more targeted at non-native English speakers, right? Non-native English speakers from countries that are not English speaking who have never had English, like didn't go to English in all English school or English speaking like university, school environment, those teachers. So why is that? Unfortunately, the native like native speakerism has really led to a bias against non-native speakers regardless of how excellent their English is. And we hear that all the time and that just exists in the Teflon industry. Unfortunately it does. You can definitely feel that. There are a lot of countries where it's pretty much impossible for non-native English speakers to even become English teachers which is really sad but still there are a lot of places where you definitely can make it as a non-native English teacher but then obviously you always will have to work a little bit harder, unfortunately when you compete with native English speakers because native speakerism in a lot of EFL employers minds is just better which I really don't agree with. I think if you have gone through the process of learning English as a student yourself, I think that already makes you a better English teacher when you've been through the whole process yourself. So yeah, anyhow. So in this case because of this unfortunate bias non-native English teachers they should, you guys should take on extra qualifications and these they can really help you set apart, set you apart at the application stage. We talked about that last week I believe as well with the English proficiency certificates and which ones are good to have and I've done a lot of research because obviously I have, I don't have one but I have asked a lot of people what they recommend and those two, the IELTS which stands for International English Language Teaching and Testing Systems, excuse me and TOEFL which stands for Test of English as Foreign Language. Those are recognized worldwide pretty much anyone around the world knows these and those are the big two. So if you are deciding, hey, which English proficiency certificate should I go for? If you pick one of these, you'll be good. You'll be good. You could take one of these or both but I know they're also not, they are also quite, I think quite expensive to do the certificate. So you might not be able to do both at least not at the same time. Maybe you can do one and then a couple of years the other one. I mean, building a resume also again is something that's done over years, right? It's not like to say that you need to do all of these things right now right away because that's impossible pretty much. So building your resume, boosting your resume is something you do over a period of time, right? Because you learn something new, you add it to your resume. You have a new teaching experience, you add it to your resume. You're constantly adding things to your resume, constantly boosting your resume, right? So yeah, just keep that in mind. I hope that's clear. I don't wanna sound like, oh, you need to do all of these things right now in order to go to teach abroad. No, what you can do, pick one of these, start with that, right? And then just build on to it over time. That's what I'm saying. So yeah, English proficiency certificates, IELTS and TOEFL are the two gold standard ones, if you will. They will really help you. They look amazing on your resume for non-native English teachers, especially. All right, and then tip number six, which is already the last tip. So after this, we're gonna do a Q and A. You can ask me some questions. So experience abroad or language skills. So those are completely different things, but I just put them into one tip because they're kind of similar. So any kind, if you don't have any teaching experience yet, maybe you have had a gap year experience or au pair experience, longer kind of trips, language exchanges, school exchanges, internships abroad, anything like that can look really, really good on your resume if you don't have any other professional experience. And this experience abroad really shows your eagerness to learn about new cultures and your adaptability, mostly adaptability. Mostly your eagerness to learn about new cultures that you have been before, because from a TEFL employer's perspective, it is very expensive to hire a teacher from abroad. And the worst thing that could happen to them, they put all this time and money and effort into hiring you and then you get there to wherever it is, South Korea, China, anywhere, to different culture, you get there and then you're overwhelmed, culture shock, you can't deal, you can't adapt, it's not for you and you just decide to go back home. And then they wasted all this money on you at this time. So that's the worst thing that can happen and that's what they really try to avoid. So they prefer picking people who have already, who are comfortable in a new culture. And when you put experience abroad on there that just shows them, hey, it's not the first time they go abroad, they've been through that, they're cool, they're not gonna freak out and go back home. Because that happens, that happens. I've witnessed that, it doesn't happen all the time, but some teachers, they don't like, they get to a country, they thought it was great in their head, but then they get here, it's completely different from what they expected and they just picked up and left. So I don't know, playing them at back home. And that's just something that the Teflon employers want to avoid. And by putting that experience on your resume, you can kind of show them, hey, no problem for me, I'm comfortable abroad, so I'm not gonna do that. The other point, the foreign language skills are also a huge plus on your resume. Because from a school, from an employer's point of view, if you know what learning a language is like, you'll be able to empathize with your own students, you're gonna make a better teacher. And I completely agree with that. If you have no idea what it's like to learn a foreign language, you won't be able to really understand your own students, I think, in my opinion. So definitely having that foreign language even if you don't, it doesn't mean like you need to be fluent in a different language, that's not what it means. It's more about that experience that you've gone through a learning experience, learning a new language, that experience. So even if you just put on there, yeah, I'm just basic, basic level Spanish, whatever, it doesn't matter. You don't need to be fluent in Spanish just as long as they see, hey, you have actually learned a foreign language before, that's already a huge plus. Even better, if you say you wanna go to Korea, for example, and you put on there, you know, basic Korean, that's already cool. Then they know, oh, this person is interested in Korea, in the Korean culture, they're gonna be a great fit. So something like that. And it's also, I mean, picking up the language of the country where you wanna go to before you even leave your home country is a great thing anyway, because it just helps you. You'll be able to order food, really basic things. Even you can just say hello and goodbye and thank you and please to people, it just goes a long way. So this is something I always recommend. I love languages, that's what my whole life was about, learning languages, I'm all about that. But it just really helps and it looks really, really good on your resume. All right, Amitava, hi, how are you doing, I'm great. And thank you, Juliana, for explaining that with the levels. All right, yeah, so this was the last tip I have for you today and let's do a quick recap. So we talked about getting the right TEFL course and you wanna aim for at least 120 hours from an accredited provider. The second tip I had for boosting your TEFL resume was doing advanced TEFL courses because they really show an employer that you're committed to improvement from both a career and a personal perspective. So that's really, really great for that. Teaching online, we talked about that. So if you teach online with a reputable company, it will not only express your desire to gain experience, but it'll also provide you with a reference that an employer can use to learn more about you. So that's another important point, right? If you don't have any prior work experience, putting that online stuff on there is another way where a potential employer can get a reference about you, right? So that's another great thing. Then we talked about volunteering, volunteering shows initiative, it shows empathy and a strong work ethic. So it looks great on your TEFL resume. Next, we talked about English proficiency certificates. So attaining IELTS or TEFL qualifications really helps to break down barriers or preconceived notions and ideas an employer might have if you're not a native English speaker. If you don't have English proficiency certificates, most, and you are a non-native English speaker, they just gonna have these, yeah, preconceived notions, oh, your English is bad. So you put those IELTS and TEFL qualifications on there, the more you have, the better you show them, hey, my English is awesome. So they don't even have to think about that. And then the last point we talked about that, talked about was experience, living or traveling abroad. They show your eagerness to learn about new cultures and foreign language skills. They make you understand what your own students are going through. So this is why that also looks great on your resume. All right, now again, doesn't mean you need to have all of those. Like I said, building a resume, and this is what Daniel said too, it's like taking baby steps, right? Doesn't mean like if your resume doesn't look like this now, it doesn't have to look like this tomorrow. It can look like this in a couple of years from now, in a couple of months from now. Don't worry, don't rush, it's a process. But you can take baby steps. If there's one thing that is achievable for you right now, then you start with that and then you move on to the next one. All right, okay. So yeah, I hope that this maybe made you a little bit more ready for taking on teaching English abroad or online or just your next step, right? What's your next step in this journey? And I have some more additional helpful tips for your TEFL job hunt here. And this is actually from a live session that I did before and it talks about the next step. So after your resume, and then you get the call for the interview. So now what do you do? You should watch this one. The 15 most asked questions in a TEFL interview. This will help you navigate the next step of the process. Once you've sent out your resume, you've got a call back and now you're freaking out about the interview. No need to worry. Check out this video and I'm gonna share the link with you too. If I can, can I click on that? Okay. And I'm gonna share with you this link so you can watch the video too. Hold on one second. All right, here it is. I'm gonna post it in the chat. Yep. All right, here it is. Looks like this. That's the video about 15 most asked questions for your TEFL interview. Check that out and you'll feel a lot more comfortable around that TEFL interview experience. And then, oh no, it's starting right away. Nope, that's not what I wanted. Okay. Then before we go into Q&A, this is how you can reach ITTT. On our website, you can actually request a call back in the header of the website. You can email us courses at tso-tefl.com and our website is teflcourse.net. That's how you can reach ITTT. And I want it to look like this. And again, quick reminder, we do have 30% off any TEFL or TSO course from ITTT. All you need to do is scan this QR code with your phone or I also have the link for you, which is the same thing. You just fill out the application. You'll see like congratulations, you get a 30% discount or something when you click on this and then you can fill out that application, any course and you can, yeah, it will be a lot cheaper this way. All right. And then we can go into Q&A. I already see there is a question from Gregory. So I want to address that. I just want to wait a second. If somebody's scanning this code, you could also take a screenshot of this code if you want to refer back to later or just watch the replay all good or just copy this link here that ends with Facebook Live minus Linda. This will get you 30% off. Any TEFL or TSO course from ITTT. If you have problems with this link application process, anything, feel free to ask me, feel free to reach out. I can help you out as well. Okay. And then, oh, I think this is the slide I'm gonna leave open. Okay, my bad. I'm just gonna leave it like this. All right. So Gregory, Gregory's asking, does ITTT provide job placement assistant assistance? I'm 120 hours certified from ITTT and have 14 years of teaching experience. Wow, awesome. That's great. Yes, we do have job placement assistance. We have lifetime job assistance at ITTT. So yeah, you have access to that. All you need to do is just email us. Let us know what you just told me that you are an ITTT course graduate and then we will help you out with the next step. So all you need to do is just email courses at tso-tefl.com and then you will get job assistance for completely free. Doesn't cost a thing. All of our ITTT course graduates have access to lifetime free job assistance. Okay. And then Ingle was saying, how much for the first package? Okay, I think you mean the 220 hour package, right? All right, let me pull that up for you. The 220 hour master package. And remember we do have 30% off. So you can check it out. There are two versions of this. So with many of our courses, there's two versions. One is with tutor support and one is without tutor support. So whether or not to go with tutor support depends on your own learning style. Are you comfortable just learning by yourself without any external like assistance then you can do without tutor support. With tutor support, we'll also get you videos which is really helpful. So you can watch videos about the course content as well. And you have access to a professional Tefl tutor who you can contact at any time. If you have any issues, any questions or you don't understand something then you can reach out to that tutor. So yeah, it really just depends on you. And I'm gonna share that link with you right now, angry. So you can check that out on the website here. This is a 220 hour master package link for angry or anybody else who's interested and you can check it out. It is with the 30% off link. So when you click on that and apply then you should see the 30% discount as well. If you don't let me know and I'll help you out. All right, you're welcome Gregory. Good luck with your job search. Are you planning on staying in Korea or you wanna go somewhere different? And Danielle says, I thought this was a great life session for us to acknowledge where we're at and what we still need to work on to move forward. Thank you Danielle, well said. That's exactly kind of what I wanted to achieve. No panic, just kind of putting it out there. Hey, this is what you can do to improve your resume. And that's that, baby steps. Like Danielle said, baby steps. Just all the options that are out there. Angry is asking, how long will it take the course to 220 hour course? So for first with the 220 hour course you complete the 120 hour course. With this one, you have up to six months to complete the course but most people depending on how much time you have most people completed faster. So maybe in three months, it took me three to four months and I was working full time at the time. So maybe you can do it faster if you have more time it depends on you. And then the two other courses you have an additional six months each, I believe but those are 50 hour courses so they take a lot less time. So maybe even just a month to complete. It all depends on you. How fast you study, you know how quickly you absorb the information but typically people completed in a couple of months. All right, Gregory is saying I'm planning to move to Thailand next year with my wife and new baby girl. Awesome, that's awesome. I wish you all the best. Thailand is amazing. I'm sure you're gonna love it there. We have a lot of ITTT graduates who have moved to Thailand as well. Great. All right. Okay, we're almost one hour into the live sessions. I'm gonna take a couple more questions and then I'm gonna sign off. So last questions. Who has more questions before I sign off for today? Let me know. Let me know. And also if you have any topic suggestions for future live sessions what you would like me to talk about what you're interested in. Let me know as well. I'm always looking for new topics to talk about. We've been doing these live sessions for close to two years. I think it's a year and maybe nine months that we've been doing that. So at some point, I fear we're gonna run out of topics. So I need your help a little bit. Okay, English says B2 can apply. So your English level is B2. B2 is quite high so I don't think you're gonna have any issues. However, in that case I think I would recommend a tutor support, all right? Tutor support, I think would be more helpful for you then in that case. So if you don't understand anything, if you have questions, you can ask your tutor and there will also be videos which will also help you better, okay? Julie Anna says I love the slides you made for today's live session. Yeah, I love them too. They are actually, they were pre-made to design but I just loved it and I tweaked it a little bit to fit, yeah, today's topic. So yeah, thank you. I wanted to change it up a little bit. Something different. Great, thanks. Thanks for noticing. All right. Okay, good. Anybody else has a last question? Gregory says this is very informative. I'll appreciate your, I really appreciate your time. Thank you, I appreciate your time also. I think you guys were really watching the whole time. Thank you. Cause some people they just come in and out, right? The live sessions, but I really appreciate when people like you guys really take the time and you watch the whole full thing. That's really amazing. Thank you so much. I appreciate that. And I will be back next week. So I hope to see you again there. Same place, same time. I will be here. I hope you too. Okay. Good. English says, do you prefer Zoom application? What do you mean? Zoom application? Like online, online application? Do I prefer for online teaching? Oh, for the Zoom application. Okay, got it. I do, yes. I use, I used to use Skype a lot. And then I use Zoom, I use now both Zoom and Skype. So where I teach that platform, the student can actually book, they can decide which platform they wanna use, either Skype or Zoom. But I do think Zoom is better for online teaching because I feel like they have more features and also with the sound. I think on Skype, Zoom has a feature where you can share your computer sound. So if you do listening exercises, where you listen to MP3, like audio files, I think Zoom works better unless Skype has figured that one out and improved it, I'm not sure. But I think Zoom is a little bit better. Gregory, you too. Have a great weekend. Thank you. All right. Okay. Good questions, guys. If anybody else has one last question, I'll be here to answer it. And if not, then I'm ready to say goodbye. But this was a really great session. Thank you guys so much. I appreciate you. All right. Yeah, I think that is about it then. All right, then if nobody has a question, I think I'm gonna sign off. I'm just gonna wait a little bit. There is always a lack, like a time delay between me talking and then you guys seeing it. So I wanna make sure that everybody has the opportunity to ask their questions and I don't wanna sign off too early. But I think it looks good now. I think no more questions, maybe. Okay. All right. Good. Well, if you do have a question and you put it in the comments, we will get back to the comments later on as well. So if you watch the replay and you wanna ask questions, you can do so as well. Thank you, Juliana. Have a wonderful weekend too. Hi, Anglia. I'm both German and American. I have two nationalities. All right, good guys. Have a great weekend and I hope to see you all again next week, all right? If you have any topic suggestions for me, feel free to drop them to me via Instagram or here on Facebook, whatever you want. And then I hope to see you all again next week. Bye, guys, thank you. Bye-bye.