delphiandomine
17 Feb 2011
Work / English tutoring help - do we need the TESOL certificate to work in Poland? [33]
Better to be realistic than to pretend that Poland is like London or New York when it comes to finding work.
For a pair of 22 year olds who require work permits? Not so. I don't know any school directors who would hire such a person, unless they were completely desperate - why bother, when there are more and more qualified people turning up? I mean - neither of them have degrees in a related subject, neither of them have any teacher training certificates - and they're also going to be younger than most of their students.
It is hard. You've even posted yourself that you aren't earning enough to live during the summer months - is that really what you'd call "easy"?
Still, you can tell them that it's easy. They'll come here, only to realise that Poland isn't particularly good for foreigners to work in, especially when their age is used against them by ageist Poles who regard age = respect.
Yes, there's always work under the counter to be had in kebab shops and the like - but really, what are they going to do with 5-8zl an hour? The cheapest train ticket from Poznań to Wrocław costs nearly 26zl -that's 3 hours work, just to take a train to the closest nearest city. And that's travelling by Przewozy Regionalne - so hardly comfortable and always full of idiots. Even to visit Berlin (a mere 250km away), you're looking at paying a minimum of 55zl each way per person.
Heck, even to enjoy a beer outside in summer is going to set you back 8-9zl or so.
A. With Delph always half empty and the biggest pessimist on this site.
Better to be realistic than to pretend that Poland is like London or New York when it comes to finding work.
There is plenty of work here, I assure you that you'll find something.
For a pair of 22 year olds who require work permits? Not so. I don't know any school directors who would hire such a person, unless they were completely desperate - why bother, when there are more and more qualified people turning up? I mean - neither of them have degrees in a related subject, neither of them have any teacher training certificates - and they're also going to be younger than most of their students.
Every time someone comes on here about work it's always, " You'll find it hard". Yawn.
It is hard. You've even posted yourself that you aren't earning enough to live during the summer months - is that really what you'd call "easy"?
Still, you can tell them that it's easy. They'll come here, only to realise that Poland isn't particularly good for foreigners to work in, especially when their age is used against them by ageist Poles who regard age = respect.
Yes, there's always work under the counter to be had in kebab shops and the like - but really, what are they going to do with 5-8zl an hour? The cheapest train ticket from Poznań to Wrocław costs nearly 26zl -that's 3 hours work, just to take a train to the closest nearest city. And that's travelling by Przewozy Regionalne - so hardly comfortable and always full of idiots. Even to visit Berlin (a mere 250km away), you're looking at paying a minimum of 55zl each way per person.
Heck, even to enjoy a beer outside in summer is going to set you back 8-9zl or so.