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leszekekert   
21 Nov 2010
Work / Doing my course in Krakow, working in EFL in Poland (newbie questions) [43]

Hello,

My situation:
- recent university graduate, Economics with French (!)
- will complete my CELTA soon,
- british native, with a Polish name
- survivable polish. fluent french.
- not much experience, only a few private students in the past, some experience of volunteering in a UK primary school.

As I am doing my course in Kraków, obviously it would make sense for me to find a job there.. my questions are

- How easy is it to find EFL work in Kraków, is it already saturated?
- How good or bad is February for finding work?
- How about other cities, do you know the situation in Poznan, Gdansk, Warsaw, etc?
- Should I go to a satellite or smaller cities instead?
- What is the pay like over there? All I want really is a small flat and enough to eat and maybe go for a weekend drink..

- Are there any notorious schools to avoid?
leszekekert   
23 Nov 2010
Work / Doing my course in Krakow, working in EFL in Poland (newbie questions) [43]

@delphiandomine - yes, English natives are known for having poor language skills. But I am a language student and it has been a very important part of my life to date. I've been pouring over English grammar books for years. And teaching is something that I have always enjoyed. I'd like to do it for a career, not for an excuse to go on holiday.

@maybe - Thank you for the advice and for the encouragement. I also have to say that I really like your idea. It never really occurred to me of working PT for two industries at once. But you make a very decent point and such jobs looking quite attractive. Did you just quickly type that into Google, or is this from some specialist site for graduates?

@ bolle and everyone else - from what you say, it seems like this, "you can do it if you really want to - don't expect it to be a party and for people to run after you - but if you really want it you can get it, and enjoy doing it." - right?