As you know, I've been doing casual teaching work on and off since I arrived here but it turned out that waking up every morning and being told to go somewhere different was getting a little stressful. That put together with the fact that I have been getting little work lately (and really not wanting it either because I didn't like it) made me realise I was in desperate need of an alternative and so the search began...
I started off contemplating a job in teaching since that is what I am trained in however I decided that whilst a full time post would look fantastic on my resume, it would dent my "English experience". With teaching in a new country comes a new syllabus. A syllabus brings the need for new knowledge I would have to learn in order to teach it and the need for new lesson ideas, all of which require a lot of time to be done well. This would seriously cut into my time of weekends especially when I could be out exploring London or having the odd weekend in Paris (possibly) - something which can't be done in Sydney. So I decided to sacrifice my perfect resume for a job that would fill the gap in my day.
I have been applying for jobs mostly in the area of teacher recruitment, basically doing the job of the girl who called me every morning and got me out into schools, but upon further research the prospect of cold calling and sales work made it all a little daunting. So, I began to search other options - reception and secretarial work mostly but most wanted at least a years experience in a similar line of work. Which brought me to these two interviews. Both for teacher recruitment companies but slightly different roles.
The first was a position which was to be half administration, half consultant work. It was about an hour from home and in a small team of 5 people. A nice environment. The second position was in a office space which is a converted bar (very modern refurbishment), 7 minutes by train and two minutes from the station. The position was mainly administrative duties within the office (of which there were about 7 people, mostly Canadians and Australians).
Interview one, Tuesday afternoon. It went well enough but I was feeling confident about Interview two on Wednesday afternoon - and rightly so. Interview two went so smoothly that they basically offered me the position in the interview. I left the place feeling very confident and called Matt to tell him about it all, only to have 5 missed calls from them asking me to take the job. That was 6pm yesterday. I have since accepted the position and start tomorrow! It's a very cool work place and I will be working with the new recruits and helping them fill out forms, helping them settle in, doing admin work like getting resumes sorted and police checks done. I'm basically the assistant for the 7 people in a way.
But as perfect as the job is, in that it is 8am - 5pm, its very close to home, and its work that I oddly enough like doing, I can't help but think that maybe I should have done teaching work. Have I just ruined my "perfect resume" or have I perfected my "English experience" and tarnished my resume? Or neither?
I started off contemplating a job in teaching since that is what I am trained in however I decided that whilst a full time post would look fantastic on my resume, it would dent my "English experience". With teaching in a new country comes a new syllabus. A syllabus brings the need for new knowledge I would have to learn in order to teach it and the need for new lesson ideas, all of which require a lot of time to be done well. This would seriously cut into my time of weekends especially when I could be out exploring London or having the odd weekend in Paris (possibly) - something which can't be done in Sydney. So I decided to sacrifice my perfect resume for a job that would fill the gap in my day.
I have been applying for jobs mostly in the area of teacher recruitment, basically doing the job of the girl who called me every morning and got me out into schools, but upon further research the prospect of cold calling and sales work made it all a little daunting. So, I began to search other options - reception and secretarial work mostly but most wanted at least a years experience in a similar line of work. Which brought me to these two interviews. Both for teacher recruitment companies but slightly different roles.
The first was a position which was to be half administration, half consultant work. It was about an hour from home and in a small team of 5 people. A nice environment. The second position was in a office space which is a converted bar (very modern refurbishment), 7 minutes by train and two minutes from the station. The position was mainly administrative duties within the office (of which there were about 7 people, mostly Canadians and Australians).
Interview one, Tuesday afternoon. It went well enough but I was feeling confident about Interview two on Wednesday afternoon - and rightly so. Interview two went so smoothly that they basically offered me the position in the interview. I left the place feeling very confident and called Matt to tell him about it all, only to have 5 missed calls from them asking me to take the job. That was 6pm yesterday. I have since accepted the position and start tomorrow! It's a very cool work place and I will be working with the new recruits and helping them fill out forms, helping them settle in, doing admin work like getting resumes sorted and police checks done. I'm basically the assistant for the 7 people in a way.
But as perfect as the job is, in that it is 8am - 5pm, its very close to home, and its work that I oddly enough like doing, I can't help but think that maybe I should have done teaching work. Have I just ruined my "perfect resume" or have I perfected my "English experience" and tarnished my resume? Or neither?
