If you are coming to the end of your studies, you may be torn between preparing to enter the corporate world of work or taking a well earned break and travelling for a while. Or maybe you’re flitting between the two, finding it difficult to choose between career or travel. Well good news, you can have both. Here’s how teaching English abroad enhances your career prospects.
1. Your CV Will Stand Out
International work experience is unique and will set your CV apart from all the generic corporate internship or retail work experience. Before you’re even at the interview stage it paints a picture of an independent person with initiative who is readily able to adapt to change and work outside of their comfort zone. It’s also a great talking point for your interview.
2. You Will Understand People Better
In the current globalised economy, having the proven ability to work internationally with people from different cultures is music to potential employers’ ears. Having a deeper understanding of a culture other than your own will enable you to see things from others’ perspectives much easier, making you better at empathising and hence a stronger communicator.
3. Broaden Your World Views
Many employers and even further education programmes stipulate that they want their employees to have ‘real world’ experience. Through teaching English abroad you will be able to demonstrate easily that you are willing to take on new challenges and that you have gained valuable experience from an environment other than being a student.
4. Develop Your Skills
There’s really no limit on how much your professional and personal skills will develop while you are teaching English abroad. You will be a better problem solver, develop your organisational and leadership skills and no doubt learn to be more flexible and creative. All of which are golden skills for furthering career prospects in any field.
5. Learn A Foreign Language
Foreign language fluency is a skill highly sought after by many employers, particularly diverse global companies that hold lots of opportunities. And whilst you are teaching English you will be in the perfect position to develop such a skill because the best way to learn another language is through being immersed in the environment where it is spoken all around you.
What’s more, you don’t need any formal teaching qualifications to work with us here at Lingoo. This is because you won’t be teaching English in a formal setting, rather your role will be a conversational coach for the family you are staying with. The only requirements are that you are aged 18-30, don’t have any dependents, are responsible, have a fun personality and enjoy helping people learn.
So if you’re ready to take your career prospects to the next level by teaching English abroad, read more about how to become a language au pair with Lingoo here.
