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 Saturday April 05 2008

Secrets of Those that Do the TEFL Hiring

Secrets of Those that Do the TEFL Hiring is both a thread on the ELT World forums and a post on the ELT World blog summarizing the thread. This is an informative read with perspectives from various people involved in hiring from around the globe.

I’ve been going to ELT World for a while now. The forums have a good mix of people from various countries and it doesn’t seem to be quite so vitriolic as Dave’s Cafe. There is also a little more professional talk, though that is not all - there’s still the chatty threads and fun things that one would expect from a message board.

The downside is that there are not enough regular posters. there are 3-5 new posts/threads a day in the busiest forums, but other forums haven’t seen a post since I started there. I really think that this forum has potential to be an excellent community and for ELT instructors world wide. However the admin has tried to copy Dave’s cafe by have forums for each specific country or region when there isn’t the user base to support this. If there were only 2-3 forums to start the users that are there would be more concentrated resulting in more new threads in the area of high traffic. This would draw in more users and eventually there would be a large enough user base to diversify and add more forums.

Despite the lack of focus, I am an active member there and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. If you are looking for a community with potential for growth and that is not over moderated and filled with negativity like Dave’s Cafe then I suggest you head over to the ELT World Forums and give them a boost. Also check out the affiliated blog.



Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Saturday Apr 5, 2008 at 08:35 AM
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David V. wrote 106 words  on  Monday Apr 7, 2008  at  05:56 PM Turkey

Thanks for the mention. You are a valued member of the forums and I always look forward to your input.

Movement on some of the forums has been slow, although there are many lurkers who I’m sure are getting some valuable info. I’m planning a major revamp to make the forums even more valuable, including forums for teacher trainers to post links to their courses, job info forums for each region and the facility to upload/download files directly between forum members.

I think we’ve made a good start at ELT World and look forward to more people joining us to make the best online TEFL community.

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