So You're Trying to Find a Teaching Job? Read this first!
Landing a Teaching Job in Thailand: A Wild Journey of Paperwork, Smiles, and Mild Identity Crises So, you want to teach English in Thailand? Fantastic! Pack your sunscreen, your patience, and a collection of slightly wrinkled collared shirts, because you’re about to enter a magical land where everything is possible, nothing makes sense, and job contracts are more like suggestions. Let’s start with qualifications. Do you have a degree? Great! Doesn’t matter what it’s in, Ancient Basket Weaving, Interpretive Dance, or just the classic “I Barely Passed Anything Studies” is fine, as long as it’s a degree. Don’t have one? Well, you might still find a job… if you’re charming, lucky, and okay with being paid in noodle soup and mild anxiety. A TEFL certificate? Yeah, technically you might need one. But in reality, half the teachers don’t have one, a quarter bought theirs from a website that also sells fake Rolexes, and the rest actually did the course but can’t remember what “present perfect c...