Submitted job application to nine Vietnamese schools and four Korean schools (via Oxford Seminars). I also joined this expat blog/forums group and posted a classified ad to look for the job or private tutoring. It has been over a week and a couple of the schools has processed my application, but no movement towards a phone interview or anyone interested. I am hoping that it just takes time for these schools to go through the applications and filter out the potential candidates (aka short listing). I am starting to feel that my credentials are not good enough and not sure what else to do besides anxiously waiting. In the meantime, I have been trying to review my teaching principles, grammar, and TOEFL lessons so that I am not so rusty.
I have considered traveling to Vietnam and plan to stay for two months while I go about applying to numerous schools in person. I figure if I show up in person they can see who I am in person rather than over email/phone and via photos. They can hear and see how I present myself so as to increase my chances with getting that job. In the process, I think it would be a unique experience to put myself out there and be outside my comfort zone to see how I would respond to the situation.
In addition, I have also looked at a couple of IT jobs in Saigon to see the kinds of projects being worked on. I have heard that Vietnam is a country where companies outsource their projects. Given that I have been the foreign country sending projects over, it would be interesting to be on the receiving end of projects in the foreign country. =) I saw a web project manager role and a lead position which I qualified for, but hesitated and the posting was taken down. I guess it wasn't meant for me.
For now I am applying to positions and waiting for replies. This is nerve racking. I might just take actions into my own hands by January and go directly to Vietnam.
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