TEFL jobs sites

On this page we include links to TEFL jobs sites.

Note that an appropriate amount of caution should be used in applying for - and accepting any job - in TEFL. And experience suggests that most people in fact find English teaching jobs by being there on the spot, in the country, rather than applying for one over the Internet.

If your interest is in Spain (and you already speak some Spanish), a lot of TEFL jobs in Spain are advertised on two local "career portals", Infojobs and Servijob.

Our top TEFL jobs sites

International House
With well over 100 language schools around the world, IH is the sort of reputable organisation you'd want a job with (something sadly not always the case in TEFL). A well organised site, allowing you to search for TEFL vacancies in different countries, different times of the year, etc.

TEFL.com
TEFL.com carries an impressive number of TEFL vacancies and a variety of tools for searching and applying for jobs. Probably the best site for finding yourself a job.

English Job Maze
Lists jobs - which happily look very recent postings - allows you to upload your CV (but does any DoS really have time to trawl through them, we wonder?), receive job offers by email and provides, among other things, information on how to supplement your income... Now that is going to be useful!

The best of the rest (alphabetically)

Dave's ESL Café
Dave's ESL Café has an "international jobs board" which posts new EFL vacancies daily. Ghastly design, but still one of the most popular English language teaching sites on the Web. The international jobs forum is somewhere you might want to check out for the lowdown on countries, schools, etc, around the world.

Edufind.com
"Jobs and resources for TESOL professionals" (the former the more impressive set).

ELT Jobs in Japan
Calling itself the "web site for English teachers in Japan" this one offers quite a lot more than jobs - all of which are, surprise surprise, in Japan.

English International
Information and advice on teaching English overseas (especially for US citizens). No jobs as such on offer on this site, but some useful advice (FAQs about TEFL, TEFL job search tips...)

ESLemployment.com
Neatly divides its job offers into geographical regions (Europe, North America, etc), which you can also receive weekly in your mailbox. As with all the other sites, treat job offers with due circumspection.

GoUK.com ELT Guide to English Language Schools in the UK
Not a site on which you will find jobs advertised, but lists over 500 English language schools in the UK, which you can narrow down by region, courses offered and so on.

TEFL.net
Carries a number of TEFL jobs, though nowhere near as impressive as tefl.com. If you are completely new to TEFL, check out its TEFL FAQs page.

TESOL.net
"Warning! Jobs posted here are NOT researched (...) Please be extremely careful before accepting a job outside your native country". Good advice - and not just regarding the jobs on this site, from Linguistic Funland.