How Oneika Gets teaching jobs around the world
Nomadic Matt speak: Tell everyone about yourself
Oneika . I am a serial expat bloggers and travel junkie who has traveled to 68 countries around the world! I'm from Toronto, Canada, even though my parents were born in sunny Jamaica. This means that, although I am used to the cold, I hate it - the tropics run through my veins! I have been living abroad for more than eight years 31 years old and. While I am a traveler at heart, I am to inform a teacher by profession and currently in middle school English at a private school in Hong Kong.
What is your move to Hong Kong inspired and love travel
My relocation to Hong Kong was inspired by a burning desire to work and travel in the Far East - the Asian culture always so exotic for me, and the idea of life on the other side of the world seemed irritated me. But my first experience with an intercontinental journey began in my third year of university where I study abroad program in France did for a year. Once I realized that I could make teaching money I spent a second year in France to do that and then moved to the same thing in Mexico do. Want more of a culture shock and memory to go to my first request to the Far East, I decided to search for teaching jobs in Asia.
What'd for all your trip you save?
as a student, I worked odd jobs in a call center and fund a bank for my trips during school breaks. They were mostly low-paying jobs, but through diligence and price I was able to $ 4,000- $ 7,000 USD to save part-time during the school year from work and almost full-time from May to August. I only regret that I worked very near my hometown of Toronto and then used my money to take international short trips - somehow I never realized that I could make money while living abroad, until I got into the classroom ! Anyway, now that I have finished school, have moved abroad, and have full-time taught for seven years, I try to set aside a certain amount of money for my travel expenses every month. I'm trying to cut unnecessary spending (difficult, because I love to shop!) And instead prioritize travel.
How do you keep on a budget when you travel?
I usually plan a trip with a set budget in mind. When I plan my trip to Tokyo, I did a little research would cost a feel for how to get a lot of things like transportation, food and accommodation. I used this information to decide how much money I would need to spend on the entire trip. I try to set a daily budget and try to use only cash or debit when you pay -. I avoid my credit card at any time with
I even try the best forms of public transportation on foot or on a target. Also, I'm at the point where I will choose and select the tourist attractions with the best price supply: I know I do not have to see everything, and I'm not interested in making money in on a random museum / shrine / temple spend just because it is listed in my guidebook! If money is a problem, I always advise people just to pay to see the things they really care.
You are an English teacher. How did you get this job?
After getting my bachelor's degree, I taught ESL in the south of France for a year, by an English Teaching Assistant program of the French Embassy offered. During my time in France, I met a French girl who taught in a boarding school just outside of London. It was then that I learned about the existence of international schools, the schools are that the expat children of families make who have moved abroad for any reason. The language of instruction in most of these schools is English, and follow many of them a Canadian, American or British curriculum.
If I were discovered to inform this kind of schools I need to get a Canadian or American permission to teach, I returned home and got certified to elementary and middle school English and French teaching. It was the best decision ever! I secured an international teaching in Mexico and never looked back. I have been teaching for the international schools in London and Hong Kong. In between, I went back to Canada and taught French in high school, but the draw of international travel has me go back after a year abroad
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You will find it easy to get work?
I have to get pretty easy to find in my field work; there is a wealth of recruiting agencies, which are found both international school and ESL teachers work abroad aimed to help. For ESL teachers, as organizations Teach Away and online job boards like Daves ESL Cafe great places are looking to start for jobs. I have my ESL teaching assistant job in France by CIEP. looking to teach at top schools for certified teachers, recruiters like Search Associates and ISS are an excellent resource.
Many readers ask me about racial prejudice in the world. Have you ever faced a racial prejudice on the road?
Honestly? I have in all my trips to the Super-fortunately I have very few incidents in which I have been discriminated against because of the color of my skin. Do not get me wrong: in places where black people are a rarity, rigid people. This has me often happens in Asia. In South Korea and China, people reached out of my skin and hair without touching asking. In Thailand, India and the Philippines, people have stopped to ask me if she could take my picture
I usually do not mind the attention -. I think it's funny, and these types of interactions have always because the people involved were positive very flattering. I understand that their interest is often operated by an innocent curiosity; the reality is that many locals in these countries, for whatever reason, unusual black people are seen "in real life." That makes a big difference in terms of how I look at these types of interactions.
The only time I was really suffered racial discrimination, when I went on a short trip to Ireland in 09 I was in Dublin, as a group of men followed me and exclaimed some inappropriate racial epithets. Nevertheless, I would not venture that the incident color blank (pun intended) in my opinion of all Ireland - it is a beautiful country and I hope to return someday. I have a number of lovely Irish people traveling, met there, so am convinced that what had happened in Dublin with me a single case.
you are traveling solo. What safety tips would you My # 1 tip other solo female travelers
: Be prepared and your environment remain conscious. Do not open in danger. A well-planned itinerary, in my opinion, keeps you focused and out of harm's way. It is when you wander aimlessly, without a plan, you become a target. Another tip from me, which is perhaps is controversial: not dress provocatively. Yes, I know we should be women capable any way we want to dress up, but when I travel, especially in Islamic countries where women are expected to cover up the spot, I have the same. It allows me, as to remain "under the radar", as much as possible - I definitely want to avoid getting negative attention. If that means I have to leave at home my shorts, it should be so. "Doing as the Romans" also respect the local culture shows, try.
What advice do you have other people who are afraid to travel across the world or think it is dangerous to travel, as a woman?
do not believe the hype! The media perpetuates the idea that international travel is dangerous, but the truth is that there is often a greater chance of tragedy befalling you literally as abroad in your own backyard. Research your destination before it and inform yourself about the potential dangers, so you have no chance of becoming a victim. Another thing to do would be to sign up for their perspectives on a specific place to connect with other travelers online. Reports are also a great resource for current information from someone "on the ground" - do not hesitate, your favorite bloggers for Insider Information Contact Us
. what advice do you have for others who want to do what you do?
Get a teaching certificate! Whether you ESL or an elementary or secondary school subject in an international school teach, teaching is a marketable, exportable skill that is highly sought after abroad. School holidays and public holidays are abundant, which allows you to travel on your downtime (case in point: I get 13 paid weeks of vacation per year). Teaching also allows you to have a base that may be a better option for those who want to travel, but not necessarily like the idea of backpacking or be in motion all the time. Getting a diploma ESL and / or to teach a state teaching certificate, is relatively time and cost effective. Do it!
What's one thing you know now that you wish you knew when you travel started?
I wish I realized that I do not need to see everything that journey is not a race. I wasted a lot of time, energy and money trying to beat each tourist attraction in a city specific, from country to country in an effort to bounce to pack everything in. Now I prefer to travel "more slowly", picking and selecting the things that catch my imagination. I also wish I had more of opportunities such as the Rotary exchange program taken abroad while studying in high school.
For more travel stories and advice from Oneika check out her blog at Oneika of travelers.
to be the next success story
One of my favorite parts about this job people will hear stories travel. You inspire me, but more importantly, they also inspire you. I travel in a certain way, but there are many ways to finance your trips and travel around the world. I hope these stories that show that your trip to reach more than one way to travel, and that it is within your reach goals. Here are other examples of people who work overseas to finance their trips:
- As Jessica and her friend found jobs all over the world
- How Arielle got a job on yacht
- How Emily English taught them
we all come to finance RTW adventure from different places, but we all have one thing in common :. we all want to travel more
Make today the day you take one step closer to travel -. whether it is buying a guide to create a hostel booking an itinerary, or go all the way and a ticket to buy
Please remember that we may not come tomorrow, so do not wait.
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