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Hear hear, my fellow expatriates!
I'm sitting in an internet café at the riverside and I'm typing up some CVs to look for a second job.
If I'd say that the school that I'm currently working for is a disappointment it be a massive understatement.
I'm working 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, show up ever second Saturday and because I'm a sucker I do that
to myself for 828 bucks a month...

...Yeah. I know. I know.

Anyway. I'm looking for a school that offers evening classes. Possibly a school that I could work for on a full
time basis after a while once I get fed up with slaving away for less than 5 bucks an hour. So, any suggestions?
Preferably in the Toul Kork area. I know that this forum isn't a job agency, but I need some extra money and I
need it ASAP. Unlike some of my contemporaries, dealing with drugs is not an option for me (it'd be like a
vegetarian that works in a butcher's shop)

Any suggestions?

Seriously guys!
I don't want to put on a wig and give the ladyboys in town a run for their money

Jacket wrote:I don't want to put on a wig and give the ladyboys in town a run for their money

Personally I think that would be quite fetching...

StroppyChops wrote:

Jacket wrote:I don't want to put on a wig and give the ladyboys in town a run for their money

Personally I think that would be quite fetching...

Now that's just too much sexy for one evening.

Jacket wrote:I'm working 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, show up ever second Saturday and because I'm a sucker I do that
to myself for 828 bucks a month...

Any suggestions?

9 times 5 is 45. That's 45 hours a week.
45 times 4 weeks, that's 180 hours a month.
828 bucks divided by 180 equals, OMG, you can't be serious.


I'd suggest you get a haircut and get a real job!

I'd get a haircut. But that costs money.

I got a haircut. Now, about this job you're offering...

While my math skills aren't as good as UT's, it does sound like a bad gig (which you seem to already be aware of).

I can only assume the "9 hours a day" includes office hours, and not solely teaching hours?

Ok, evening hours.....

Off the top of my head, I would check out ELT. They have a branch a branch in Camko Center, which is pretty much Toul Kork area.

You can almost always get an hour from 5:30pm-6:30pm, called their "golden hour."

Pay can range from $12-15 for that one hour a day, Monday-Friday.

I would also be looking into landing a whole new gig and drop the current one completely.

Most shitty schools have negotiable wages too.

I think your story shows that it's still quite easy to land an English teaching job quickly, but takes more time to land a job you want to keep.

Remember to dress up as much as you can for interviews and ask for the director instead of just throwing your CV at the cutie at reception and bouncing.

I always thought the Tuesday/Thursday issues of the Cambodia Daily had some of the best current job offerings. They have to pay to advertise there and be organised to get the ad placed, so generally a good start as opposed to the places that let anyone post random jobs for free.

And definitely ask any teachers you come across if they know of any openings. The better positions usually fill faster, which shouldn't be a surprise.

Best of luck, and hopefully others can provide some more ideas here.

If those are contact hours it's a dreadful salary. I used to teach English but it was never for that low a rate, and I'm glad I got the hell out of that scene. Even PUC pays about twice that, they have a branch in TK.

OP get a new job ASAP. Even tempted to say give 4 weeks notice now...but the jobs on HR websites actually look like slim pickings...however you should find a job in 4 weeks easy enough (I'm presuming you're young and white and own a tie?)..plus it indicates to your current employer that you're unhappy/not been paid enough, and miracles happen(stroppy?) They might offer you an improved rate (minimum for a westerner should be $10 a hour, and I've worked in some shit schools)
Check http://www.camhr.com and education jobs. Monitor that page - most of the schools advertising there are pretty desperate and will daily update their post (doing this knocks it back up to the top with the 'new' logo flashing beside it...at 5:33 this morning there are no new jobs FYI) also check http://www.bongthom.com
...final tip would be Western in Toul Kork huge school loads of campuses in TK, meet the man in charge?

...needless to say, but I will anyhows, the man in charge is a c#nt.