Culture Shock
Being prepared will significantly reduce the stress surrounding your move to another country. You need to make a list and carry with you in your phone or on piece of paper with your passport and keep it close during your travels. Here are some small but helpful tips to help you stay organized avoid unnecessary [...]
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There are plenty of books and online materials to walk you through the steps of writing a winning resume. Since we cannot possibly cram it all in here, consider the following to be helpful and simple reminders to help your resume stand out. If you have crafted a resume and consider it an inspiring piece [...]
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The sun is shining, there are Christmas carols in the distance, and Melbourne becomes more alive than ever at this time of year! 1) Suzuki Night Markets at Queen Victoria Market starts on November 17th, 2010, every Wednesday night until March. 2) St. Kilda Night Market may not run this year due to lack of support fron the [...]
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Teaching in Ontario (Canada) is brilliant for a number of reasons; the pension’s reputedly one of the best in the world, and the teacher salary benefits: massage, dental, optometry, even orthopedics! — are something to write home about. But of course traveling the world is kind of amazing…and a developing–or feeding, for some!–your sense of [...]
In Australia, I spent my first job curriculum curving and tuning my ear into their accent. Fights broke out regularly in our playground, and I was lucky if it didn’t happen in my classroom. My class was a sort of bike-crashed, cut-up and scabbed lot with teeth, and uniform going everywhere, suggesting that they were [...]
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