Introducing Teach Aways first annual international education recruiting trends report!

Introducing Teach Away’s first annual international education recruiting trends report! “What matters most to candidates looking to teach abroad?” At a time when hiring international educators is more competitive than ever, knowing the answer to this question is critically important. That’s why, to shed light on the evolving international education hiring landscape, Teach Away recently surveyed more than 10,000 teaching candidates from our extensive community of international educators, to better understand their key career motivators and job search preferences. Their answers can be found in our annual International Education Recruitment Report for 2017. hbspt.cta.load(2736097, '7f899091-104b-40c4-ac00-7892e8fcb303', {}); The Teach Away International Education Recruitment Report is filled with international education industry dataand actionable takeaways. Featuring data-driven insights and hiring strategies from leading experts in international education recruitment, our report will arm international school leaders with the information they need to continue attracting and retaining the best international teachers in an increasingly competitive landscape, including: What motivates candidates to teach abroad. What makes them happiest at work. How to avoid common frustrations that they have when looking for jobs. Where to look for great teachers and how to attract them to your school. A big thank you to our respondents for contributing to this research. Be sure to check out the recruitment report and share with your colleagues on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn!

Tutoring via Twitter

Tutoring via Twitter It seems that not a day goes by without some reference to Twitter in the media; be it a wayward politician telling all about inner-party secrets or an overpaid footballer throwing a tantrum about their recent transfer dealings, Twitter seems to be the weapon of choice if you want to make yourself heard these days. But does it have the potential to help private tutors deliver their tutoring services to their clients? Within three short years, Twitter has grown to become one of the 50 most popular websites in the entire world - quite an achievement when you consider just how young the company is and how rapidly it has integrated itself into popular culture. The site itself is a free to use social networking site. It is best described as a micro-blogging service; allowing users to post text messages that can be read by their followers (people who subscribe to the author's posts). These posts are known as Tweets, and are primarily the reason why Twitter is used by millions worldwide. But there are two curious factors about Twitter: the first is that, whilst Twitter is one of the most popular sites on the Internet, it has a hard time retaining its users. Every month, the average conversation figure for users retained each month is only around 40%. Second, it seems young people just aren't interested - although this could open up an interesting opportunity for those who act as private tutors to older tutees. According to recent figures from ComScore, the majority of Twitter users are aged between 45-65. Twitter is still in its infancy, but could it eventually serve as a real-time platform for online tutors and adult learners to engage in one-to-one tuition?