Ask Matt: How Do I Find a Teaching Job in Taiwan?

Dear Matt,

I’m thinking of moving to Taiwan, but I’ve heard there are not as many teaching jobs as there used to be.  Are there still many jobs?  How can I improve my chances of finding one?

Thanks!

Cliff

Dear Cliff,

When I first arrived in Tainan six years ago I would be approached on the street and in restaurants by people who needed teachers.  When I went to an interview, I would be interviewing the school, rather than the school interviewing me.  Teachers were in very high demand. Schools would accept anybody.

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Traveling with Children: An Interview with Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby Part 2

Debbie Dubrow
Debbie with two of her children in Gaudi Park, Barcelona

This is the second part of a two-part interview with Debbie Dubrow, author of Delicious Baby. Part 1 can be read here.

MG: Were you nervous the first time you traveled with your children? What did you expect it to be like?

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Traveling with Children: An Interview with Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby Part 1

Debbie Dubrow
Debbie with two of her children in Gaudi Park, Barcelona

Sure, Tim Cahill will go drunken diving for poisonous sea snakes, and Rolf Potts will try to sneak onto the set of The Beach in a Thai fishing boat, but that’s nothing.  If you want brave, talk to Debbie Dubrow.  She travels with her husband and their three children aged 5, 3, and 1.  That’s three children to take care of on airplanes and in hotel rooms, restaurants, and taxicabs all over the globe.

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Tony Eitnier and Thomas Arnold of Contemporary Nomad on Travel Blogging | Transitions Abroad

An interview with Tony Eitnier and Thomas Arnold, a couple who were forced into perpetual travel when the exclusionary marriage laws in their respective countries prevented them both from obtaining a visa in the other’s home country.