TEFL Alumni - Sean Bienert |
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 My first job post-graduation was as a contract temp at a multi-national energy conglomerate. The pay wasn't bad, but I felt sick to my stomach nearly every day because everyone around me was totally obsessed with money. All I wanted to do was quit, but then I remembered the endless stacks of applications, the unreturned phone calls, and the resumes that, I presume, went directly into the "circular file." It wasn't long before I began to see that control of my life was being taken from my hands and placed on a track. Any experience I earned in that field, could only benefit me in getting jobs that were similar. I needed a change, and I needed it soon. The "real world" was beginning to l
Eventually, I looked applied for the Peace Corps, but had graduated technically early and had had to borrow more money than I could get from FAFSA. Having made a deal with the devil, aka Citibank, I could not get the loan deferment that I needed to go live in Africa. A friend once pointed out to me later, "So you're saying that you were essentially too poor to go to Africa?"ook really depressing.
The irony was not lost on me.
After having to defer my Peace Corps application, I applied for a TEFL job in South Korea. The first year I spent in Korea was one of the best in my life. I paid off over ten thousand dollars in debt and made enough in bonuses to take a motorcycle road trip across the United States for four months. I eventually returned to Korea for a while and then, prompted by my experiences in Southeast Asia, while on vacation from Korea, decided to get into the Non-Profit business.
Enter TEFL International.
 With my experience in managing as a head teacher at my old job and a very good reference, I was able to get a position as the volunteer project manager for TEFL International. Essentially, my job revolves around site-vetting (volunteer site fact-finding) and recruiting. Most of the time I can be found trundling off of the beaten path in various countries in Southeast Asia, trying to find new, solid, safe, and needy sites for volunteers.
Where am I at the moment? Find out here: www.toweltrudgings.blogspot.com
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Sean Bienert
