What a Pity for a Beautiful Place: The “Single Story” of Guatemala
Guatemala had always been high on my travel watch list but it’s on other watch lists too. I was [...]
MythBusters: Teaching English Abroad Edition
Teaching English as a foreign language is a viable opportunity for just about anybody. Máximo Nivel has seen teachers from [...]
Non-native Speaker Interested in Teaching English Abroad? There’s Room for You Too!
Some English centers pride themselves on exclusively providing instruction from native speakers. Nationals from the United States, Canada, the [...]
Getting Laid Off Doesn’t Have to Be the End of the Story
At first glance, there aren’t many redeeming factors to recently losing your job. No one relishes insecurity. And for [...]
Is There a Season of Life for Going Abroad?
When I was little, I reasonably assumed I would grow up to be a detective in Paris. Then I realized [...]
Teaching Abroad: The Career Move You’ll Never Regret
Creative minds strive to escape the daily grind. We want to learn about new things and new places. And [...]
Transitions: Around the World and Back Again
Life is about change and sometimes it's more welcome than others. Some changes are simply slight adjustments to our [...]
Teaching English in Costa Rica as a Couple
Meet Kyle and Kathy, a lovely couple from the States that took a sabbatical year to become TEFL certified at [...]
Living and Working Abroad: Are We a Match?
Do you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain? Just kidding, wrong kind of profile. But how do [...]
Getting TEFL Certified Online to Teach English Abroad
Meet Rachel G. a recent graduate of our online TEFL certification program. Rachel started her online course while living [...]