As a non-native English speaker, you’ve probably exhausted all your options when it comes to finding a company to teach for. You’re ready to start teaching English online, but so frustrated with company after company requiring “native English speaker” as a prerequisite. Today, I’m here to tell you that a) I see you! and b) there are still some options out there.

At a time like this pandemic, more and more South Africans are looking to find employment online.

However, it has increasingly become difficult for South African teachers to find jobs with online schools due to a number of reasons, namely: connection issues, nationality, gender, race (sorry, but it’s a thing).

There is no need to despair though, because we have scoured the interweb to find schools that will make it easier for you to be able to teach English online as a South African native speaker.

An online English teaching job ad catches your eye. You click the "Apply" button, fill out the application form, and upload your headshot. Then, just when you think you are done, you see that it requires your self-introduction video and realize you don't have one yet.

If you have ever been stuck in this kind of situation, don't panic! We're here to help you craft an English teacher introduction video that will dazzle not only your potential employers, but also your future students!

You've made it past the interview, the demo and all the paperwork that comes with it. Phew. However, crickets are the only sound you hear because you are not getting any students signing up for your classes. A week turns to two, then three, and before you know it, two months have passed and you have taught five lessons at best. This is NOT what you signed up for. How much longer can you keep going like this?