Conversations Direct is hiring work at home English conversation teachers in the United States. These are independent contractor positions paying $13.50 per lesson, with a possible bonus after six months.
Qualifications (from work-at-home job listing):
- Clear, articulate speaker with native English ability, pronunciation, and intonation. Good grammar and ability to explain and define words and expressions easily.
- Bachelor’s degree graduate or university student in good academic standing who has completed at least 2 full years of college.
- Adequate technology for the job — strong broadband connection, good processor, webcam, headset, typing ability.
- Maintain a professional appearance (with formal business attire) and neutral background during lessons.
- Be the kind of good conversationalist who is able to draw people out and engage people of different ages, genders, professional backgrounds, and English abilities.
- Extremely reliable.
- Willingness to learn how to adjust your speech to accommodate different English levels and to develop awareness of student strengths and weaknesses.
- Be able to provide a short introductory video of yourself for our school’s website.
- Flexibility to adapt in this startup environment.
- Patience, as it takes a little while for students to discover new teachers and start attending their lessons.
- Interest in foreign cultures is helpful. Familiarity with Japanese language or culture is very helpful.
Free training will be provided by the company. You must be available for 5 hours of online teaching per week.
If interested in this telecommute opportunity, please see the original work at home employment listing. Good luck to you!