tom
- 2010-12-20
They are worthless. You pay your money and get squat in return. At least that was my experience.
Rowena
- 2010-12-07
An update.
I have now received a refund, after enduring some of the most ridiculous, childish and unprofessional emails.
In short, their attitude stinks and my whole experience with them has left a sour taste in my mouth.
Jonathan
- 2010-12-07
I think you should look at this link and that all the teachers here in Mexico were hired through TeacherMexConnect and this was not written by their company and this can be verified
http://www.sharynita.co.za/tag/teachermexconnect/
Some countries, like Japan, require you to have at least a degree in something, but Mexico is not that strict. A TEFL certificate will do.
Then, I signed up with TeacherMexConnect. Actually all the teachers at SEA got the job through this website.
The deal is you sign up for a lifetime membership for US$40. You then send through a one page CV and they send it out to their network of schools across Mexico. I think you can specify if you want to teach kids or adults, where and what level, but I wanted to keep all my options open.
Then you wait, and within a few days the emails from the different schools should start to come in. The schools will deal directly with you. TeacherMexConnect will keep your CV active until you tell them you are no longer look for jobs.
Of course, if you ever wanted to find another job, you just drop them a line and they will reactivate your CV and send it out to the schools again at no extra charge as far as I understand.
It was a really simple process and I had about 9 job offers come in in the space of about 2 weeks. SEA was actually the first to reply to me, but I wanted to see what other offers came in. Some schools include accommodation, benefits etc, so you just have to weigh it up and see what works out best for you. Generally the school will help organise and pay for your FM3 work visa once you get there.
Personally, for the pleasure of living in Cozumel, I have no regrets for choosing SEA! For the ease and results, I highly recommend TeacherMexConnect. They were efficient, friendly and reasonably priced. It was kinda fun too to put my fate in their hands and see what opportunities presented themselves. I am infinitely grateful for where I ended up!
Rowena
- 2010-12-05
My Teachermex story is similar. Great emails to persuade me to pay then after I did not response. After I questioned their methods and threatened to instigate a paypal refund I was sent an incredably rude and defensive email...
"I would suggest you tone down your attitude as we have been helping you since only October and our site clearly states it takes several months. Everytime you wrote us we wrote you back including today and I am going to forward all those emails to you as well. **
Do you want to continue with our services or not. If you do I suggest you offer an apology after you see the email from the school. If we were actually a scam we would not be around for 6 years. You need to take your comments off the PayPal page because they are way over the top."
**---They didn't reply and they forward any of the supposed replies I mysteriously didn't receive.
My opinion-Keep well away and don't ever pay a recruiter money!
Cheryl
- 2010-07-31
Ironically, this sounds similar to the TEFL school in Guadalajara where I wasted $1500 plus accommodation. They guaranteed everyone a job. They spent about 2 minutes trying to find me one and that was it. The school was horrible: I learned almost nothing (thank god I already had teaching experience), one of the teachers made a racist remark against Britians in addition to not having a clue how to teach, the director never left his office and I don't think he was interested in speaking to any of us students, etc. I have to wonder if these two organizations aren't connected. (Teacher Mex I believe was created a few years after I attended the school in 2005) By the way, I now live in Mexico City and can recommend this city for one-on-one teaching. I can also understand how these 2 companies get away with the lies and deceit.
Chris
- 2010-07-13
TeacherMexConnect sucksssssss! It is a sham! I paid my $40 back in 2008. I'm not sure that I was contacted by any schools through them, but if I was then it was a pretty bad offer. They claim to have access to sooooo many schools and therefore paying the $40 seems like a fairly good investment because you think there's a decent chance you can get a teaching job through them. Ahahahhahhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. The reality of the situation is that you YOURSELF can find out about the same schools they have in their "database" if you just do a little searching on Google, Yahoo, etc. Finally, after like so many others who've signed up with these idiots (TMC), I contacted them and had the complete displeasure of dealing with one Dalia Jacobsen, who I must say is not exactly a "people person". If you deal with her, she will definitely not be open-minded to your side of the story and you will see the sun freeze over before you get your $40 back. You can count on that. In fact, she told me point blank that just her sending me several emails as correspondence was worth the $40 I paid. I swear to God she said that. Soooooo, the point of the story is.....save your $40 and spend a couple hours Googling about ESL schools instead. You'll be happier and richer. Happy hunting (jobs that is)!!!
Thomas
- 2010-07-11
I agree, I paid my $40, got one very bad offer, which I turned down and never heard from them again until I asked them for my money back (Money Back Guarantee?) I got nothing back.
Melanie Vortex
- 2010-06-19
I got a job through them. I am working in Costa Rica.
Anne
- 2010-05-23
TeacherMexConnect is a total scam!!! Just google it +scam and you'll see what everyone has to say!
I am trying to find information about TeacherMexConnect, specifically a mailing address so I can contact the Better Business Bureau. I, and several others, have sent in a fee and not been contacted in the manner as promised, and have certainly not received placements.
I thank you all in advance.
Charles