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How much should I charge?
« on: April 26, 2005, 03:38:41 PM »
Guys and gals,
As some of you may know, I am an English teacher by trade, that is to say an 'EFL teacher', someone who teaches English as a foreign language.
I have been looking for employment for the last 6 months, have considered going abroad to live and work, but with a mixture of lack of experience for a particular job or lack of enthusiasm, I have sat getting further into debt, and more depressed about my situation as the days roll by.

But! I think I have found the job for me - telephone teaching! I have contacted a French company that have basically offered to employ me, but have asked how much I would charge for a 25 min telephone lesson, including costs. The thing is, I want to earn as much as possible, so I don't want to sell myself short and quote too small amount, but on the other hand I don't want to ask for too much and not get any work.

So, is there anyone here who could do me a sneaky favour and email the company asking how much they charge for lessons? That way I could pitch my costs right :-D

Also, if say, they charge, I dunno, 60 Euros an hour, how much of that would a company typically take, any ideas?

I'd really really appreciate any help from you guys, this will (hopefully) be a life-changing moment for me!

Thanks in advance,
Adam
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Re: How much should I charge?
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2005, 08:59:23 AM »
Hey, you studied linguistics? Cool!

Anyway, she asked me to quote costs, a couple of firends suggested asking for 25 Euro for 25 mins, she wrote back and said that she would be expecting to pay me half that...

SO I didn't get the job, despite the fact that I said I'd be willing to discuss the rate further.
Doh!
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