Josh: United Kingdom: Oct 22, 2018

As a naturally enthusiastic and optimistic person who has worked in a variety of jobs and industries for the past 10 years, I have acquired a broad set of skills that equip me with the right tools to be a successful ESL teacher. My time working in the hospitality industry, from corporate driven to community owned organisations, gave me the opportunity express myself in a variety of roles including cook, bar man and waiter, which is evidence of my adaptability. Here I developed important interpersonal communication skills, working as part of a team in high intensity, quality-driven environments. As a sociable and courteous person, developing a good rapport with customers and colleague came naturally to me. My job role as an organic farming project manager in a sustainability NGO in India was highly autonomous in nature which developed my initiative; coupled with low-resource availability it allowed me to exhibit intuition and creativity. I showed flexibility and a willingness to be responsible when I took up coordinator positions at both centre and cross-regional project level, in which I assessed and evaluated project development and managed and mediated fellow interns. My time in India exposed me to an assortment of cultural and social norms different to my own as I engaged and collaborated with various sects of society. As a considerate and curious person this enhanced my cultural sensitivity and awareness which further aided me in communicating and working across cultural, social and linguistic barriers. Some of the projects I worked on in India included teaching in the classroom taught me aspects of classroom management. Finally, my achievement of a high 2:1 at the University of Leeds (founding member of Russel group – top 24 U.K universities) demonstrates my diligence and required acute time management to succeed.