Tefl Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Education

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Tefl Skills List in Education

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Tefl role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Tefl job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 65% of Tefl job descriptions contained teacher as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

teacher
65%
mfl teacher
65%
french teacher
42%
spanish teacher
42%
languages
42%
french
36%
gcse
30%
spanish
30%
a-level
30%
ks3
30%
ks4
30%
ks5
30%
modern foreign languages teacher
30%
teaching
30%
secondary
30%
qts
24%
nqt
24%
ect
24%
pgce
24%
modern foreign languages
24%
german
24%
english
24%
secondary school
18%
esl
18%
mfl
18%
tefl
18%
modern foreign language teacher
6%
language teacher
6%
b.ed
6%
bolton
6%
gtp
6%
scitt
6%
safeguarding
6%
esol
6%
eal
6%
chinese
6%
training
6%
instructors
6%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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