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, 83% of Tefl job descriptions contained teaching as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

teaching
83%
english
80%
tefl
75%
training
63%
esl
55%
teacher
35%
young professionals
15%
secondary education
12%
hlta
9%
lsa
9%
send
9%
semh
9%
1:1
6%
gcse tutor
6%
ks3
6%
ks4
6%
outreach
6%
sen teacher
6%
special education needs
6%
tutor
6%
education
6%
teaching vacancies
3%
saudi arabia
3%
curriculum development
3%
french
3%
qts
3%
spanish
3%
mfl
3%
adhoc
3%
general cover
3%
supply
3%
teaching jobs
3%
students
3%
asd
3%
celta
3%
children
3%
classroom
3%
degree
3%
graduate scheme
3%
graduates
3%
learning support assistant
3%
pmld
3%
sen
3%
english teacher
3%
ta
3%
teaching assistant
3%
tesol
3%
trainee
3%
university
3%
classroom delivery
3%
classroom management
3%
flexibility
3%
lesson planning
3%
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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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