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Ok, I have to be honest here and say that I just don\u2019t get it.\u00a0 Last I heard, there were still people looking for work.\u00a0 If not a full-time job, at least a little extra income on the side.<\/p>\n
Yet, we had over 100 inquiries for online ESL instructors a week ago on www.LRNGO.com<\/a>, and no one was listed. Even now over 50 inquiries for German lessons, and one guy comes up.\u00a0 It would make sense if we were a middleman, but we\u2019re not.\u00a0 We are a free directory.<\/p>\n At first, I thought it was just us.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t.\u00a0 Doing research on community outreach initiatives yesterday, I had to search for Associations of Non-profits in our state and came upon www.TANO.org<\/a>.\u00a0 They have both a job bank that\u2019s free to search, and a free place to list your resume if you\u2019re looking.<\/p>\n In their job bank, they have 51 jobs listed.\u00a0 You want to know how many resumes?\u00a0 Are you ready for this?\u00a0 One.\u00a0 One person looking for work.\u00a0 Free to list, and only one person did it.\u00a0 I guess our economy\u2019s not doing so poorly after all.<\/p>\n When we were looking for employees last year at Teachers 2 Go LLC, we contacted the Texas Workforce Commission and they recommended that we do a resume search on their site, but let us know that only a small percentage of people who are looking for work actually list.\u00a0 Once again, it\u2019s free.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know how much money sites like Monster.com and others charge to post your resume or advertise your services, and I can\u2019t count how many middleman sites there are who take advantage\u2026I mean\u2026take a large percentage of your pay.\u00a0 (Hundreds? Millions maybe?)\u00a0 So I can understand why people are skeptical, but I can\u2019t understand why someone who wants extra work wouldn\u2019t list in a free directory.\u00a0 Especially one where you can be contacted directly without giving out your email address or personal information.<\/p>\n On the other hand, those people who do list make it all worthwhile.\u00a0 Kristen, an online Spanish tutor from Katy TX, personally thanked us when she got her first student through our site https:\/\/www.lrngo.com\/online-tutors\/katy-texas\/learn\/0010728\/teacher<\/a> and Shaina, a Harvard graduate who tutors test prep in Washington D.C.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.lrngo.com\/online-tutors\/washington-district-of-columbia\/learn\/0010815\/teacher<\/a> was smart enough to list in her local area on Craigslist with a direct link to her LRNGO profile. Of course, I\u2019m not even mentioning all those who aren’t looking for jobs who have made friends and found free lessons by trading with each other in person or on Skype in over 257 cities and 61 countries.<\/p>\n Anyway, it’s simple: over 1000 people daily are searching for online lessons in various subjects on LRNGO<\/a>.\u00a0 So if you search LRNGO<\/a> for a subject that you can teach worldwide on Skype and no one comes up–you will be the only one they find if you list. Yes, you will come up first and only, and yes\u2014it\u2019s free.\u00a0 I know everyone is skeptical.<\/p>\n So for now, those who search to learn a subject or activity where no one teaches it yet will just have to wait.\u00a0 (Hint: anyone who teaches certain languages online in Eastern Europe might be smart to list right now.)\u00a0 The early bird gets the worm, and those who take advantage of free directories first will be the ones who are found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ok, I have to be honest here and say that I just don\u2019t get it.\u00a0 Last I heard, there were still people looking for work.\u00a0 If not a full-time job, at least a little extra income on the side. Yet, we had over 100 inquiries for online ESL instructors a week ago on www.LRNGO.com, and…<\/p>\n