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Edition 1 · August 2026 · By Jess Jeffrey

South Korea is hiring: EPIK Spring 2027 applications just opened

  • EPIK pays 2.1–2.8M KRW plus free housing, flights and a finishing bonus
  • Japan’s JET programme opens next month. Get your documents ready now
  • Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand are all in active hiring windows
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Edition 2 lands 18 August. Japan’s JET season, plus every hiring window that moves between now and then. Subscribers read it first.

The jobs desk

Hot off the Wire

We read the ministry circulars, embassy notices and official programme pages so you do not have to. Only openings we would point our own graduates at make the board.

FLASH  EPIK Spring 2027 open, rolling review, early applicants get the pick /// ON THE WIRE  Japan JET opens September, start your documents now /// LIVE WIRE  Taiwan TFETP recruiting 980 positions /// LIVE WIRE  Vietnam centres in peak hiring, July to October /// LINE CLOSED  Spain NALCAP shut until 2027 /// LIVE WIRE  Chile English Opens Doors online volunteering open for the September term /// ON THE WIRE  Hong Kong NET Scheme pays to €7,500 a month, next round spring 2027 /// ON THE WIRE  France assistant posts open November /// Edition 2 lands Tuesday 18 August ///

⚡ Dispatches from the hiring desk

WIRE OPEN · ED.1 · AUG 2026

Figures checked against official programme sources, 5 Aug 2026.

DatelineDispatchSalarySignal
SEOUL — EPIK Spring 2027, public schools nationwideRolling review since 1 Aug. Housing, flights and finishing bonus included. 2.1–2.8M KRW / mo≈ €1,350–1,800 ● FLASH
TAIPEI — TFETP, 980 positions, rolling intakeQuietly one of the strongest offers of the year. NT$69,880–91,470 / mo≈ €1,950–2,550 LIVE WIRE
HANOI — Language centres, peak hiring windowHiring hardest July to October. Lowest living costs in Asia. $1,200–2,000 / mo≈ €1,100–1,850 LIVE WIRE
BANGKOK — Semester two recruitment, schools nationwideRecruiting August to October for the November start. ฿25,000–55,000 / mo≈ €700–1,500 LIVE WIRE
WIRE DESK — Online: Preply and italki onboarding tutorsCambly paused. We flag it here the moment that changes. Set your own rateTypical €9–22 / hr LIVE WIRE
SANTIAGO — English Opens Doors, online volunteer workshopsRemote, one hour a week for six weeks, 28 Sept to 20 Nov. Ministry reference letter. Volunteer, remotecertificate signed by the Minister of Education LIVE WIRE
TOKYO — JET Programme 2027 intakeApplications open September. References are the usual bottleneck. 4.02M JPY / yr≈ €23,500 ON THE WIRE · SEP
HONG KONG — Government NET Scheme, primary schoolsBest paid public post on the wire. Next round expected spring 2027. HK$35,080–67,850 / mo≈ €3,900–7,500 + housing allowance ON THE WIRE · 2027
PARIS — Language assistant posts across France2027/28 applications open from November. 12 hours a week, October to April. €810 / mo net stipend30–35% more in overseas regions ON THE WIRE · NOV
LONDON — British Council English Language AssistantsNine destinations, 1,800 posts a year. 2027/28 round opens late 2026. Paid placementsrates vary by destination ON THE WIRE
MADRID — NALCAP language assistantsUse this year to get qualified and gather documents. €800–1,000 / mo stipend+ host placement LINE CLOSED · 2027
MORE FOLLOWS — STOP — Edition 2 lands Tuesday 18 August. Subscribers read it first. Get on the Wire, free
● FLASH move fast, advantage closing LIVE WIRE hiring right now ON THE WIRE window opens soon LINE CLOSED not accepting

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Editor’s note

The Hire Wire exists because TEFL job hunting runs on rumour. Half the internet will tell you Korea is closed and Dubai pays everyone a fortune, and neither is true. So we go to the sources: ministry circulars, embassy notices and the programme pages themselves, and we print what they actually say, with the date we checked it. If a line on this page is wrong, we correct it in place and say so. That is the whole editorial policy.

Jess Jeffrey · TEFL & Travel Specialist, The TEFL Institute · Issue 002 lands 18 August

The Desks

Standing desks, kept live between editions

Four living pages we check and correct between editions. Each one now has a home of its own.
DESK 01 The Salary Index What English teachers really earn, country by country, in local currency and euro. Every figure traced to an official pay scale and dated. Pay checked to €7,500 a month Open the desk → DESK 02 The Online Desk Plan what teaching online pays. Published platform rates from $10.20 to $25 an hour, converted to euro, with a week, month and year planner. $10.20 to $25 an hour, in euro as you plan Open the desk → DESK 03 The Visa Desk The official visa or permit behind every destination on the board, linked straight to the government page that owns the rules. 8 destinations, official links only Open the desk → DESK 04 The Paperwork Desk Apostilles, police certificates and degree rules for every move, priced and timed from the official source. 8 destinations, every document dated Open the desk →
TOOL 01 The Eligibility Checker Answer three questions and see which of the board’s routes you qualify for, with the rule that decides it shown beside each answer. Every rule dated and sourced Run the check → TOOL 02 The Country Matcher Rank the whole board by what you hold, what you want and what you can spend. Your top three, with the numbers behind them. Ten seconds, no email Find my match →

Every desk runs on our Editorial Charter. Official sources only, a date on every figure, and corrections printed in place, never quietly deleted.

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The back issues

Every edition, kept on the record. Corrections are made in place and noted.

ISSUE 001South Korea is hiring: EPIK Spring 2027 applications just openedAUG 2026 · JESS JEFFREYRead →
ISSUE 002In the works. Subscribers read it first on 18 August.DUE 18 AUG 2026Get it by email →
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