And another one bites the dust.....

I have been wondering if DH was in his right mind as well (I often wonder that about both of us), travelling all that way and back as a daily commute. He probably was as it kept the wolf from the door for quite some time before he found another job.

I read this this morning and thought of you

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/thousands-queue-40-jobs-offer-german-discounter-aldi-043031416.html

But then I wondered if maybe your OH would also like to have a look at the conversing with foreign students thing. Lots of business people coming over here needing to brush up on their English.

hello janerowena , yes the job market is pretty much like that! A new Tesco Local opened in Bideford a while back, and the number of applications as astronomical!

Re the conversing with students, is it email correspondence or actual talking via Skype?

It's actual talking, my son says not through Skype. Although some of it may be depending on who you work for. So I presume a computer with a reasonable memory would also be required.

I'll ask him who he does it with, but it's his birthday today and his one free day from uni, so he has just gone out to meet up with friends. I knew there was something I meant to ask him this morning.

Hope he has a great day!

So do I - he sounded quite forlorn early this morning until I reminded him that we brought over a cake and put it in his freezer on Saturday! I suspect that will be his main source of nourishment for the next - oooh - well I bet it's gone by tea-time!

I found a few links, if you can see this page

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=english+language+conversation+students+uk&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-GB:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&gfe_rd=cr&ei=HDcwU5SFI6TY8gfBnICQCA#q=english+language+conversation+online+students+uk&rls=com.microsoft:en-GB:IE-Address

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=english+language+conversation+students+uk&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-GB:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&gfe_rd=cr&ei=HDcwU5SFI6TY8gfBnICQCA#q=english+language+conversation+online+students+uk&rls=com.microsoft:en-GB:IE-Address

He just messaged me back. This is the first one he uses

https://www.skimatalk.com/

This is the second - but you have to be on facebook.

instaedu.com/become-a-tutor/

However, he said that there are lots of them and you need to do a bit of research, as the third one he belongs to only takes applications from students in Cambridge, for example. I hadn't realised he used several. He said you won't get rich, but it's interesting.

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Phoenix, It is probably because you are over-qualified for the job, not that you do not meet their standards, but sympathy and