{"id":136552,"date":"2026-08-25T08:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T08:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/for-careers-services-and-guidance-counsellors\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T20:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:15:50","slug":"for-careers-services-and-guidance-counsellors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/gb\/the-hire-wire\/for-careers-services-and-guidance-counsellors\/","title":{"rendered":"For Careers Services and Guidance Counsellors"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.page .entry-title{display:none}\n.hwie *{box-sizing:border-box}\n.hwie{--teal:#026F71;--tealdk:#015659;--ink:#113435;--soft:#4E6A68;--faint:#657876;\/* AA contrast fix 16 Sep 2026, was #7A8F8D *\/--cream:#FFFBF3;--fill:#F1EADC;--line:#E6DFCE;--orange:#E87731;color:var(--ink);line-height:1.65;background:var(--cream);padding-bottom:8px}\n.entry-content .hwie{max-width:none!important;margin-left:0!important;margin-right:0!important;width:100%}\n.hwie .in{max-width:1200px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 22px}\n.hwie a{color:var(--teal)}\n.hwie h2{color:var(--teal);font-size:27px;line-height:1.3;font-weight:700;margin:0 0 12px}\n.hwie h3{color:var(--teal);font-size:20px;font-weight:700;margin:22px 0 6px}\n.hwie p{font-size:16.5px;margin:0 0 14px}\n.hwie ul{margin:0;padding-left:20px}\n.hwie-hero{background:var(--tealdk);background-image:linear-gradient(140deg,#015659 0%,#026F71 100%);color:#fff;padding:66px 0 54px;margin-left:calc(50% - 50vw);margin-right:calc(50% - 50vw)}\n.hwie .hwie-kick{font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:700;color:#CCE7E2;margin:0 0 14px}\n.hwie-hero h1{color:#fff!important;font-size:clamp(28px,3.8vw,40px);line-height:1.16;font-weight:700;margin:0 0 16px;max-width:1000px}\n.hwie-hero p{color:#CFE6E0;font-size:19px;max-width:900px;margin:0}\n.hwie-strip{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(4,1fr);gap:16px;margin-top:32px;border-top:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.22);padding-top:20px}\n.hwie-strip>div{font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.18em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#D0E4E2;\/* AA contrast fix 16 Sep 2026, was #9FC8C4 at 3.28:1 *\/font-weight:700}\n.hwie-strip b{display:block;margin-top:6px;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0;text-transform:none;color:#fff;font-weight:700}\n.hwie-sec{padding:32px 0 4px}\n.hwie .hwie-eye{font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:700;color:var(--tealdk);margin:0 0 8px}\n.hwie-panel{background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:14px;padding:22px 26px;margin:0 0 18px}\n.hwie-panel h3:first-child{margin-top:0}\n.hwie-list li{font-size:16px;margin:0 0 10px}\n.hwie-note{display:grid;grid-template-columns:132px 1fr;gap:24px;background:var(--fill);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:14px;padding:24px 26px;margin:0 0 18px}\n.hwie-portrait img{width:132px;height:132px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:50%;display:block;border:3px solid #fff}\n.hwie .hwie-note-kick{font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:700;color:var(--tealdk);margin:0 0 10px}\n.hwie-note-body p{font-size:16px}\n.hwie .hwie-note-sign{margin:16px 0 0;font-size:15px;border-top:1px solid var(--line);padding-top:14px}\n.hwie-note-sign strong{display:block;color:var(--tealdk)}\n.hwie-note-sign span{display:block;font-size:13.5px;color:var(--soft)}\n.hwie-desks{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr);gap:14px;margin:8px 0 18px}\n.hwie-desk{background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--line);border-top:4px solid var(--orange);border-radius:14px;padding:18px 20px}\n.hwie-desk b{display:block;font-size:16.5px;margin-bottom:6px}\n.hwie-desk b a{text-decoration:none}\n.hwie-desk span{display:block;font-size:14.5px;color:var(--soft);line-height:1.55}\n.hwie-offers{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr);gap:14px;margin:8px 0 18px}\n.hwie-offer{background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:14px;padding:18px 20px}\n.hwie-offer b{display:block;font-size:16.5px;color:var(--tealdk);margin-bottom:6px}\n.hwie-offer span{display:block;font-size:14.5px;color:var(--soft);line-height:1.55}\n.hwie-quote{background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--line);border-left:5px solid var(--orange);border-radius:0 14px 14px 0;padding:18px 22px;margin:0 0 14px}\n.hwie-quote p{font-size:15.5px}\n\/* Paste-blurb contrast fix, 16 Sep 2026. 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Written in Ireland, for advisers who get asked this every term and have nowhere current to send anyone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hwie-strip\">\n<div>Cost<b>Free, permanently<\/b><\/div>\n<div>From<b>An Irish provider<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Sources<b>Ministries and programmes<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Registration<b>None to read it<\/b><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"in\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;padding:16px 0 0;font-size:15.5px;color:var(--soft)\">New to it? <a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/\"><strong>Read the current edition of The Hire Wire<\/strong><\/a>. Or carry on below for what this means for your students.<\/p>\n<section class=\"hwie-sec\">\n<p class=\"hwie-eye\">The problem this solves<\/p>\n<h2>Half the advice online is written for Americans, and your students are not Americans<\/h2>\n<p>This is the part that catches people out. Spain&#8217;s flagship assistantship, NALCAP, takes applicants from the United States and Canada. Most of the well-ranked guides your students will find are written around it, and an Irish graduate can read three pages of enthusiastic advice about a scheme they cannot apply to.<\/p>\n<p>The routes that are genuinely open to an Irish or EU passport holder are different ones, and they are less well documented: Meddeas placements in Spain, the language assistant schemes in France, Germany, Austria and Italy, private academy hiring across southern Europe, and the student visa route. No freedom-of-movement paperwork, no sponsorship question, and almost no clear guidance anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>So the useful question is not &#8220;how do I teach English abroad&#8221;. It is &#8220;which doors does my passport actually open, and when do they close&#8221;. That is the question we answer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"hwie-sec\">\n<p class=\"hwie-eye\">Why an institution can link to it<\/p>\n<div class=\"hwie-panel\">\n<h3>What we hold ourselves to<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"hwie-list\">\n<li><strong>Ministry sources, nothing else.<\/strong> Every deadline and salary figure comes from a government, ministry or programme notice. Not a forum thread, not a competitor&#8217;s blog, not a recruiter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The date we checked is printed beside the figure.<\/strong> You can see for yourself how current a number is before you repeat it to a student.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Corrections are published, not buried.<\/strong> When a window moves we say so in the open rather than quietly editing the page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Named authors with classroom experience,<\/strong> and an <a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/editorial-standards\/\">editorial standards page<\/a> setting out exactly how the writing and checking works.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nothing behind a form.<\/strong> No paywall, no registration to read, nothing a student has to buy at any point.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"hwie-note\">\n<div class=\"hwie-portrait\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hw-author-katie-1.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Troy, Managing Director and Editor of The TEFL Institute of Ireland\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"hwie-note-body\">\n<p class=\"hwie-note-kick\">A note from the editor<\/p>\n<p>I am the person who checks these figures, so it is fair that you know who I am before you decide whether to link to us.<\/p>\n<p>We started the briefing because we kept hearing the same story. Someone comes in asking about teaching in France, and the window shut in January. Nobody had told them, because nobody was keeping track. It is a small thing to fix and it costs a graduate a whole year when it goes wrong.<\/p>\n<p>And to be straight with you, because you will reasonably wonder: we are a TEFL course provider. Course fees are how the company pays its way. A few readers eventually train with us and most never do, and I check every figure the same way either way. There is no course advertising inside the briefing.<\/p>\n<p>If you ever find something on our site that is wrong, email me directly rather than the team. We will correct it in the open, with the date on it, and I will thank you for it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hwie-note-sign\"><strong>Katie Troy<\/strong><span>Managing Director and Editor, The TEFL Institute of Ireland &middot; <a href=\"mailto:katie.troy@tefl.ie\">katie.troy@tefl.ie<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"hwie-sec\">\n<p class=\"hwie-eye\">Six standing references<\/p>\n<h2>Link once, and it stays useful<\/h2>\n<p>These are permanent tools rather than articles, updated alongside every edition. Nobody on your team has to maintain anything. They all sit under <a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/\"><strong>The Hire Wire<\/strong><\/a>, which is the page to link if you would rather point students at one place than six.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hwie-desks\">\n<div class=\"hwie-desk\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/eligibility-checker\/\">The Eligibility Checker<\/a><\/b><span>The one to send first. Which routes a given passport and degree actually open, before anyone pays an application fee.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hwie-desk\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/salary-index\/\">The Salary Index<\/a><\/b><span>Real pay by country in local currency and euro, so nobody accepts a post on the wrong assumptions.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hwie-desk\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/visa-desk\/\">The Visa Desk<\/a><\/b><span>The visa or permit behind every destination on the board, country by country, each linked to the government page that owns the rules.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hwie-desk\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/paperwork-desk\/\">The Paperwork Desk<\/a><\/b><span>Which documents each scheme wants and how early to start them. This is where late applications usually fall apart.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hwie-desk\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/online-desk\/\">The Online Desk<\/a><\/b><span>Current rates for teaching online, for students who want to earn without leaving.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hwie-desk\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/country-matcher\/\">The Country Matcher<\/a><\/b><span>Narrowing a student to destinations that are realistic for their situation rather than aspirational.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"hwie-sec\">\n<p class=\"hwie-eye\">Deadline alerts<\/p>\n<h2>The single most useful thing we can give an adviser<\/h2>\n<p>The big schemes open once a year and close without warning anyone. <b>Spain is the one to know about this term.<\/b> The Department of Education and Youth&#8217;s English Language Assistant scheme, which is how a new Irish graduate enters Spain&#8217;s <em>auxiliares de conversaci&oacute;n<\/em> programme, states on gov.ie that it cannot offer any new places in Spain for 2026\/27 because of continued administrative issues. There is no direct alternative for a new Irish applicant this year: the Spanish Ministry routes Irish candidates to that Irish scheme rather than to its own portal. What is still open is the private route (Meddeas) and direct academy hiring. France&#8217;s TAPIF opened its 2027\/28 window on <b>15 October 2026<\/b> and closes it on <b>15 February 2027<\/b>, but it is open to United States citizens and permanent residents only, so it is not a route for your students &mdash; it is worth knowing about because most of the France advice online is written around it. The Irish route to the French and Italian assistantships runs through the same ELA scheme, whose 2026\/27 round closed on <b>12 March 2026 at 5pm<\/b>; no 2027\/28 dates are published yet, so check the current round before advising on it. Spain&#8217;s NALCAP is the North American strand and is not open to an Irish passport at all. Deadline facts on this page are taken from The Hire Wire dispatch board and its standing desks, each of which prints the date it was last checked against source. Japan&#8217;s JET 2027 application opened on 21 September 2026 and <b>the Irish closing date is 23:59 on Friday 4 December 2026<\/b>, set by the Embassy of Japan in Dublin; the United Kingdom closes 5 November and the United States 13 November. A student who comes to you in February about teaching in France next September has already missed it, and there is nothing you or they can do until the following year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13.5px;color:var(--faint);margin-top:-4px\"><strong>Updated 24 September 2026:<\/strong> this paragraph previously said Japan&rsquo;s JET &ldquo;opens in October&rdquo;. The 2027 application in fact opened on 21 September 2026. <strong>Updated 1 October 2026:<\/strong> three changes. The Irish JET closing date has been published and this paragraph now names it instead of saying it could not be verified. Spain&#8217;s ELA closure has been added &mdash; it published in <a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/edition-5\/\">Issue 005<\/a> on 30 September and should have reached this page the same day, because it is the single thing an Irish adviser most needs to know this term. And the paragraph previously gave 15 March as the closing date for the Irish route to the French assistantship; that is TAPIF&#8217;s date, which is the American route. The Irish route is the ELA scheme and it closed on 12 March 2026, per gov.ie, re-read today. <strong>Updated 16 October 2026:<\/strong> TAPIF has now published its 2027\/28 window, 15 October 2026 to 15 February 2027, and this paragraph names it instead of calling early November a pattern. The Spain ELA position was re-read at source today on both the English and the Irish-language gov.ie pages and both still carry the 2026\/27 closure note, so the Spain wording above stands unchanged. <strong>Updated 28 October 2026:<\/strong> two facts added for advisers. The 2026\/27 ELA terms on gov.ie, read at source today, paid 1,036.21 euro gross a month in France, about 820 euro net, and 1,000 euro net in Germany, each for 12 hours a week, and approximately 2,000 euro gross in Austria for 13 hours, so a student can see what the Irish route pays before the 2027\/28 forms appear. And for graduates who trained as teachers abroad, a PGCE in England for example, without finishing induction there, the Teaching Council&rsquo;s timebound provision lets them register in Ireland and complete induction here. It closes at 23.59 on 30 December 2027, read at source today. The ELA closing date of 12 March 2026 was re-read on gov.ie today and stands. The JET dates were not re-read today.<\/p>\n<p>Free email alerts, by region, so that conversation stops happening. Not a newsletter to keep up with. One email when a window is about to close, on the regions you choose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:22px\"><a class=\"hwie-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/deadline-alerts\/\">Set up free deadline alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13.5px;color:var(--faint);margin-top:14px\">Most advisers subscribe themselves and pass the link to students as well. Unsubscribe in one click, and we never give your address to anyone.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"hwie-sec\">\n<p class=\"hwie-eye\">For your resources page<\/p>\n<h2>Wording ready to paste<\/h2>\n<p>If this is useful to your students, a link from your working-abroad, graduate-opportunities or languages resources page is the most helpful thing you can do. Take either of these and reword them however suits your page. No attribution required and no tracking parameters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hwie-quote\">\n<p class=\"hwie-eye\">Short, for a list of resources<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Hire Wire<\/strong>: a free fortnightly briefing from The TEFL Institute of Ireland on English teaching vacancies, salaries and application deadlines worldwide, checked against ministry and programme sources. Includes an eligibility checker for Irish and EU passport holders. <a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/\">tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"hwie-hint\">About 40 words. Select and copy<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<div class=\"hwie-quote\">\n<p class=\"hwie-eye\">Longer, where each resource gets a paragraph<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Hire Wire<\/strong> is a free fortnightly briefing on teaching English abroad, published in Ireland by The TEFL Institute of Ireland. It tracks which countries are hiring, what the roles pay in local currency and euro, and when the major government schemes open and close. Every figure is checked against a ministry or programme source and carries the date it was verified. It also hosts an eligibility checker that shows which routes are open to an Irish or EU passport, alongside a salary index, a visa desk, a paperwork checklist and a country matcher. Nothing requires registration. <a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/\">tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"hwie-hint\">About 90 words. Select and copy<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<p>Point the link at <strong>https:\/\/tefl.ie\/the-hire-wire\/<\/strong>. If your content system needs it in a particular format, email us and we will send it however you need it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"hwie-sec\">\n<p class=\"hwie-eye\">Other things, all free<\/p>\n<h2>If a link is not the right fit<\/h2>\n<div class=\"hwie-offers\">\n<div class=\"hwie-offer\"><b>A talk for final years<\/b><span>On campus or online, in careers week or whenever suits. Slides sent to you first, and no sales content in them.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hwie-offer\"><b>A piece for your newsletter<\/b><span>To your word count and your house style. You see it before it goes anywhere.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hwie-offer\"><b>A brief for one cohort<\/b><span>A short written summary of the routes that actually apply to your languages, education or Erasmus students.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"hwie-offer\"><b>A stand at your fair<\/b><span>If you have the space and it helps your students. We come to answer questions, not to sell courses.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>None of it costs anything, there is nothing to sign, and there is nothing to put through procurement.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"hwie-close\">\n<h2>Talk to someone here<\/h2>\n<p>Tell us what your students keep asking and we will send you the version of this that is actually useful. We will not add you to a mailing list.<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"hwie-cta\" href=\"mailto:hello@tefl.ie?subject=The%20Hire%20Wire%20for%20our%20careers%20service\">Email us<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<section class=\"hwie-sec\">\n<p class=\"hwie-eye\">Full disclosure<\/p>\n<h2>Who publishes this, and how it is paid for<\/h2>\n<p>Set out plainly, because it is the first thing an institution should ask and the last thing most providers answer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hwie-panel\">\n<h3>Who publishes The Hire Wire?<\/h3>\n<p>The TEFL Institute of Ireland, a trading name of The TEFL Institute Limited, registered in Ireland under company number 613324, registered office 4 Shandon Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, X34 A365. The editor is Katie Troy.<\/p>\n<h3>Do you sell anything?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. We are a TEFL course provider, and TEFL course fees are how the company makes its money. That is worth knowing before you decide whether to link to us.<\/p>\n<h3>So why is the briefing free?<\/h3>\n<p>Because it is how we earn a reputation with people who are thinking about teaching abroad. A small number of readers eventually train with us. The great majority never do, and the briefing is written and checked the same way regardless. There is no advertising for our courses inside the briefing itself, and nothing on the site is gated behind a form or a payment.<\/p>\n<h3>How do I know the figures are right?<\/h3>\n<p>Every salary and deadline is checked against a government, ministry or programme source, and the date it was checked is printed beside it. When something changes after publication we correct it in the open rather than editing quietly. The full method is on our <a href=\"https:\/\/tefl.ie\/editorial-standards\/\">editorial standards<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<h3>Do you place students in jobs?<\/h3>\n<p>No. We publish information. 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