Should I fix up a job before I leave home or get one there?
This is a no-brainer and yet so many people feel the need to set up a job before they leave home. Don’t do it! Employers can promise you the world in an e-mail but come over and check things out first before you sign on any dotted line. Is that accommodation you were offered really as good it sounded? Are the facilities what you expected? Is your teaching load heavier than what you accepted? Things can look very very different when you’re here compared to reading an e-mail in your bedroom in Ottawa.
