Is TeachAustralia a legitimate company

Answer 1

TeachAustralia is a small operation which is part of Caduceus International Travel. Their office is located in Toronto, ON, Canada. They recruit recent education grads from Canadian universitites to teach in Melbourne. The travel agency also recruits radiologists from South Africa for radiology positions in Australia. As for teachers, they help you find accommodation in Australia and put you in contact with teaching positions which are more likely to be substitute teaching positions rather than full-time contracts. For this service, they charge a 9% commission on your earnings. They insist on you getting a Working Holiday Visa for 18 to 30 year-olds, which lets you stay in the country for up to a year. Clearly TeachAustralia is wanting to find young people interested in travel first and working second. One friend who traveled to Australia with TeachAustralia found a job as waitress to help pay the bills; she only got about one day a week of work as a substitute teacher. Personally, I wouldn't go to Australia on this program unless I had a good sized bank account behind me. Cost of living is very high in Australia, and even on a teacher's full-time salary it is hard to make ends meet.