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I'm in the very early stages of talking to an international school in Belgrade and they've asked me what my expected salary would be. I know incomes and the cost of living in Serbia are not all that high, but I honestly have no idea what to reply. The school would probably be considered one of the middle tier international schools for the city. Is 1,500 Euro a month way too low? Is 3,000 Euro too high?

Do they offer housing?

I don't think 3,000 a month, plus housing, is too much. In fact, for that area, I would expect housing, flights, and at LEAST 3,000 a month. If you are experienced, $3,500+ a month.

I am not so far from Serbia, so I'm basing this advice on Eastern European packages; Serbia is near that region.

Thanks coughingfurballs, that's the kind of advice I am looking for. Honestly, I'm not sure if they offer housing, or flights or anything really. The school looks good from creeping their facebook and webpage, but I can find almost nothing online about them and one of their first questions after telling me about some open positions was, "let me know if these sound like positions you might be interested in and what you might expect in terms of salary."

I guess I'll reply that I'm interested, but need more information to suggest a reasonable salary. "What do you expect in terms of salary" is such a terrible question. Too high and you're weeded out. Too low and you start negotiations offering to accept less than you could have.

llamapirate wrote:
> Thanks coughingfurballs, that's the kind of advice I am looking for.
> Honestly, I'm not sure if they offer housing, or flights or anything
> really. The school looks good from creeping their facebook and webpage, but
> I can find almost nothing online about them and one of their first
> questions after telling me about some open positions was, "let me know
> if these sound like positions you might be interested in and what you might
> expect in terms of salary."
>
> I guess I'll reply that I'm interested, but need more information to
> suggest a reasonable salary. "What do you expect in terms of
> salary" is such a terrible question. Too high and you're weeded out.
> Too low and you start negotiations offering to accept less than you could
> have.

The school might in fact be good but the whole what would you want, tell us if you might be interested scene sounds fairly dodgy. Maybe that is how they do things in that part of the world but it suggests that they do not have a established pay scale etc.

Unless you are one of those mythical unicorn/rockstars and they are afraid of letting you slip away.

wrldtrvlr123 wrote:

> Unless you are one of those mythical unicorn/rockstars and they are afraid of letting
> you slip away.


*snort* Good one.

For an LH hire €2.5K is average for a DT. Monetize the OSH package and you would want the annualized monthly ECV to be around €4K +/-€500.

llamapirate wrote:
> I'm in the very early stages of talking to an international school in
> Belgrade and they've asked me what my expected salary would be. I know
> incomes and the cost of living in Serbia are not all that high, but I
> honestly have no idea what to reply. The school would probably be
> considered one of the middle tier international schools for the city. Is
> 1,500 Euro a month way too low? Is 3,000 Euro too high?
Hi,

What happend with your job in Belgrade? Did you get it?
Can you share some info?
I am interviewing with school in Belgrade.
If you want contact me via private messages!
Hope all worked well with you:)

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Thank you sir. Do you have any info about Belgrade tier and pay scale, packages, for teachers and counselors?

Thank you!

Hi, llamapirate !

Have you ended up teaching at International school of Belgrade?
How did you like it?
Any tips for me? I am planning on applying.

Cinoeye, have you taught in Belgrade?

I am planning on applying. What school did you worked at?
Any tips for me when applying would help a lot!

Thank you !