Where do to start out as an online tutor?

I'm a student for an average university in the UK and would like to try out online tutoring. Looking around it's tough to know where to begin - there are thousands of tutoring websites with some very heavy competition and most sites want you to have experience and qualifications. Would anyone recommend a specific site or "theme" for starting out as a complete newbie? My MSc is in Business Management if that helps. Many thanks.

Reply 1

eshayana

you can try mytutor or try to advertise over social media

Reply 2

Liverpool143

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by eshayana

you can try mytutor or try to advertise over social media

Thanks very much, but mytutor is more about secondary school courses as opposed to Master's level. Don't have anyone in my social circle looking for a tutor

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username7496125

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by Liverpool143

Thanks very much, but mytutor is more about secondary school courses as opposed to Master's level. Don't have anyone in my social circle looking for a tutor

You do get a lot of requests from university level students on my tutor, especially around exam times (i.e. now). If you only want to teach at university level, then you'll probably have to look at private tutoring

Reply 4

Liverpool143

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by etienne.00

Thanks- do you mean postgraduate level? It does not give the option to teach on that level.

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username7496125

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by Liverpool143

Thanks- do you mean postgraduate level? It does not give the option to teach on that level.

Not in particular, what made you think that?

Reply 6

ProTutorJess

Hello Liverpool143
Good on you for giving Tutoring a go! I think the advice to start out on Mytutor is pretty good - maybe also Superprof or Tutorful. Yes, it is true they do not have so many masters level students, but you can build up some experience, and feedback, and then try and get on the top level platforms like Spires or the Profs - who have plenty of masters level students looking for help. In my experience, those types of students usually look for professional tutors who have already graduated though. Not all secondary school age tutoring is boring though - it gives you chance to find your feet, to develop as a teacher and also to find out what works best for you in terms of structuring lessons, the tach you use (if online), preparing lessons plans and so forth. Best of luck with it all!