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curioustraveler
Joined: 01 Feb 2009 Posts: 13 Location: United States
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:34 am Post subject: New teaching restrictions in China |
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I'm about to graduate and was planning on teaching in China. I was just told the government is a lot stricter now about having 2 years of experience. I'm hoping to teach in Beijing or Shanghai. In short, here is my resume:
BA degree in Linguistics (TESOL concentration) from a USA University
TESOL certificate (USA)
AA degree (USA)
Native speaker of English born and raised in the USA
And and have about 2 years of in-class ESL with adults as an unpaid assistant. Please help!!!! |
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keeperofpythons
Joined: 28 Jan 2010 Posts: 152 Location: zhu san jiao
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:30 am Post subject: Re: New teaching restrictions in China |
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curioustraveler wrote: |
And and have about 2 years of in-class ESL with adults as an unpaid assistant. Please help!!!! |
Someone somewhere will hire you, that's for sure. Re: 2 years of experience, you can spin your unpaid assistantship as experience on your resume without lying. Good luck. |
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zactherat
Joined: 24 Aug 2011 Posts: 295
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:39 am Post subject: |
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Beijing and Shanghai have been sticklers for the requirements for a while now - why not try for lovely Lanzhou or Linfen instead? You might find employers there slightly more lenient with regard to..
well..
everything. |
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johntpartee
Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:26 am Post subject: |
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Someone somewhere will hire you, that's for sure |
Yeah. |
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chinatimes
Joined: 27 May 2012 Posts: 478
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:09 am Post subject: |
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zactherat wrote: |
Beijing and Shanghai have been sticklers for the requirements for a while now - why not try for lovely Lanzhou or Linfen instead? You might find employers there slightly more lenient with regard to..
well..
everything. |
What are you talking about? You can get a job in Beijing with just a 4 year degree at college. Beijing and Shanghai have NOT been sticklers.
This is 1 of thousands of ads:
http://jobs.echinacities.com/showjob-176924.html |
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twilothunder
Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Posts: 442
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:15 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, Linfen would be a great place for a China firsttimer. |
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mcloo7
Joined: 18 Aug 2009 Posts: 434 Location: Hangzhou
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="twilothunder"]Yeah, Linfen would be a great place for a China firsttimer.[/quot]
Is this sarcasm or are you in earnest? I'm only asking because I don't know anything about Linfen. |
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mcloo7
Joined: 18 Aug 2009 Posts: 434 Location: Hangzhou
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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When they say two years of experience do they specifically mean two years of teaching experience, or do they mean any work experience? |
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twilothunder
Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Posts: 442
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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Linfen is the most polluted city on earth by some measures. |
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mnguy29
Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 155 Location: USA
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:02 am Post subject: |
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Two years of teaching experience means anything even remotely related to teaching. Why choose Beijing and Shanghai? I have not heard great things about either. There are many other nice cities that will be willing to hire you with your qualifications. Do a search, ask questions. You will have no problem. |
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MisterButtkins
Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Posts: 1221
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:50 am Post subject: |
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Why choose Beijing and Shanghai? |
Some people only like big international cities. |
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twilothunder
Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Posts: 442
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:54 am Post subject: |
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Beijing and Shanghai are probably sensible choices for China first-timers.
Minimise the culture shock and be able to build a strong network of decent foreign friends quite rapidly.
Move to the interior after you've done a year in one of those, if you want to.
Wise IMO. |
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choudoufu
Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 3325 Location: Mao-berry, PRC
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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i was under the impression that the big cities were stricterer
about the visa requirements, particularly age.
OP is soon to graduate, probably 22-ish, with little to no work
experience post graduation. would it then be easier to find work
in the hinterlands? |
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johntpartee
Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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i was under the impression that the big cities were stricterer
about the visa requirements, particularly age |
I don't believe there is an age requirement for the Z visa (I'm assuming you mean an upper age limit); it's been my experience that some schools (EF springs to mind) will TELL you that there is an age limit to get a visa. They try to pass it off as "law", but ...... (I'm not sure what the minimum age to get the visa is, seems like I heard somewhere it was 18.)
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choudoufu
Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 3325 Location: Mao-berry, PRC
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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maybe it's not the visa itself, but the work permit you need to apply
for the work visa. so you could get the visa at any age that would
be legally employable in china, but you would still need to meet the
requirements of 4-year degree followed by two years experience. then
add in non-enforcement, guangxi, and the shuiping of your fengshui.
china is confusing. |
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