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sharpe88 · Joined: 21 Oct 2008 Posts: 225

I think that`s quite an overstatement. Varying levels of honesty at best.

``For every scam out there, there are 30 or more honest businesses offereing services and making money.``

3585kate · Joined: 22 Jun 2009 Posts: 10

Hi,

Could anyone tell me about the Special Thai Project in Phuket? With the American TESOL institute?

After research it seems legit and reputable please could anyone let me know if you have heard anything about this project?

Thanks

sliderama · Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Posts: 89

rhubarbjane,

don't EVER send money in advance, this happened to me and I learned my lesson the hard way. No reputable recruiter, agent, school, employer etc. will ask for money in advance in order for you to take a position. In my view this just indicates something unscrupulous...

hope it helps

vonniedarby · Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

vonniedarby · Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

PLEASE NOTE TO ALL TEACHERS APPLYING FOR JOBS IN HARBIN, NORTH CHINA.

DO NOT GO THROUGH AN AGENT TO FIND YOU A JOB, ESPECIALLY AN AGENT CALLING HERSELF DAISY SUN XIANGYI AGENCY. THIS WOMAN AND HER PARTNER IN CRIME, CHRIS GOUGH, ARE UNSCRUPULOUS PEOPLE. THEY PROMISE YOU JOBS, VISAS AND ACCOMMODATION. ALL OF WHICH ARE NOT FORTHCOMING......I FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY.

DEAL DIRECT WITH THE SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTRES YOURSELF.

ALSO DO NOT GIVE ANY MONEY TO ANY INSTITUTIONS OR AGENTS.

roywebcafe · Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 195

I have been asked by a contact of workforce solution http://www.workforcesolution.co.uk/ to send my passport and photo to them in the post. Also been asked to get a medical done at home for work in Saudi arabia. The phone number on their website is not in service and they don't even advertise EFL jobs on their site.

I don't know of anybody who asks for a passport in the post unless its an embassy

seklarwia · Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: posting passports

Chris_Crossley · Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:26 am Post subject: Re: posting passports

realtimerrr · Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3

Watch out for Bell Educational Trust. Told me I had contract and to go out and incur over $2000 in physical examination and visa expenses, proceeded to mess up my visa application royally - in part through honest but staggering mistakes -and then refused to compensate me even partially for my expenses. They also promised me I would be teaching about 25 hours per week, but the contract I received said normal working hours will not regularly exceed 48 hours per week!!!!!!!!!! Bell also said that I would be officially employed by a Saudi company but refused to give me any contact information for them so that that company is completely in the dark as to Bell's incompetence and dishonesty. Bell kept stressing I had to be ready to go ASAP, to have my bags packed and to be ready to depart at any moment, so I canceled my Thanksgiviing and Christmas plans. Also drove 1100 miles round trip to Miami to get an expedited passport and 1200 miles round trip to DC to walk my visa through by hand - only to find out that Bell had dropped the ball completely and later some heated words canceled my contract. AVOID BELL LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

seklarwia

Dustov · Joined: 01 Jan 2010 Posts: 3 Location: Scotland

This sort of thing is great to know. Thanks and more of this please.

kezzaNZ · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 6

Thanks, it is good to know these people are out there ripping people off.

mushroomyakuza · Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 140

hey guys

can anyone verify this company (or not) as their offer sounds way too good to be true:

http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=41534

Free flgiths for you and your family, free accomodation, no tax....a likely story?

seklarwia · Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:17 pm Post subject:

There are still some jobs going like that in the middle east. And after looking at their site, that's all the were offering (it still says must be able to leave Jan 2009, so not sure whether that site or company is still active).

A job like that in Japan? Not likely and definately not with tax free earnings. Any jobs like that for Japan are probably a scam.

gusto · Joined: 15 Feb 2010 Posts: 6

Has anyone heard of the 2010 Summer USA-China Cultural Festival? A local college promoted this program to our school district to volunteer and receive room and board with travel tours included. The festival is July 6th through the 24th. Students, parents, teachers, principals and coaches from both the USA and China are supposed to be participants at the festival. This college works with our district professionally. We are supposed to be given $500.00 towards flight tickets. The schedule has arrival with opening events in Beijing for 4 days of tours and activities. We are supposed to be placed in a 3.5 star hotel. The rest of the festival takes place in Shenzhen at the Oriental English College with classes and fun events scheduled. Teachers are to be housed in comfortable faculty dorms with private baths. After reading information on this forum, we have concerns about this trip. Teachers are required to teach for 4 hours daily, for 12 days. Much of the information given to us is vague. We have all paid application fees and were looking forward to vacationing in China this summer. The company letterhead for the applications and information is American International Students Foundation. If you have any information to share about this festival, we would appreciate your comments.