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[bigfoot]

I'm wondering if anyone knows a good recruiter or school in China? Middle school and up, Beinjing, Shanghai or the big cities.

Feel free to PM or post right here.

Thanks,
Bigfoot

[wally72]

I'm interested in this too. Does anyone have contact information for decent recruiters?

[GeminiTiger]

There is no such thing as a magic email for a recruiter that's going to turn around and send you a fabulous contract/position, it takes a bit of work I'm afraid.

The reason this post is a week old and has no helpful replies is several fold. Let me start with the most basic ones, in my experience.

Recruiters are typically
-working in seasonal spurts.
-specialized in regions of China.
-specialized in specific types of positions. (prv/pub)
-are not someone you will work with year after year.
-are looking for specific types of applicants to pawn.
-don't stand out usually as being excellent, at best lucky.
-get some excellent positions and then fill them immediately.
-spend the rest of the time filling mediocre or horrible jobs.

So there is no magic bullet.

It's better and more effective to send your resume to the relevant websites. If you do this, recruiters will have no problem finding you.

Try to keep in mind, it's not really the recruiter that is important, it's the job and contract that they offer, a recruiter is truly just a middleman.

[wally72]

Thanks for the grounding and reminders. Every now and then someone will meet a recruiter who does a great job. I found one once in South Korea, but the rest of them have sucked.

[DirtGuy]

Check out anesl.com. I was impressed by the range of offerings they had. I ultimately accepted a job elsewhere but I will be in touch with them at the end of my contract.

DirtGuy

[The Internationalist]

Dirtguy,

What other recruiter or site did you use?

[wally72]

I mostly use Dave's, and I haven't met a decent recruiter in years.