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nickf85
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Hi!!! I'm new to the esl world and want to teach in China. I want to teach in a big city and start relativity soon. Most of what I read online for both schools and recruiters is some good but mostly bad...has anyone had a really positive experience with a school or recruiter over there?!
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Ariadne
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I have worked for three universities in China. The positives far outweigh the negatives.
Deal directly with schools. Avoid using a recruiter. Decide where you want to work, research schools in the area, then submit applications to the schools that interest you.
Before you make any applications, spend some hours reading the China forums here on Dave's. You will get a feel for salaries, conditions, possible problems, and an idea of what life is like in China.
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twilothunder
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:18 am Post subject: |
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Deal directly with schools. Avoid using a recruiter. Decide where you want to work, research schools in the area, then submit applications to the schools that interest you.
Before you make any applications, spend some hours reading the China forums here on Dave's. You will get a feel for salaries, conditions, possible problems, and an idea of what life is like in China.
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All good advice.
I strongly recommend (although some posters disagree with me) choosing a large city that is reasonably easy to get to and from from your home country. If there's an emergency and you need to get home you don't want to be stuck in the backwoods of Xinjiang or Heilongjiang. People would also be less likely to come and visit you. There is less exposure to the Western world and although some people think that they may like 'the real China' the reality can be quite different when you find yourself stuck somewhere with no lifeline Western products, few possible friends and few English speakers around you.
Choose somewhere like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Chengdu, Xiamen, Wuhan (the latter three now recentlty have direct routes to Europe and lots of FDI therefore plenty of foreigners and easy availability of foreign products).
If you want the 'real China experience' you can check it out and move somewhere more remote and authentic later. |
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twilothunder
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| Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| Btw, I did note that the OP said he wants to teach in a big city, but Lanzhou and Urumqi are 'big cities' that could be hellish for the China firsttimer. |
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it'snotmyfault
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If you've had a bad experience you're more likely to talk about it. Hence the seemingly endless negative reviews.
There's plenty of people here enjoying their jobs though, both in the public and private sector |
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chinatimes
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| has anyone had a really positive experience with a school or recruiter over there?! |
Yes, there was Jim Bob. He talked to Betty Ray. Now they have a hoot. I am sorry, what were you asking specifically?  |
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