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manrae
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 Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:02 am Post subject: Beijing Easy English School offer, anyone have any info? |
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Knight ESL just emailed me with this offer from Beijing Easy English...
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The No.10 school Beijing Easy English school interested on you.They want to do interview with you at Wed 15th,Jan 11am China time on Skype. Please let me know are you available and your skype ID.
Here is the school details.
Native teachers needed in Xizhimen /CBD//Wangjing/Wudaokou/Yanjiao/Liangxiang/Changyang with
free accomodation and Working visa
We are a well-organized English training school . We have 7 branches in Beijing with thousands of students Located at Xizhimen/CBD/Wangjing/Wudaokou/Yanjiao/Liangxiang/Changyang area
Students age : 3-16 years old or adults
classes sides: 1 on 1 tutoring and small group (5-8 students in one class)
Full-time Schedule : Mon. Tue. Off
Wed. to Fri. 2:30-7:30pm
Weekends: 8:30am to 6:30pm
What we offer：
Salary: 12000---17000/M House allowance or Free apartment
Medical insurance
Yearend bonus 2000-6000RMB
Extend contract bonus 6000RMB
Provide working visa
Paid holiday
monthly performance bonus200-1700rmb
website：www.baite.cc
We look forward to welcoming the reliable and qualified both part time and full time teachers to join us.
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The website is in all Chinese, and google translate is  at best. Does anyone have any experience with any of their branches in Beijing?
I Google searched for any info on the school and couldn't find anything either |
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muffintop
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Not an attractive offer.
It's a LOT of hours and the pay is low for what they want. 1on1's are not ideal for most people and with so many locations in the city it's a fairly safe bet you'd be expected to shuffle between locations eating up more time. At 12k it works out to roughly 80RMB an hour not including travel time. Though I don't live in Beijing....that seems really really low.
Try deciding on a province or city you want to work in then hop onto Wikipedia and you'll usually find the names of Uni's in the area. Contact them directly.
I recommend a Uni gig because the hours are typically low and your nights and weekends will be free. Do not be fooled by the low salaries you see at many Uni's...by having nights and weekends free and a light workload you'll have ample time to find part time gigs if you so choose. You'll also get FAR more holiday time.
Mills are a grind for the most part. An unrewarding grind. Sure some people are happy working at their mill but by far there are more horror stories about mills than about public schools and Uni's. |
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manrae
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:57 am Post subject: |
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Not an attractive offer.
It's a LOT of hours and the pay is low for what they want. 1on1's are not ideal for most people and with so many locations in the city it's a fairly safe bet you'd be expected to shuffle between locations eating up more time. At 12k it works out to roughly 80RMB an hour not including travel time. Though I don't live in Beijing....that seems really really low.
Try deciding on a province or city you want to work in then hop onto Wikipedia and you'll usually find the names of Uni's in the area. Contact them directly.
I recommend a Uni gig because the hours are typically low and your nights and weekends will be free. Do not be fooled by the low salaries you see at many Uni's...by having nights and weekends free and a light workload you'll have ample time to find part time gigs if you so choose. You'll also get FAR more holiday time.
Mills are a grind for the most part. An unrewarding grind. Sure some people are happy working at their mill but by far there are more horror stories about mills than about public schools and Uni's. |
I've read a lot about Universities not paying or changing contracts during the time spent there, but I will look further into it, thank you  |
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muffintop
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No mater what you look for....you'll find it.
Sure there are Uni horror stories but far less than others.
Also....if the job you accept turns out to be not as you expected would you rather have a 35+ hour a week obligation or 16? |
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Banner41
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Location: Shanghai
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Not sure why the go to tip is to look for unis. Personally to me, they are low paying jobs and you have to work with students who are mostly disinterested in anything you have to teach them. Also, if it is your first year in China it will take time to find privates and "other" sources of income. I have seen way worse mill jobs. 2:30 start wed-fri and ending by 6:30 on Saturday and Sundays isn't the worst schedule in the world. In Beijing there is something going on every night not like some of the other cities. You could do better but also could do much worse. If you can get them to nail you down to one center and clear up the salary range/bonus (get it written into the contract) you could make a better decision. A 5k swing in salary is a bit much. Crush it on the interview then start negotiating.
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zactherat
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Now that you know which school you are dealing with, you could possibly just go to them direct rather than through the recruiter.
Also I'd echo above advice and try to avoid working at more than one centre.
17k plus a free house would be awesome. Unlikely, however, given the wording. |
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