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NGP · Joined: 14 May 2004 Posts: 14 Location: Planet Earth

Hello,

I am currently in Hanoi and will be in Southern China in 3 weeks. I will be in need of a job and am looking into settling down in around Guangzhou. My question to you is should I try to organize a job before hand or will it be easy to find a position there if I just show up? Is that a good time for the job market? What would be an expected waiting time to get a job If I just show up? Getting abit anxious now as you can see.
I have taught for over 1 year in Japan so im not new to it all.

Any advise would be appreciated.

Cheers

Jolly · Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 202

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

Jolly said it nicely enough, methinks!

The Torres Winer Co. is soliciting wine merchants; candidates must be proficient in Mandarin and English. As you know, Torres are a Spanish company. Their advfice to any would-be candidate is to "please, use the spellcheck and make sure your grammar is correct. Otherwise we will not entertain your job application"...

NGP · Joined: 14 May 2004 Posts: 14 Location: Planet Earth

Thanks for the adviCe. I think I will organize a job BEFOREHAND as you mentioned. Sorry if this sounds nasty but being in a foreign country and using a computer that has the letters drawn onto the keyboard can be A BIT frustrating.

Is that better mate?

lagerlout2006 · Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 985

Three weeks from now should be an excellent time to find work. New term will begin and---we all know how they like doing things at the last minute.

Try to at least make some contacts before arriving. Read throught the posts to get idea of what to watch out for.