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Voldermort · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 597

On April the 23rd there will be a Job fair in Beijing

frigginhippie · Joined: 13 Mar 2004 Posts: 188 Location: over here

Hello,
I'm in Beijing, it's 6:50pm Thursday, and I can't access that website. Can anyone else?
If so, can you post the full ad (unless the OP gave it all). Thank you, Voldermort, for the information!
-fh

Zero Hero · Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 944

It won't open from here in HK, so it's not just you.

burnsie · Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 489 Location: Beijing

It's at the Friendship Hotel on Sunday. Just hop into a taxi and say Youyi Fangdian and that will get you there.

william wallace · Joined: 14 May 2003 Posts: 2869 Location: in between

Nothing to say.

AsiaTraveller · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:36 pm Post subject:

Had to go to a cached page (the actual page, www.chinajob.com/index.php, being unloadable):

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:brTTtW7Zk14J:www.chinajob.com/index.php+%22job+fair%22+friendship+hotel&hl=en&lr=&strip=1

JOB FAIR FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS, April 23, 2005

Pre-registration is highly recommended

Chinajob.com is hosting the Second Job Fair for Teachers of Foreign Languages at the Friendship Hotel in Beijing on April 23rd, 2005.

So far, over 40 universities, middle schools, language training centers and elementary schools will be available the whole day to interview teachers who want to find a job for the upcoming 2005 Fall Semester.

Literally thousands of jobs will be available on the 23rd for you to look at and discuss with the foreign affairs officers and deans of the schools attending the Fair.

All these institutions will be actively recruiting for positions starting next Fall.

Pre-registrations are now coming in regularly. It is highly recommended that you write us an email with your name and mobile number so that we can have your name on our attendees list and quickly check it off when you arrive at the Job Fair. Nothing more than your name and mobile number. Send it NOW so that we can add you to our list.

We will send you your Pre-registration Form by return email. Email your name and mobile number to: [email protected].

Thank you and hope to see you at the Fair.

These Schools Will Be At Our Job Fair

Furen Kidcastle Training School of Hangzhou (Zhejiang)
Neon International Institute (Sichuan)
Xiamen Sanan Electronics Co., Ltd. (Fujian)
Beijing Huijia Private School (Beijing)
Shandong Finance Institute (Shandong)
Liaoning Technical University (Liaoning)
Beijing Limai School (Beijing)
Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School (Beijing)
Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College (Fujian)
MRC INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (Liaoning)
Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics (Jiangxi)

Voldermort · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 597

The link for the website is www.chinajob.com and not chinajob.com as somebody stated earlier. Chinajob.com is for a GMS service unrelated to the website.

I am also having difficulties opening the page now. It may be a simple reason due to too many people trying to use the server. Perhaps I should have posted the full details, I appologise for that.

burnsie · Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 489 Location: Beijing

Yes, the website it's not working for me also and I'm in Beijing.

The hotel is in the Haidian District. If you are in the east then catch the subway to Xizhimen and then catch a taxi for 10 kuai at the most.

Here is the address:

Youyi Fangdian
Bai Shi Qiao Lu, Beijing, China

william wallace · Joined: 14 May 2003 Posts: 2869 Location: in between

Nothing to say.

frigginhippie · Joined: 13 Mar 2004 Posts: 188 Location: over here

Yep, it was a bust. Each representative mimicked the next: "4000/month, free housing, 18-22hrs/week". If you're in China already, you have this, and are looking for something better. I don't think anyone, prospect or recruiter, left extremely satisfied. Still, if I hear of another fair, I'd probably go. So thanks for the heads up.
-fh

burnsie · Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 489 Location: Beijing

Oh, that's disappointing. I was going to go today (sunday). I think I will give it a miss. Thanks for the information.

rickinbeijing · Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 252 Location: Beijing, China

I've searched job positions for an overseas friend almost daily on www.chinajob.com Please be aware:

1. This is a PRC government-owned website. Don't bother making email inquiries to the staff as they almost never answer them. Customer service Mao-era style.

2. Nearly all of the schools posted in the top box are DESPERATE to find a FT and for good reason.

3. Exception: Tan Kah Kee College, part of Xiamen University but with its campus in Zhongshan further inland but on the water nonetheless. Excellent waiban (i.e. FAO), very responsive to my queries. Excellent salary for 13 actual hours of classroom contact per week. These students are all undergrads who are just grateful to have a chance at a college degree. Campus is lovely and quite newly developed.

4. Many of these colleges and schools have been posted here for three months or more. That should tell you something.

5. Respond directly to the schools. Do NOT use this website staff as a liaison or the process will take months!

6. Avoid that private school in Chaoyang, Beijing. I know three FTs who worked there and left. Students are excellent but the headmaster/owner is a control freak and they mess with your salary and schedule.

7. Many of these listings duplicate another PRC website, Angelina's Cafe, which is a rip-off of Dave's ESL Cafe.

Good luck.

frigginhippie · Joined: 13 Mar 2004 Posts: 188 Location: over here

While I have noticed many of the offers on several sites, I have to defend Angelina's ESL Cafe, which is not just a ripoff of Dave's. For one, Angelina's is a recruiting company, there are no messageboards (the lifeblood of Dave's), and it gives its own helpful travel info, not submitted from other teachers. I got my job through them, after dozens of my apprehensive questions calmly answered by phone and daily online chats (How many recruiters will just chat with you online?) I arrived to find the situation far better than described to me, and an excellent FAO and English department, who accept my input, classroom decisions, and offer help whenever needed. A few months after I arrived, 2 representatives from Angelina's visited our school, bearing small gifts for the teachers they recruited. We would have gone for dinner as well if I didn't have class. Even now, I can and still do sometimes chat with the recruiter. My school has been on their website for over a year, with virtually the same information. I found no reason not to accept 1 year ago, and I see no reason why someone would not accept the position now. There is no "desperate need" at this campus. They, like me, are just keeping their eyes open.
-fh

Alex_P · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:41 am Post subject: Job Fair

I would like to concur with "frigginhippie" in his assessment of Angelina's Cafe (www.anesl.com).

I have used them and they have been exceptionally professional. And I have referred others to them and they have also found them to be exceptionally professional.

And they are one of the larger agencies in China. And no, I don't work for them, and no, I don't own any shares of their stock, nor do I have a vested financial interest, direct or indirect.

rickinbeijing · Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 252 Location: Beijing, China

Hippie and Alex,

I retract the implication of what I said. Actually, I was being flippant. I meant the name of their website is a rip-off. I'm glad at least one government website is diligent, too, and have no reason to doubt your testimonials. Thanks for the clarification. However, but: I stand by what I said about many of the schools regularly posting there. By the way, "desperate" doesn't necessarily connote "bad" in this specific context. It may simply mean "bad luck," as in not getting enough responses from qualified, sincerely interested FTs.