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Over-qualified ? Thanks, I think?

 
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william wallace



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:21 am    Post subject: Over-qualified ? Thanks, I think? Reply with quote

nil

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i was about to go for a job interview last year in guangzhou for liyangs crazy english as a proofreader and editor. i would have travelled from shenzhen. they wouldnt tell me the salary at first, and i finally found out..... that for about a 40 hour work week they were going to pay me about RMB6000 monthly. bye bye.... i never did go to guangzhou..... for the interview at least.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:24 pm    Post subject: Dear 7969... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:22 pm    Post subject: Crazy English Reply with quote

Surprised

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Ger



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 1:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It was unprofessional of her to be late.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Second you on that Ger. One thing that really annoys me is why can't /won't give out details on the phone and save everyone's time and energy. I mean that is why we have phones for god's sake.
William I would have been ropable after being kept waiting for nearly an hour. It is a good indicator of what the company is like
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 5:57 am    Post subject: Dear All.... Reply with quote

nil

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Dear Spiderman too- I'd go with the mouth one, and somehow work "English" into that phrase. The kicker is the friggin company is doing this, because they're loosing MILLIONS of dollars in contracts, so yeah 10,000 RMB per month MUST be too much.Daft!


Could someone decipher this for me, please?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spiderman Too wrote:
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Dear Spiderman too- I'd go with the mouth one, and somehow work "English" into that phrase. The kicker is the friggin company is doing this, because they're loosing MILLIONS of dollars in contracts, so yeah 10,000 RMB per month MUST be too much.Daft!


Could someone decipher this for me, please?


"Chinese Logic"

Secret formula for success.

Only time will tell how successful it will be.

Imagine this: we must get an English teacher who's qualified enough to have a positive impact on our business but not so qualified (and experienced with China) that he would demand too high a salary, know how to avoid certain actions of ours that wouldn't be appreciated by him, etc. If you get an overqualified teacher, you can't tell him he's underqualified, because then he might tell people we're stupid to insult him like that, so there are only two options: just ask him to wait for an answer and then tell him another candidate has been selected, or tell him he's overqualified.

If the interviewer didn't want to deal with making a follow-up call or email, then option 2 would be her only choice.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 12:33 pm    Post subject: well IF I have to completely spell it out for you... Reply with quote

nil

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Ger



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Surely she knew from reading your resume that you were over-qualified. Why bother inviting you for an interview?

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would have forced her to have sex with me right in the interview room and then when I was done said " Sorry, I thought you were a Japanese women..."
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