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[Konstansis]

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me what career prospects are like for foreigners teaching Enlighs in China? I've wanted to go and work in China for the last 4 years but I was at university. Now i've finished study I can finally go, but its proved alot harder to get a job here in Britain than I thought, as so many people having degrees now and experience seems SO important. With this in mind, is it wise to go and work in China considering we need a secure future? Where can, or does, teaching Eniglish over there lead to?

Thanks.

[william wallace]

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[Voldermort]

I pretty much came here for a change of scenery. Also from the UK I found it hard getting a job at least getting one I liked. One day I thought what the hall, I'm still young, I have no comitments, I will go traveling. My initial plan was to go from country to country working for a year and move on. There was nothing special about China, it just so happened I found a job here first.

Now, I can tell you, my first year here was tough. Some of the posters here may remember the problems I had, homeless, jobless, no visa etc... And a lot of people ask we why I am still here, anybody else would have left as soon as they could. The simple answer is, I love China and I love teaching. It was never my plan to make a career of teaching, but that is what I have ended up doing.

My point is, don't come to China with expectations. Things may work, they may not. Your first visit should be planned for a year, and always have something to fall back on.

[william wallace]

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[Konstansis]

Very good and useful info, thanks alot all. But i also wonder why people go to teach in China when they have better prospects in the states or UK or wherever. However I understand it wasn't planned exactly for voldermort!

[mlomker]