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[Adeem]

Is there anywhere else in China where schools have ceased to actually advertise jobs, apparently due to the massive glut of foreigners?

Whether applying directly using buxiban or abroadchina, or getting recruiters on the case, or just applying yourself via e-mail, it is starting to seem like a big hassle, with advertised jobs especially seeming a waste of valuable time (most being recruiting companies with bad reps or new private schools).

How have other people snared their jobs in this tough market before? I have two years experience here, a degree etc, so I am middle to low on the employability ladder, but I am also a pretty good teacher.

Experiences?

[HunanForeignGuy]

Chengdu is NOT an overly saturated job market for FTs.

Rather, it's actually one of the more vibrant job markets in China and wages in Chengdu have actually been on the increase.

abroadchina has become useless to a great extent at this late point-in-time. If you had wanted to make successful use of abroadchina, then it would have been necessary to have started the process months ago for next September.

As I said somewhere else here on this Board, there is a really great Aussie recruiter in Chengdu who is quite efficient...he advertises a lot in the China rubric of www.eslteachersboard.com.

Also, your degree and teaching experience notwithstanding, your ethnicity and country of origin may also have come into play.

All the best,

HFG

[Songbird]

Of course noone will hire Jack Bauer, didn't you see what he did to China ??

Seriously though, can't answer your q, sorry

[HunanForeignGuy]

[SnoopBot]

If I leave Beijing Chengdu would be my first choice to live/work.

I would go there in person and start knocking on doors and research various websites.

[baasbabelaas]

I know of a school recruiting right now. PM if interested.

[MeiMei]

Sanyuan Foreign Language School...My school is looking for 4 either Canadian, American, British, or Australian teachers for September 2007 to June 2008. 2 teachers will be teaching a curriculum that will prepare students to study overseas and the other two will be teaching a combination of Middle school and Elementary teaching.

Job Details:
Location: Chengdu only 10 minutes away from the Giant Panda Research Base.
Salary:4000Yuan per month
Fully Furnished 3 bedroom apartment with phone, T.V, Internet provided free. Beautifully manicured surroundings with indoor and outdoor pools located nearby.
All paid holidays including summer if stay for over1 year.
Paid airfare from your home country and back again on completion of a 1 year contract.
2000 RMB Travel allowance.
18 to 20 classes a week including English Corner.
Assistance in the classroom by a Chinese teacher.
Z Visa provided

If your interested Please e-mail me your CV with pictures of your passport to [email protected]
ASAP

[SnoopBot]

Tempting, the pay not the greatest and hours are typical but the location and scenery would be the selling points here.

[MeiMei]

What we love about Chengdu is that its close to a lot of Chinese culture. There are so many foreign expats that we have our own soccer, rugby, and cricket teams. I know the pay is only �so so� but the community is top notch. Any how good luck with whatever your looking for and if your interested just send us a shout.

[voodikon]

agreed. chengdu is great, but job openings seem to be communicated through word of mouth rather than via the internet or some other central source.

www.chengdoo.com is trying to become that source; at the moment it's functional but still being built and does get some job postings and a lot of events postings if you're looking for that sort of thing.

the new chengdoo print magazine (www.myspace.com/chengdoo) will also eventually become this sort of resource.

[voodikon]

i've just been browsing on the eslteachersboard or whatever it's called, and i have to say, most of these ads look totally shady. very few of them name specific schools, and many don't spell out specific terms of employment. as a job seeker, i find that extremely annoying.

there's one on there offering a salary of 3800 and airfare reimbursement of 1000. i wonder if they get any applicants.

though it's not as annoying as another lead i was following which advertised double the salary for 5/6ths the hours that they're actually offering.

[SnoopBot]

[Adeem]

It has been great to see some kind of response on this thread. Thanks especially to HunanForeignGuy for proving (as he does everywhere else on the board) what a generous and kind chap he is.

I really begin to see what the elder statesmen here have been going on about now. Seems imperative that you get on the ground and start making the most of your chosen Chinese habitat, rather than jumping from place to place chasing internet-advertised pots of gold.

These Chinese fellas might be on to something with the whole Guanxi thing!

It would certainly be good to resurrect the thread in late September when everyone has relaxed into their positions and won't feel the need to cement their cards to their chest anymore.

Will see you there snoopbot - you definitely seem a wise man to know. Hotpot and free cigarettes sometime.... ?

[voodikon]

well, don't be so assured that being "on the ground" is a guarantee into the good jobs. i've been here two years and am pretty in the know about what's going on ... and i haven't heard anything to make my day. then again i haven't held a straight-up teaching position in over a year, so that could be affecting things ...

[D'yankee]

I'm an American and my wife is from Chengdu and I'm thinking about moving there because of family issues. What is the current job situation and what are the possibilities of earning 8000 to 10,000 rmb a month, thats what my wife thinks it will take to live comfortably. I do have a bachelors degree. Thanks for any constructive feedback.