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[jallore]

I'm moving there soon, however, I have some distance consultation work (which will take me out of the country) so I don't want to work FT.

1. Can I get a multiple entry visa painlessly?

2. Are my dreams of private tutoring and setting up classes of my own only pipedreams?

3. Anyone know what the market is these days for housewives in China? is there such a phenomenom as there is in Japan and Korea?

Thanks for your wisdom~

[SocratesSon2]

I think you will find it difficult to set up PT work moving to a city you do not know and have not lived in. Generally FT work is how Private teachers make their contacts. Where exactly are you going to meet all of these potential new "students". Chance run ins on the street are not enough. Yeah it's possible you can do it, but it will prove rather difficult to be honest. Generally language students go with someone they know or someone a friend knows. You can always place an ad, but I have heard there are dozens, sometimes even hundreds of such ads. Chinese seem to ignore them for the most part. Thats what I have been told. Don't know from first hand experience, never placed one.

Anyone out there ever place a newspaper ad for Private tutoring and have an real success? Meaning you got a boatload of students from it.

[jeffinflorida]

Check out www.shenzhenparty.com and look through the classified ads there.

Once you have your nest set up then you can go about making contacts.

Start by looking at some English schools and seek part time work. Let them know you only wanna do x numbers a week and you can get some contract work - ask to be paid daily or weekly in this case.

Contacts will be your best bet really. Make friends and talk to people and there's always a ton of families that want Junior to learn via an in-home tutor. And ask other foreigners also. Most of us are always hit on to teach someones friend etc...

Visa, well you can try to get an F visa for 1 year and they may have a 90 stay per entry and then you have to exit to Hong Kong to reset the clock to zero... F visas not that hard to get.

[jallore]

Thanks for both those posts, guys.

SS - Don't assume I'm going in there on an empy pallette - I wouldn't be moving to SZ for the fun of it! Haha...it'd be one of the last places I'd move, to be honest. I've been there a bunch of times - certainly I'm not as naive to think that fast-moving, angry-looking Chinese people are going to try to hit me up on the street for private tutoring:)

Jeff-thx for your constructive responses re tutoring and visas. I didn't know I could possibly get contacts through a school - I thought if you worked for them it was on their terms or nothing...good to know, I'll try that. And I'll aim for that F - that's exactly what I'm looking for. I'd be in and out of the country enough no problem.

Thanks again to both!

[Plan B]

Hi Jallore,

Do you have corporate training experience?

Many training centres will offer you part-time corporate work. However, most will require company references. Examples of centres to enquire at are English First, Wall Street, Com Com, Excelliance, Cleverlearn, Armstrong Hilton, and New Oriental - to my knowledge, all are currently employing part-time teachers. Rates are 200 - 250 / hour.

You could also try approaching a few of the companies directly. The ones I know about which have had part-time teachers at some point over the last year include Foxconn, Huawei, ZTE, and BYD Auto (questionable reputation).

Again, all will probably require references.

[jallore]

I like the insiders advice - thanks, man!
I don't have corporate training experience, however around 4 years teaching plus 1.5 years program management experience. Someone ought to give me a go somewhere.
Thanks for your help and I'll most definitely try those leads.