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BigWally
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| Read other posts on this website. All the "newbie" questions you can think of have been answered, but generally around $2000 + airfare should be sufficient savings. Or at least in the past it has been, but if the market is as bad as ppl say it is you may need more to get you through until you find work. |
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forest1979
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Location: SE Asia
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| Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| Thats a good starting point. $2000 to get established if you can crack the job market straightaway. Add on $100s for extra weeks of the job search. In other words, you need that $2000 just in case. Much more given the economy at the moment. |
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JZer
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Location: Pittsburgh
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Hey OP,
Not to rain on your parade, but until they give you your pink slip at your current job STAY THERE AND DON"T QUIT!!!! It may suck but trust me the only thing worse than having a sucky job is having no job at all. There are no guarantees once you get to Taiwan. I have experience and TEFL certs and have sent out tons of resumes and only have gotten one response. |
I don't know what you are doing wrong. Plenty of work around. |
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linzbc
Joined: 04 Feb 2009
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Location: Arlington, VA, US
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| Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| JZer wrote: |
| I don't know what you are doing wrong. Plenty of work around. |
Really? Maybe it's certain regions of taiwan. What region are you in?
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| I have experience and TEFL certs and have sent out tons of resumes and only have gotten one response. |
What region are you looking in? Also, where were you before? Were you laid off, or did your contract end? |
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JZer
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Location: Pittsburgh
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I am in Taipei. I choose to leave my last job even though they offered me a new contract.
My friend also had no problem finding a job. |
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JZer
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:18 am Post subject: |
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| What region are you looking in? Also, where were you before? Were you laid off, or did your contract end? |
I have not been in the United States since I finished my studies. I don't know that I would ever want to live in the US.
Some people on this board may complain about the pay but way too many people in the US spend most of their salary on gas, car payments, and insurance. Opps I almost forgot taxes. Most of the money you make here you keep except for the first six months. Please be aware that you need to arrive before July 1 or you will have to pay 20 percent tax and will not get it back. |
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linzbc
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Location: Arlington, VA, US
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| Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Please be aware that you need to arrive before July 1 or you will have to pay 20 percent tax and will not get it back. |
Why is this? Is this Taiwanese tax or US tax? Is this a new tax measure that is going into effect? |
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linzbc
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Location: Arlington, VA, US
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Also, I thought I'd add that last night I met a friend of my best friend, and she is Taiwanese. She is going back to visit in May for three weeks, and wants me and my friend to come with her, and we can stay at her parent's house in Taipei. I think this is a good opportunity, don't you? The only thing I worry about is that if I go out to interview and investigate schools that I may have to come back to pack everything and then fly out again (two plane tickets). However, maybe it is wiser to spend the money on two plane tickets than several thousand for living costs while I am unemployed and looking in Taiwan....
Any thoughts? |
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MomCat
Joined: 02 Dec 2004
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| Pack what you will want in boxes, seal and label them (with your friend's address). If you stay here ask someone to ship them. Expensive as heck but not as much as a plane ticket. |
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linzbc
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Is the school system like it is here in the US? Meaning, what kind of jobs can I find that will have openings in May? Are there some schools that go year-round?
My friend's Taiwanese friend suggested looking for work initially in a summer school, and then after working for the full year, but is that how everyone else does it?
What time of year is the typical hiring season? |
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JZer
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Is the school system like it is here in the US? Meaning, what kind of jobs can I find that will have openings in May? Are there some schools that go year-round?
My friend's Taiwanese friend suggested looking for work initially in a summer school, and then after working for the full year, but is that how everyone else does it?
What time of year is the typical hiring season? |
Unless you have a teacher's license you are only allowed to teach in language schools. They hire all year round depending on openings. |
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JZer
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My friend's Taiwanese friend suggested looking for work initially in a summer school, and then after working for the full year, but is that how everyone else does it?
What time of year is the typical hiring season? |
Working at a summer school is probably not that good of an idea. You will not have a visa and will have to leave Taiwan. They may exist but all the summer camps I know will not sponsor a visa for you. Most cannot sponsor your visa even if they wanted to. |
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twiddle_dee
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject: how much? |
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Save $1000 over the price of your plane ticket and try to line up a job before you get here. Use a recruiter or contact a school directly, that way you'll have a place to stay when you get here. I'd recommend Footprints recruiting. You'll have to sign a year contract but I would recommend breaking that if you want to, just use it for the free room and airport pickup. Good luck.
http://www.glowfishtw.com/ |
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Mr. White
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| Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:01 am Post subject: Re: how much? |
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| ...... Use a recruiter or contact a school directly, that way you'll have a place to stay when you get here. I'd recommend Footprints recruiting. You'll have to sign a year contract but I would recommend breaking that if you want to, just use it for the free room and airport pickup. Good luck. |
That's pretty poor advice  |
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PDXPTH
Joined: 10 Mar 2009
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Location: Portland, Oregon USA
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| Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:31 am Post subject: of all the reasons... |
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| Food being bad shouldn't be one of them. The cuisine here is delicious and you have so many options from night markets to 'lunch box' stands to four-star restaurants, I can't believe anyone - well, anyone who likes to eat well and affordably - would leave because the food wasn't to their liking. |
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