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The Great Wall of Whiner
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If you have a proper degree and are a native English speaker, I wouldn't take any of them.
A LOT more lucrative positions that pay much more than those positions.
If you're looking for minimal time teaching, check out Kindergartens in Beijing. We're talking 10-12000 RMB+ a month, Monday to Friday, weekends off, 20 hours a week. Two in the morning, two in the afternoon.
Was offered a few positions, turned them all down. |
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KnockoutNed
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| In terms of buying power making 10,000 in Beijing is probably the same as making 5,000 in Shenyang. Also - less hours and I would also much rather work with University students than Kindergartners. |
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The Ever-changing Cleric
Joined: 19 Feb 2009
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| The Great Wall of Whiner wrote: |
If you have a proper degree and are a native English speaker, I wouldn't take any of them.
A LOT more lucrative positions that pay much more than those positions. |
there's always something more lucrative available. but newcomers to china usually have trouble getting these "lucrative" jobs because they don't know the job market in the country on day one (and people who know of these jobs are often "protective" of them). and since the highest paying (won't say "best" because there is no "best" job out there) jobs aren't always advertised online, its a case of get your foot in the door by taking any half decent/run of the mill job and then work your way up, through whatever means.
as for the quote from one of those contracts - "Teachers may leave campus in between classes" i'm pretty sure anyone who can read between the lines can write that off as one of the meaningless phrases that creep into almost any contract and that likely has no real bearing on the conditions.
btw, i had the misfortune of working in a kindergarten once. 20 hours in one of those places is like 40 hours anywhere else  (unless you've got the training to deal with it) |
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Moon Over Parma
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| Xi'an is a great city, but the job offer is crap. Zhejiang is vague and does not specify a city, You can end up in an inconvenient backwater. Food for thought. |
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