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Mysteriousdeltarays · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 27

Is it still possible to get a job in China if you are over 60?

dean_a_jones · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 1151 Location: Wuhan, China

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Mysteriousdeltarays · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 27

Kind of what I figured, Nobody really knows.

Still thanks. I gather there is a major difference between being there already and coming in new.

I agree the recruiters probably wouldn't know or care.

But thanks for your reply

I kind of like the guy who said his girlfriend was a sophomore, In a way thumbs up, an inspiration, but women get pregnant, they are vary good at in fact.

Thanks honestly for your response. Any other information I'd love to know.

GeminiTiger · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:03 am Post subject:

Absolutely it is possible. However, it depends on your time and place. I was just at a school who had told me they had to let a teacher go after 3 years just because he was 60 and the local government guy was anal about enforcing the suggested SAFTA(?) guidelines. It totally depends on where you are.

Mysteriousdeltarays · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 27

That is what I am trying to figure out, This place in the far west, they produce oil, you can only reach it by airplane although they do have a pipeline. They tell me no problem, but I am thinking maybe some place less extreme,

Thanks for the response though.

mrwslee003 · Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 190

Absolutely you can get a job in China after 60. I was there for 2 years and they wanted me to stay longer. And I was over the hill, as you implied.

If they won't allow people over 60 to work most of their leaders would be
drinking beer on the beaches. Wouldn't that be something.

Mind you they would only have one grandchild to keep them company....
pitty!

eslteach · Joined: 28 Sep 2010 Posts: 94

WaystoGo · Joined: 17 Apr 2011 Posts: 21 Location: PRD

If the school really wants you they can get around it.. I turned 60 right before I received my work permit. The only issue seems to be if the school can get health insurance for you ( required by the government for the issuance of work permits.) Most health insurance companies won't pick up after 60. Way around it is to get accident insurance...which has no age limitation...that what my school did and I got my permit in two weeks from the FAO

Joshua Wells · Joined: 07 Sep 2011 Posts: 9 Location: Shenzhen, China

Re: teaching jobs and age.....
It has been my experience and observation that if the school really wants you and what skills you bring to the table, they will hire you, and find ways of dealing with work visas, etc. I think it's an un-stated rule that hiring stops after 60. Due to the huge population, it makes sense to �lean house'and make room for younger workers, and age discrimination is just a way of setting limits; it's not altogether unheard of in the U.S. except that in the U.S. we've got laws that prevent this. In truth, one can work as long as you want, but not so in China. At age 60+, I guess they think people should be retired, despite the energy, motivation, and skills one can stilll bring to the school; age 60+ is not "old"in WEstern eyes, but to the Chinese way of thinking, it may seem so.
I've got stellar qualifications that no younger person could hope to match, but the voluminous amounts of sent documents don't even warrant a response once they see the birth date. I know of may FT's who have faced this same thing. Chinese schools want younger folks, and there is no recourse or law to prevent this, unfortunately.