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johntpartee · Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258

Go ahead and spin! I'm not saying you should lie, but if you have experience, use it!

Halapo · Joined: 05 Sep 2009 Posts: 140 Location: Jiangsu, China

To work legally you need a work visa, a residents permit and a Foreign Expert Certificate.

It is easier to get the work Visa with a degree. I had 3 years experience when I started, and got a work visa without a degree.

To get your "Foreign Experts Certificate" you need 2 years experience. You don't need a degree for that part however.

To get a job you need to get them to hire you. You boss might not want you to work legally.

Oh and lastly, you just have to claim to have the experience, there is pretty good odd that nobody in customs, the education department, the university or if you use a recruiter, will ever check. I call my contacts and asked if they every got a call or email from any of the jobs I applied to. Nobody, not even the guys who hired me checked.

empiler1 · Joined: 09 Feb 2010 Posts: 16

Miles Smiles · Joined: 07 Jun 2010 Posts: 1294 Location: Heebee Jeebee

The schools are looking for TEACHING experience. Since it is so close to the first day of school, some schools may be willing to bypass that requirement.

The girls get prettier at closing time.

empiler1 · Joined: 09 Feb 2010 Posts: 16

xiaolongbaolaoxi · Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Posts: 126

You need to grasp that any answer given by anyone here at any time could be totally invalid all the time for everyone in every city at all times thirty minutes away from whoever gives you a specific, clear, and timely answer.

This is not an issue of slight variances; what one official wants on one day may not be what s/he wants tomorrow or is the exact opposite of someone in the same position in another city/province wants.

You time it right=the school has noone lined up and classes start soon, requirements may drop like flies [people do line up ok jobs before graduation with not even pizza delivery experience]. You time it wrong or enter into a negotiation (without even realizing that is what is occurring), every requirement will be cited to you with no basis in reality.

They can't give you the job if you don't apply. They can't say no if you don't apply. Apply and figure it out. Uni classes start in fivish weeks. Requirements and expectations will perhaps soften. However, the likelihood of clear, direct answers that are linked to reality may be tempered by the proximity of deadlines.

empiler1 · Joined: 09 Feb 2010 Posts: 16

Miles Smiles · Joined: 07 Jun 2010 Posts: 1294 Location: Heebee Jeebee

empiler1 · Joined: 09 Feb 2010 Posts: 16

Miles Smiles · Joined: 07 Jun 2010 Posts: 1294 Location: Heebee Jeebee

Babala · Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 1303 Location: Henan

It depends on the city in many cases. Suzhou recently changed the requirements needed to get the FEC. You now need a degree, a TESOL/TEFL and 2 years experience. What you need to find out is the requirements in the city you plan to go to.

Miles Smiles · Joined: 07 Jun 2010 Posts: 1294 Location: Heebee Jeebee

Zero · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 1402

I was recently told by a recruiter that no TEFL cert., no problem. Less than 2 yrs. teaching experience, no problem. Even if they are a problem, I imagine it's extremely easy for the recruiter or the school to fake them. All they have to do is change or add a line or two on your resume.

The problem would be more likely if you are less than 25 years old, at which point it's harder for them to fake the two years of experience for you because your graduation date makes it obvious that you don't have the post-university experience.

MisterButtkins · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Posts: 1221