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Badboy Blue
Joined: 09 Apr 2004
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Location: soon to be in beijing
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 Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 4:30 pm Post subject: I don't know if this is true or not, but..... |
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I didn't have any problems finding a decent job in Beijing, but...
A friend of mine has been looking for a GOOD job in Beijing and he once got a response from a "veteran" saying...
"Don't even think about getting a good job in Beijing (or Shanghai) until you get here. They are reserved FOR US!!! (people already in China)"
I just want to know if there is any once of truth in what this person wrote to my friend?
Is it true that alot of good employers in Beijing and Shanghai will ONLY hire seasoned teachers ALREADY in China?
Like me, he has experience teaching in Korea.
What's the BIG difference between teaching in Korea and teaching in China? |
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Susie
Joined: 02 Jul 2003
Posts: 390
Location: PRC
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| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| True insofar as employers who can have face to face interviews with teachers will want to do so and true insofar as employers who don't have to pay flight ticket money will hire those already in China. |
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kimo
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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| What Susie says is true. Employers have learned from experience to be wary. A guy/gal looks good on paper but actually produces little in the classroom, or decides to leave half-way through the term, or is nutzo or something. |
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lagerlout2006
Joined: 17 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 1:40 am Post subject: |
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What he might mean is you need to be there---learn your way around-make some friends and contacts and then you will see better offers...
Korea-China.Korea you tend to follow a textbook very closely...Even the way you teach is dictated by the owner...Here there are no books and you need to design the program from scratch..Some advice---spend a few hundred bucks in the EFL section of Kyobo books. They'll be worth a million. |
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Yu
Joined: 06 Mar 2003
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Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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You need to define what you mean by a good job.
Perhaps it depends on the nature of the definition.
I got a job a the school I wanted to teach at from the States. Maybe it helped that my husband did his undergrad there so I knew how to contact some people who knew the recruiter... but at the same time I had the qualifications.
Good Luck |
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cheekygal
Joined: 04 Mar 2003
Posts: 1987
Location: China, Zhuhai
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:07 am Post subject: |
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| 3 of my friends (1 is a native speaker and 2 are not) working in Beijing for 3 different schools. All three of them are pretty much happy with the set-up: salary is 9-11 thousand RMB a month, schools help with visa and permits but don't pay for them. Neither they pay for the accomodation. They don't teach crazy hours and the work conditions are stable so far. All three of them found jobs right on the spot... I guess, sometimes it's hmmm luck? |
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