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[lillie]

Hi all, be greatly appreciated if anyone can give me some advice and answers to the qu's below.

I'm 24 and am currently in HK and have 3 weeks to look for work and would like to stay here for about 6 months teaching kids aged 3-12 yrs old as I don't think I can cope with older kids.

I have a bachelors degree majoring in marketing and IT along with TESOL cert. In terms of visa requirements that is not a problem. I have 6 months of teaching experience whilst in Australia volunteering as an assistant teacher at a kindergarten. I was also an webdesign/HTML tutor for a yr when I was at university.


1. -What salary rate should I expect or ask for? Is $15 000HK plus accom too high or too low?

2. - Would it be wise to ring and approach the schools directly?

3. - Which is better for me starting out? Private school, public School or privately owned English tutoring centres?

4. - Is being able to speak Cantonese and Manderin a bonus as I'm Chinese however grew up overseas.


Any feedback would be great. Thanks in advance.

[shmeagain]

Hi lillie,

Everything depends on supply and demand and if you look like a "natural" when you have the interview.

If they need someone tomorrow, and you're the best choice, they will hire. If you look like you can do the job and you act like you can do the job and you really want to do the job - well then...you get my meaning -someone said it before and it's true "Hong Kong loves a hustler"

Just depends what kind of heart you have that goes with the hustle I guess.

For some places being Chinese will be a negative. You don't want to work for them anyway as they're usually the ones who send you to dingy jobs.

Having a visa that enables you to work is your biggest asset at this point. What you need to do is go for as many interviews as possible - I hate to say it but "network"

The fact that you'll only be here for 6 months is a problem, but you're also here over summer when there are jobs applenty so I think these would cancel each other out.

Getting full time would be unlikely, but part time bits here and there in the age range you mentioned is very possible. It all depends on how much you need to make.

If you do the legwork you could walk into a place that just fired/lost their teacher - it's HK, anything is possible!

The housing I wouldn't bet on though.

Hope this helps.