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Tennessee
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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Location: los angeles
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 Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:11 am Post subject: Is it ok to just show up and look for a job. |
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| I will be coming to guangzhou or shenzhen the first week of november. should i line up employment or find it when i get there? Thank you roger and robbie for previous posts regarding accomodation. is ther work in the area? |
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Keath
Joined: 02 Apr 2005
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Location: USA / CHINA / AUSTRALIA
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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With visa regulations tightening.. Your best bet is to line up employment before you go. Its the middle of the semester, so you have to question any school that is still looking for foreign teachers at this time and scrutinize the offers more closely.
If you go on a F or L visa as tourist and find employmnt you risk not being able to convert your visa, or at the very least, requiring a trip to Hong Kong if and after your documents have been processed.. Local visa conversions can still happen though they are becoming more rare..
Good luck!
Keith
www.journeyeast.org
TEACH ENGLISH IN CHINA |
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Roger
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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Maybe the market is reaching what we might call a "FT saturation point"... There simply isn't that much of a demand any more, occasional streaks of good luck by a few notwithstanding. It is therefore best to contact prospective employers beforehand. And don't come without some cash to tide you over lean periods!
Try EF (in spite of the industriously applied bad publicity that some have given it - there are some EF operators that do their job decently!). |
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