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Shawn-W · Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 5 Location: ZheJiang, China

Greetings,

I just moved to ZheJiang Province in China 4 months ago to be with the woman I love. However, I jumped into the pond without looking first and am now having some trouble finding a job. I figured that since I am a native English speaker, finding a job would be no problem once I got here... I was wrong.

I do not have my Associate's degree from college, yet, and have not started on my TEFL. However, I do want to start the TEFL Course as soon as possible. Unfortunately, there are a lot of scams on the internet and I want to take a legitimate TEFL Online Course that will give me what I need. Any suggestions?

Also, I would really welcome any help of advice as to what I should do. Right now, I am living off my student loan money, which is not a good thing, and I need to get a job. I want to provide a comfortable life for my wife and myself while we both go to school to better ourselves.

Thanks for any advice,
Shawn Wilkes

grwit · Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 329 Location: Dagobah

I saw a job available in Ningbo ZheJiang which is in the north east of the province. Im not sure how far away that is from your present location. Let me find the information again and give you the link.

grwit · Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 329 Location: Dagobah

I found these on Daves Eslcafe China Jobs list.

http://www.eslcafe.com/jobs/china/

NEW: Teachers Needed: Wenzhou, South Zhejiang Province, China

STILL TIME!! QUALITY ESL POSITIONS FOR A SEPT/OCT START - Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Zhejiang, Jiangsu etc

80 ESL Teachers Needed: Beijing, Shanghai, Guandong, Zhejiang, Hubei, Henan, Jiangsu......

Sorry I cant find that Ningbo Job now.

saint57 · Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:48 am Post subject:

INTESOL International has an online course. It's not a scam, but it doesn't have teaching practice. Personally, I think it was a waste of my time and money. If you just need a piece of paper to satisfy a school, then it's ok.

saint57 · Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:50 am Post subject:

Honestly, you have to work very hard to not find a job in China.

Shawn-W · Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 5 Location: ZheJiang, China

Thanks for the information, grwit. I will definitely check it out tonight.

Saint, any tips on how to get started? As I said, in ZheJiang, you need a degree to teach a class or else you and the school both get in trouble. What else can I do?

kt_monster · Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 12 Location: uk

Im in Zhejiang province (Jiaojiang). I dont have a degree and everything is legit. Its easy to get a job my employer is looking now.