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timtastic · Joined: 05 Oct 2007 Posts: 14 Location: Beijing

I just saw a posting for a university job that has a higher salary (10000 RMB) than what I've read about here on the forums. The ad says they provide free accommodation with that as well as visa support. There are 20 teaching hours in a week (50 min hour).

Is it worth applying for? I'm a new CELTA grad with no other teaching experience, and the add doesn't list any requirements that I don't meet.

therock · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 1266 Location: China

Scam!!!!!!!!!!!

MGreen · Joined: 22 May 2007 Posts: 81

Go for it! What are you waiting for? If its in Zhuhai, the salary sounds about right. I've got a friend (w/ an MA) teaching at a university there who says he's making over 15,000RMB for 16 hours.

I'd say post the name to find out if its legit, but than everyone else would jump on it, so don't.

eslstudies · Joined: 17 Dec 2006 Posts: 1061 Location: East of Aden

You've got a CELTA, but a degree?
If so, yeah go for it. I was getting 8,000 for 16 [the advert said more, but that's what I ended up doing] back 6 years ago.

McGreen, not looking to nit pick [or knit pick, as someone on the China boards loves saying:D ], but......

flutterbayou · Joined: 01 Apr 2006 Posts: 244

Timtastic,

10,000 is not mega bucks, so you can probably apply without much worry as to whether someone is scamming you.

The job might be at a university that offers a joint venture program with another country, like a study abroad program in Canada or Australia.

MGreen · Joined: 22 May 2007 Posts: 81

Thanks ESL. Its a typo. I have a bad habit of looking at homework and reading Dave's, guess I can't multi-task.

johnchina · Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 816

It also depends on what kind of university it is. If it's "a proper one", it sounds like a great deal. If it's one of those privately-run "universities", bear in mind the kind of students you can expect. They'll almost certainly be from rich families and be students that failed to get into "a proper university".

jammish · Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 1704

defjux84 · Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 21

i make 12,000 and have 15 hours of teaching.
i also have friends who wokr two jobs, still not 40 hours a week and make around 20-23 a month

Kurochan · Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 944 Location: China

Where is the job, exactly? It's a believable salary, especially for the south. Twenty hours a week is higher than usual, but so is the pay, so it doesn't seem so strange.

timtastic · Joined: 05 Oct 2007 Posts: 14 Location: Beijing

It seems like a high salary based on what some of the other recent CELTA grads around me have been getting. I've gone ahead an applied for it. It's my first application after getting certified, so I just wanted to know if it was worth my time. Thanks for the advice.

timtastic · Joined: 05 Oct 2007 Posts: 14 Location: Beijing

Wow, they already got back to me. Interviewing tomorrow even!

jwbhomer · Joined: 14 Dec 2003 Posts: 876 Location: CANADA

SocratesSon2 · Joined: 19 Nov 2007 Posts: 134

This does not sound like a public uni job to me, they always pay peanuts from what I have seen.

The Great Wall of Whiner · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 4946 Location: Blabbing

Sounds good.

I suggest that they will have you doing more than what they are telling you, for that salary.