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Z-visa restrictions in major cities?

 
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dylantownsend



Joined: 02 Feb 2009
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:21 am    Post subject: Z-visa restrictions in major cities? Reply with quote

I just applied for an ESL job through English First. In a later e-mail I received the following as is...

Thank you for your email. At the moment we are recruiting specifically for posts in major cities. Visa regulations in these locations currently require a minimum of one year of teaching experience on a full time basis.

Why you may fall short of this experience, if you might be interested, I would ask that you contact me at the beginning of March for possible openings in our franchise schools.



Are they blowing me off or is there something to this?

-Dylan
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IT2006



Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Posts: 91
Location: Wichita, KS, and westward.

PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Look somewhere else.

Search English First on the website search engine. You'll learn a lot.
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arioch36



Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 3:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What they say has a thread of truth, but overall, usually it is BS, really it often means ...we need teachers in our crappiest schools most
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Kibbs



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

English First offers the most exploitative salaries in the market. Avoid them whenever possible. About the one year requirement, alot of cities have a two year experience requirement and this is going to become more common as time goes on. That part is true..
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eddy-cool



Joined: 06 Jul 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kibbs wrote:
English First offers the most exploitative salaries in the market. Avoid them whenever possible. About the one year requirement, alot of cities have a two year experience requirement and this is going to become more common as time goes on. That part is true..


That would be true if there were no competitors. In those cities where I have b een to, EF are not the only ones, and they usually offer conditions of employment comparable to everybody else's.
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