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[creztor]

OK, I've spent some time looking and it seems that the majority of work in Taiwan for anyone looking to teach is cram school related. Universities rarely advertise and if they do the work and hours involved really aren't much better and in most cases are worse than what cram schools offer. Just where is the work in Taiwan for someone who doesn't want to teach kids? It seems that you either have to put up with night classes/classes that no-one wants to teach at some university and spend time running around, teach in cram schools OR move to another country. I am sure there is opportunity there for teaching privates if you are prepared to put in the time to build up a network etc, but it just seems that beyond this, there is really no reason for anyone to get an MA in Linguistics/TESOL just to stay in Taiwan for the long haul. Korea and Japan seem to pay better and have a lot more jobs being advertised. China even seems more attractive, even though the hours are very low, but I am starting to think that even a university in Taiwan would give similar hours (night classes etc), meaning you'd have to work a few jobs to earn what you could from just one cram school. I am married to a local so I don't have any visa problems, but it just seems that unless you focus on privates/corporate classes, there is very limited work in Taiwan for teaching.

[zipper]

[creztor]

zipper, I agree with what you said and I did do my own business some time ago. I also believe that there is a lot of opportunity out there if you are prepared to put some effort into it (own school, business of your own outside of teaching etc). However, it just seems that most of the advertised work is for cram schools and universities rarely advertise. I actually majored in Chinese at university and I am not fluent, but I agree if I continued to study more it would be useful. Thanks for the post.

[zipper]

[creztor]

I guess I am amazed that Taiwan basically has no work advertised for anything outside of cram schools. I know the good jobs will rarely/ever be advertised, but even Korea and China have university and other jobs up for grabs. Yes, their pay is probably nothing to brag about, but at least it is something beyond just teaching children and you might get to know some people.