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mourningclam · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 20 Location: sunny korea, again

Hello

I am a teacher in Korea and I still have a good while before my second contract ends, but I want to see what the market is like in China. I am CELTA certified and I will have had over three years experience after this contract ends. To get to the point, what sort of salary could I expect? I would like to go to a place like Shenzen or Gungzhou preferabley teaching older students. Any info would help.

Thanks

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

It's a bit crowded in both these places right now - too many itinerant amateur travelator-*beep*-teachers have accumulated here, occupying posts and disappearing over night, leaving classes in a lurch and employers furious.
The going rate was pretty good until recently, but it has been going down for now one year.

mourningclam · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 20 Location: sunny korea, again

What about other areas like Nanning or Shanghai? Just as long as its not too far North. How long should I take looking for a job before I am actually prepared to go?

lagerlout2006 · Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 985

What to expect?? Coming from Korea I would say less money and more free time...So far in 2004 I have been off work as much as on.All paid.

How much you will earn is an impossible question. At least 3000 Y but maybe a lot more. Depends on luck and whether or not you want to go in for overtime or moonlighting...Poorer areas pay less generally...Personally I wouldn't start looking until I was almost ready to come over...But if you want a specifc city maybe you could look earlier.

Where? is also tough to say...Have you been in China before? I like smaller cities---they are more "manageable" and you can always travel on time off. If you are willing to venture north a bit Nanjing and Qingdao--to name 2--are popular usually with Westerners.

davis · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 7:05 am Post subject:

Nanning's not bad and there's usually work here.

Rhino · Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:56 pm Post subject:

there are tons of jobs in Guangdong province(Guangzhou). Sure there are smuck teachers here but the market is hardly flooded. I dont know anyone here that works 20 hours a week and makes less than 7000RMBs a month. I'm in a small city north of Guangzhou making great wages. Keep in mind...theres a lot of BS posted in these forums(guilty,guilty,guilty) Embarassed

but I'm not BSing this time Wink

nolefan · Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 1458 Location: on the run

no matter where you end up, I think that you should expect your stress level to go down a few notches compared to what it is in Korea....that is provided you can enjoy a laid back (that's an understatement Confused

) athmosphere

mourningclam · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 20 Location: sunny korea, again

Police interrogations are more laid back than Korea. Thanks for the info though.