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itiswhatitis
Joined: 08 Aug 2011
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 Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 6:19 am Post subject: Saw the writing on the wall in Korea, headed to china but.. |
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Korea was interesting and I learned a lot but I became concerned
as the job market was getting saturated, I needed a change and
Mandarin Chinese is more useful than Korean language.
Having a passport, native English accent and degree no longer
guarantees you a job in Korea (at least not right away).
Can I still get a job in china pretty much right away? I'm Canadian,
32 (age will be at least a mild disadvantage), have a few years
Teaching experience in Korea, a degree and am almost done
120 hour tesol.
Thanks in advance |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:18 am Post subject: Re: Saw the writing on the wall in Korea, headed to china bu |
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| itiswhatitis wrote: |
Can I still get a job in china pretty much right away? I'm Canadian,
32 (age will be at least a mild disadvantage), have a few years
Teaching experience in Korea, a degree and am almost done
120 hour tesol.
Thanks in advance |
You should have no problem whatsoever getting a teaching job - the only question is how well it will pay. Salaries are on the rise though, and I was able to find a job at a high school that paid the equivalent of the 2.2 that most Korean schools pay (including apartment). And once I got that job and proved myself, I was offered a higher paying job in another city.
By the way, I taught for 3 years in Korea and am older than you by more than ten years, with only a BA and no Tesol, so I don't think age will be a factor as long as you're presentable as far as looking and dressing the part. The Chinese are like the Koreans in that way. |
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peterxn73
Joined: 18 Oct 2014
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| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:25 am Post subject: |
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| What part of China? |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| What part of China? |
Not sure if you're asking me or the OP, but for me it was Ningbo, a very nice second-tier city less than a two hour train ride from Shanghai due south. The next job I was offered was in Shanghai, which is a pretty cool city by the way.
A huge country hence the ease of getting a job. Air pollution is pretty bad though so definitely something to consider when choosing where to work. |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Getting a job in China is very, very easy, even university jobs. Age isn't an issue in China yet. I worked at a school that had a Romanian and a Bosnian on the staff. The Romanian and I were both in our mid to late 30s with shaved heads. This was at a school paying 12000 RMB per month, so I think schools in China are finding it hard to find enough native English speakers. |
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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 5:36 pm Post subject: Re: Saw the writing on the wall in Korea, headed to china bu |
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| itiswhatitis wrote: |
Korea was interesting and I learned a lot but I became concerned
as the job market was getting saturated, I needed a change and
Mandarin Chinese is more useful than Korean language.
Having a passport, native English accent and degree no longer
guarantees you a job in Korea (at least not right away).
Can I still get a job in china pretty much right away? I'm Canadian,
32 (age will be at least a mild disadvantage), have a few years
Teaching experience in Korea, a degree and am almost done
120 hour tesol.
Thanks in advance |
unless you are planning on getting to expert level in chinese and using it in your career as a serious hiring point (aka, a highly coveted expat job, not teaching), i'm not really sure how "useful" a language will be to you. i don't know if it would warrant changing jobs over a language until you had said expert level handle of said language. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 3:53 am Post subject: Re: Saw the writing on the wall in Korea, headed to china bu |
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| itiswhatitis wrote: |
Can I still get a job in china pretty much right away? |
Sure $700 US a month, but you get a free room. |
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