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This is the typical scenario:

1) I place a job wanted post
2) They send an email in response requesting a resume
3) I forward the resume
4) They send a request for copies of degrees and passport
5) I send requested info
6) Never hear from them again

Are these people attempting to lift your identity or are there serious jobs out there? I would appreciate it if anyone could help me find a serious job anywhere that doesnt pay below the poverty level.

The one thing missing from your scenario is the job interview! Do you get to speak with anyone willing to spend some time getting to know you or ask you serious questions regarding your suitability for the job? If things don't get to or go through that stage, then something would seem amiss (which would make me wonder if there'd be any point in sending passport details etc)...then again, that may be the way some companies (have been forced to?) now operate...

If you're being interviewed and given positive signals by schools who then don't have the decency to follow things through to actually hiring, you could try posting a warning to other potential applicants or something on the job forums...

BTW there are jobs out there that pay more than the poverty level...not a whole lot more, but enough to live on in the countries concerned (and in Japan, the wages still allow you to save something as well).

I've never posted a job wanted, but I guess you've got to hunt them down rather than expect them to come to you!

I have inquired all over the place, no serious offers!

Serious Job Offer!

I have undertaken to manage an inaugural Holiday Programme in Cheng Zhou, a city in Southern Hunan Province, China. It is scheduled to start July 11th and finish August 24th.

The Programme will be in a new private boarding school with a capacity of 4,000 - currently at 1,200 and growing fast. Management wants to incorporate an international component into the school's long term culture and sees this as a way to signal that to the market.

The Holiday Programme ceiling has been set at 500 students - 250 for two 3 week sessions with a 4-day paid-up sightseeing trip for teachers for the four day break between 'terms'.

Classes will be a maximum of 30, contact time will be for about 7 hours per day (incl Activities) or 35 hours per week. Each foreign teacher will be assigned a Chinese Teacher's aide, seconded from the school's English department.

Accommodation in the boarding school will be provided with full board.

Salary will be 14,000Rmb for the six weeks.

This request needs a fairly quick response - first by email, to be followed up by a telephone interview, contract etc.

Thanks

Chris Shorter
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Those schools have probably been burned by applicants whose documents didn't ever come through. You can understand how some employers see it as a waste of time to interview someone who has no proof of a degree or citizenship.
But try to force their hand a little; tell them you've had a bad experience with identity theft and prefer not to send the personal documents until you're certain it's a legitimate opportunity. Request an interview. And then dazzle them with your knowledge and personality.