Jobs of the Week September 8, 2013

Back from Vacation

For all you job hunters out there with questions upon questions about reputable EFL employers, I am back and at your service.

GOOD

1) Ray English Recruitment – China

Provides (as always) a good number of positions available with reputable employers. Good for noobs with no years of experience.

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2) Shane English School – China

Up front about contact hours, salary and accommodation ranges and curriculum. Though, they did mention a sixth day of work that could be added as a bonus into your salary or to accumulate as time off later in the contract. Sneaky, sneaky, but worth a shot. 

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BAD

3) Assumption College, Bangrak, Bangkok, Thailand

The contract on offer is more than decent considering standard pay is about 60,000 THB. However, these people would disagree.

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4) Westgate Corporation – Japan

Not a bad gig, though the contract dates are an issue. A friend of a friend who used to work for this company said that yes accommodation was supplied, but upon the final day of the contract you had to vacate the abode. For him, that meant leaving the country because Japan was so expensive for him. And that also meant Westgate did not reimburse him for the flights. If you are going to inquire about a job, check with the company to see if they’ve changed their policy about accommodation. If you get a job, be prepared to vacate on the final day.

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NOT WORTH IT

5) Teachers for Primary School – Phnom Pehn, Cambodia

$150 / month for 25 contact hours! Yes it’s Cambodia, but I mean, the school at least has to provide flights or an allowance, or else teachers with 0$ to their name will never be able to save enough money to fly home!

Job hunters beware.

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6) B & A International Languages – China

B & A International Languages you had me at ‘hello,’ but then lost me when I read teachers had to supply lesson plans one week in advance.

Holy shnikes! According to the post, there’s no mention of a set curriculum. Me thinks you will be creating from scratch, and that’s a tall order without having to provide the plans a week in advance. It’s a tough cookie, and I would save myself the headache of doing so. There are other jobs that have a set curriculum and don’t require you to provide lesson plans in advance.

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Jobs of the Week June 16, 2013

Dear all,

I have been working on some consultancy work, and have not had much time to browse the job listings. But from the ones I have seen, here's the good, bad and not worth it selections from China and Korea. Not like anyone's reading this anyways. Any who, marvel.

GOOD

1) University Teaching Jobs - China Vacancies info@chinavacancies.com

Thank you for not providing quirky (read: annoying, offensive) rhetorical questions or a descriptive paragraph that falls short of the mark. Thank you for listing only need-to-know information for me, the prospective employee. Shit pay, shit hours, but whatever...I like companies that give you the info without you having to punch them in the face to get their attention.

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2) DFL Recruitment Agency – Korea – dfl.worldteacher@gmail.com

Many jobs to choose from. Postings are straightforward with detailed information. I like DFL Recruitment Agency, but get rid of the Gmail address and set-up a domain name that can host email. It makes you look unprofessional.

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3) Daegu Haany University – Korea – english@dhu.ac.kr

I am saddened to read the yearly salary is only about 29,000,000 won, and the job requires you to have a Masters. Low hours and paid vacation make this a go. But you should attempt to negotiate a higher salary. Korea! You and China and Japan make me angry with low paying university gigs that require higher ed qualifications. How dare you!

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BAD

4) East-West Education LLC – China – HR@BeijingTeach.com

Teaching kids 25 hours per week? At your own peril. Especially since most kiddie jobs are higher paying than this one. I like the website http://www.beijingteach.com/ because it’s informative. Also, the pictures that display an unpolluted Chinese sky near the Bird’s Nest. And all the teachers are white! Ethnicities not preferred? But that’s racist China for you.

I hate kids. If you’re a pedo or a Mormon or Evangelical Christian, then go for it...perv.

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NOT WORTH IT

5) Readingtown – China – judyh@sageshanghai.com

Zero job details. It describes the school and the curriculum, albeit vaguely. Even on the website, it only shows the recruitment process. What the hell is the salary range? If you can’t put together an informative job posting, in what other ways are you disorganized?

Pass, sucka.

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