If you are looking for
work, and speak good English, even if you have no background by native
speakers, the Chinese might be for you. Since the Party has decided that the
Chinese must know English, no matter at what level, the demand for teachers is
literally exploded. They need it in elementary schools, junior high, high
schools, trade schools, even in those sports, and sometimes even in
kindergartens, without forgetting the universities, faculties without
exception.
The fact that teach English in China classes
have not yet been introduced in all schools of the country depends on a side of
Beijing's inability to distribute the same time an amount of funds sufficient
to all regions of the country to cover the new language needs, from ' another
impossibility of finding, in such a short time, an adequate number of teachers.
That's why, in order to please the government, many schools have decided to
scale down its expectations, giving the opportunity for many non-English boys
but with a good command of English to find work in the People's Republic.
From the point of view
of a stranger, in fact, the choice to cover these professorships with staff not
necessarily native English speakers is a huge advantage, because in general in
China are all convinced that, regardless of nationality, a foreigner is still
more clever a local when it comes to helping children and adults to become
familiar with a language so different.
This idea has
transformed the market for language teachers in the Middle Kingdom in a gold
mine , and the beauty is that the authorities believe is so important to carry
out this "English revolution" to have even agreed to streamline
procedures for granting of visas to teachers. Moreover, with salaries rather generous
(ranging between one thousand and two thousand Euros per month, a heritage in
rural areas of the country, where today there is the highest shortage of
teachers), this question explosion was at least predictable.
Officially, in order to
work in China, a foreigner must possess a work permit to work as well as what
is commonly known as "Z Visa". While some companies in China
(especially small local businesses, Chinese and some English schools) may
employ foreigners without the Z visa or work permit, you should always insist
on what he has. Both the work permit and Z visa can only be guaranteed by a
society conducive to employment within China.
Find a teaching job in
China can be helped by the value and quality of their
personal network. In China, this is known as "guanxi"; the personal
relationship between people is a fundamental part of our way of doing business.
Unlike the US, where you can send an unsolicited resume to a company or pick up the phone and cold calling for an appointment,
in China, time must be spent to develop a relationship of trust and a company
representative and only then use that connection to the network for a job. This
promotes growth and healthy relationship with the clients.
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