Going to BJ to find out more about English teaching

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Dave H Active member

Member since 04 April 2010

Dave HActive member20 March 2011 22:05:59

I will be travelling to BJ mid-June for about 2 weeks to meet some friends and to hopefully meet up with people who can help me find work as an English teacher. I am to do a CELTA course in September and if all goes well then I hope to move to BJ sometime after.
Can anyone offer advice about who to meet etc? I would like to find out as much as possible about teaching in BJ (maybe see a few schools etc) and I hope to meet Rebecca from ChinaESL.
I am doing this as I get to meet friends,have a holiday,but also to show that I am serious about living and working in BJ.
Any advice welcome.Cheers

bjguitarist New member

Member since 28 April 2010

bjguitaristNew member21 March 2011 03:14:00

Greetings and welcome.
1st I have to warn you that ChinaESL, as most if not all recruiting firms, are not as honest as they seem. I have heard bad things about them but, it never happened to me.

Beijing for one is a good place to find work, friends, foreign things you miss from home, a shit load of girls and nightlife and decent living standards. The offsets are: HEavy pollution, really bad traffic and expensive housing. I guess its up to you.

There are many websites floating online with 1000's of foreigners on that can assist with your search.

My best advice is.

Get online, meet some girls who are friendly enough, come here with your own cash and agenda, and get your own place and start looking at jobs and study how the market truly is.

If you want more advice. Drop me a line

David n Beijing

Stuart10 New member

Member since 28 March 2011

Stuart10New member29 March 2011 02:10:16

Hi Dave,

I have just moved here as an English Teacher in Miyun.

I found work through a program called TEIC : teic.co.uk/

They were very good, but I think it is for UK based people, and I am not sure of your background.

Hope things go okay, Stu

Dave H Active member

Member since 04 April 2010

Dave HActive member21 April 2011 19:51:49

Hi Stuart,

I'm from the UK...Manchester in fact.

BeijingDaniel New member

Member since 24 June 2011

BeijingDanielNew member24 June 2011 05:50:24

What is usually best is to find a school directly rather than going with agencies. This way they tend to look after you a little better because they prefer to keep teachers longer so their classes have some continuity. There are loads of job websites for teachers in Beijing. Thebeijinger.com and Dave's ESL cafe are good places to start though.

PaulNL New member

Member since 29 June 2011

PaulNLNew member29 June 2011 04:59:28

If there is one thing i had plenty was people asking if i looked for a job in teaching. Although for teaching thebeijinger is a good bet or just call the schools yourself. Go to sanlitun drink a beer your bound to run into a 1-2 teachers on a evening atleast i do:P

veinaus Member

Member since 30 July 2014

veinausMember05 August 2014 02:02:04

Hi! Welcome to China!
If you are interested in teaching please contact me.

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I have lived and worked in China for more than 10 years already. Will be glad to share my experience with you.

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