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#1 Parent Ellyne - 2004-08-14
Re: re job advice

> Dear Job Seeker,
> Regarding your question: is there a company that will actually help
> find me a job or do I have to go it alone?
> There are recruiting agencies that advertise on the internet and are
> easy to find using a Google search using a key words like teaching
> English in China or Korea.

> Write to these agencies with details of your experience and education
> but do it this way:

> Send off your resume stating exactly what you posted on this
> discussion forum.

> Then have a friend with a different email address who is not Nigerian
> to do the same and then see you receives the most replies.

> Based on the number of responses you get then decide if you should
> trouble yourself over spending a lot of money and time to get
> certified. There are plenty of training agencies who will take you
> money and not tell you the Asian teaching market prefers foreign
> teachers who appear to be the stereotyped foreigners from native
> English speaking countries.

> I hope you find work as a teacher as you are one up on me in that I
> can only speak one language.

> You asked for advice take it or leave it. It will more of a case of
> you having to go it alone unless you can get help from the Chinese
> embassy in Canada or a Nigerian embassy in the country where you want
> to work as a English teacher.

> Good Luck

Thank you. I'll try your suggestions.

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