not only a chinese based recruiter may have dirt in between his/her nails. recently, i applied for a position at a uni (don't want to name it now) to teach its so called canadian foundation program. well, the application had a few rather unnecessary requests of me and so i dared to question the lady during the phone interview. my issues were; social insurance number (canadian), driver's licence number. never mind the fact that she called me from toronto canada and did not know what to dial to china. how could that be when according to her, she has been recruiting for over 10 years for chinese unis. asking further questions about the employment contract and if i could send my credentials to the uni directly triggered her hostilities with me. she said that i was the first one to have such questions. so, watch out for all recruiters, the foreign ones too!
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