Hi, I'm just reading up on some similar offers and from what I can see I'd be careful of "Ken Stuart". He (or someone else) posted exactly the same response about Edcomasia in 2006 which suggests that this offer was received four years ago (which would be 2002 at the time of posting) under the username Khun And. Unless he has since then suffered from some severe memory loss or indeed has made some startling discoveries in the field of time travel I would suggest that this is a fake (as 4 years ago from the current post would be 2008, a good 6 years after the supposed original job)

http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=84733

There is of course a possibility that this is entirely unjustified and is a mere oversight from dear old Ken, but just to draw attention to these apparent inconsistencies.

It certainly seems that any Tom, Dick or Harry can open up a recruitment agency these days (legal or not). I guess it's the low to non-existant start up costs. However, i'm sure you're right that some are willing and able to do a more professional job than others and as always it's good that teachers can share their positive and negative experiences on boards like this to help guide those who are looking for work.

I might be wrong but i believe that Edcomasia is based out of Thailand. Therefore you could ask yourself the question, how qualified are they to speak about positions in China?

As with my previous reply on a different thread to you, i think you need to consider the quality of the information that a recruiter can provide given that all they are doing is passing on what the school has told them. Therefore it's like a big game of Chinese whispers with the risk that by the time the information reaches you it has been corrupted. That doesn't mean that if you go direct to the source that schools won't lie to you (check all the threads on this forum) but that you should at least cross check any information the recruiter tells you with the school itself.