Monday, 10 October 2011

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I sent in all my personal documents that International Advantage had requested on 9/28/10 out of post-college desperation for a job. But upon realizing that "Keith Jordan" wrote with a "Chinese accent", I was like, uh oh. Now I have no problem with his writing, but the fact is that a Chinese man is posing under a name like Keith Jordan, which is misleading, which is a red flag. I quickly requested that my "email application" be deleted, but I am not sure if they/he actually did it. Plus: should you really trust what seems like a ONE-MAN COMPANY operating under a YAHOO EMAIL. Very suspicious. I only trusted International Advantage because I found it through my university's job site but who knows if anyone actually moderates the school job board for legitimate employers.

Aside from all that, International Advantage is looking for, most preferably, young white males with an American accent. Here is a direct copy and paste from the email response I received when "Keith Jordan" found out that I was not white nor male.

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Dear Judy,

We have your information. Were you hoping to teach immediately or start for the Spring semester that will begin March 1st? I want you to know that it is extremely difficult for us to get people of Asian decent teaching positions in China. Many schools will not consider them because they feel they don't fit the image of an English teacher. The Chinese are very wrapped up with "image" or "face". We think you are very qualified and will try our best to help. Let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Keith

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So, conclusion: psssshhhhh [edited] this place