I would be very careful in any dealings with Taishan Foreign Language School. The recruiter posted a message on Dave's ESL Cafe asking how he would go about obtaining Visas for prospective foreign teachers. The recruiter/school has a somewhat jumbled website that recruits for short-term assignments. It also gives a list of documents required in order to apply. Nowhere on the site does it specify whether it wants Foreign Teachers who are already in-country or who are outside of China.

I asked a simple question via email:

Are you looking for teachers who are in-country or are you interested in those who are not presently in China?

I can send you full credentials with letters of recommendation, Chinese consulate-authenticated degree, etc..

The answer:

http://middlekingdomlife.com/blog/china-teaching/how-not-to-apply-for-a-job-teaching-english-in-china/

http://middlekingdomlife.com/blog/china-teaching/how-not-to-apply-for-a-job-teaching-english-in-china/

My reply:

Thanks for helping me form an opinion about you folks.

His reply:

No problem. It's clear you are incapable of a professional work ethic. Anyone unable to actually read, comprehend, and appropriately respond to a job advertisement, is someone unworthy of our association.

My reply:

You folks need to take your jobs more seriously and yourselves less seriously.

I asked a simple question which would save both you and me a lot of time in both the application and evaluation processes. Instead of simple answer, I get a link to Middle Kingdom.

That's not professional, my friend. That's snotty and lazy.

I know what professionalism is. You don't. If you were professional, you would would have answered the question rather than putting forth the immature, better-than-thou attitude of an amateur. I have over twenty years' experience in academia as well as in the field of communications.

I'll give you a choice: I'll carry this conversation over to a TEFL forum where YOU started the conversation regarding short-term creditation

or I can call your supervisor and tell him what I think of you

or I can visit TEFL boards and express my opinion of your li'l village.

I asked a simple question, and I received a typical slacker I-don't want-to be-bothered-because- I'm twenty-something-and- really- don't- care attitude. Not good.

Amateurs complain. Professionals put an end to the problem.

His reply:

My supervisors' name and e-mail are: Mr. Liu - master_lym@163.com

The short term "creditation" thread is: http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=81044

Please feel free to post on other "TEFL boards

This is a westerner who has been put in charge of recruiting. He doesn't know what he's doing. On Dave's ESL, he asks the forum how he would go about obtaining proper paperwork for his employees. In response to a simple question, I get a headache. I think one should approach this outfit with great caution.