I'm a native speaker of English with a lot of years of teaching under my belt in China. Not long after arriving at Linyi university, after having been invited to teach there, I was refused a job on account of my accent without ever being given the opportunity to teach there! That left me in the mire. My chances of finding an alternative teaching post were not good as it was the middle of March when thing s suddenly went pear-shaped in Linyi.
Luckily I was accepted by Yuncheng IELTS School at very short notice, actually it was the start of my second stint with them. I got a significantly better deal there than I would have got in Linyi. I'd say 4,000 a month is not good nor are shared cooking facilities. But I had my own flat rent-free in Yuncheng, and 5,000 a month and air fare allowance instead of air fare reimbursement, which suited me better. I had the services of a Chinese teaching assistant employed by the company. I stayed with the company for three semesters and was permitted to teach with L visas for that entire period. There were other advantages too, I won't go into them here.

In retrospect, I'm glad Linyi rejected me - almost everything went very well in Yuncheng. I have left there because my wife insisted on returning to her hometown in the north of China. Now I'm there with her.

It seems my accent was not good enough for Linyi University's English majors, but it was acceptable to the senior middle school students of Yuncheng and its associated county towns!!

YCYS
This is to certify that Foxy, Reynard
Has worked with this company for one and a half years.
In that time he has performed
his duties in an examplary manner. In
recognition of this fact, he is granted this
Honors Certificate.
Mr River
2012:6:14