| American seeking work in China...where do I start? | |
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| Oct 3, 2007 10:28 | #11   |
| GUEST59171 | I am a canadian and have a TESOL certificate and have some offers of employment to teach. I am now finding that to work i n shanghai witha zclass visa you need to have a bachelors degree. are there any ways around this and how risky is it to use a replica diploma for visa aplication? |
| Oct 4, 2007 01:02 | #12 |
 | Best to find a trustworthy American or Canadian or even European who has been in one of the major cities in China for a couple of years (and who is serious about establishing a career there as well!), get a ticket and visa and stay with this fellow for say, about 2 months, travel around and meet more expats. I say you will have a much much better idea of what you can do after that. After all, if you plan to work in China for a while, what is a 2-month investment. Please do not consider starting up a business first, without knowing what you're getting into, it is perhaps the most risky decision in your entire life (besides marriage). I started up my business, in 2003 in Shanghai, the myriad of rules and tapes in setting up a business operation is enough to give me a mental block on the most important aspect on what a businessman should have, a business sense. I had my first project only 9 months later, 4 months after the SARS outbreak. |
| Oct 4, 2007 12:30 | #13 |
| GUEST59171. I have met a UK teacher working in a college who was able to enter on a Z visa. I don't know how he did it but he said he felt the school thought he had a degree. That doesn't answer how he got the visa as the Chinese authorities need to see a photocopy of a degree certificate ( even though I recollect that in the UK there are/were many non degree teachers who attended Teacher Training College and were qualified to teach but were not awarded degrees, so I guess they are generally excluded despite their experience). Anyway you might have noted that I said they need a PHOTOCOPY of a degree, and I know this because a previous employer in China has lost my originals. Alternatively, you could get a job in the risky world of private language centres and work on an F visa. See the various posts in the Visa Forum where we have discussed working on an F visa. |
| Apr 16, 2008 12:10 | #14 |
| GUEST48207 | An European construction product supplier in Guangzhou has an opening for a regional sales position. Job requirement as follow: 1) American or European 2) fresh graduate from a university in the Greater China region or possess one year sales/ mkting working exp in mainland China.3) Willing to travel in China occassionally 4) Prefer to speak Putonghua. interested parties should send your application with resume; stating the earliest available date to fosroc.com|eddie_kwan |
| Apr 21, 2008 03:37 | #15 |
| Introduce you two website, maybe helpful for your business work : 1.http://shenzhen.ixpat.com. 2.www.shenzhenparty.com. Good luck to you. Ellen If need more |
| Apr 29, 2008 07:21 | #16 |
| If you go the teaching route, avoid agencies at all cost and deal with schools directly. |
| May 7, 2008 20:43 | #17 |
| GUEST30609 | Hi : I am chinese , my name is powerliu ,and i am working now in Shanghai ,doing the furniture business.whch jobs are you interested ?may be I help you make your dream! my email:gmail.com|Vinehousepowerliu Power |
| Jul 6, 2008 23:42 | #18 |
| GUEST28175 | I am an american raised in NY. I have a Masters in real estate finance . business management experience. My wife who I met here in the US is from Shanghai. I hear that there are great oppertunities to make money but when I look at job boards I see stuff for 10,000 - 13,000 RMB . when I do the conversion it is like 1200 to 2000 USD. I could earn that working at Mc Donalds here. What am I missing? |
| Jul 9, 2008 17:32 | #19 |
| What are you missing? The cost of local living. Maybe 10000 in Shanghai is not much, but it buys a lot in a great many other cities. Put another way, 10000 is approx. 5 times the average salary in most cities. |
| Sep 18, 2008 20:32 | #20 |
| GUEST81196 | We are a department of Provincial Educatioin Commission in Shandong Province, China. We may arrange you a job in China. Please write us to yeah.net|cultureglobe Sincerely hope we could help you. |
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