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Old Sun 28-Jan-07, 06:24 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Question Re: Get P A I D for Teaching in China

Unfortunately, the answer would be either "Probably not" or an outright "No." See my post on "Hope vs. Reality" on the topic of non-native speakers. Not that you cannot get the salary native speakers get, but just getting the job will be difficult. If you get the job, salary issues are a separate step in the process.

I'll say this, if you have a strong prospect of getting a job, take it now, and bargain with another school on salary later. This way you get what you need - the job - and you can feel secure and get experience in the bargaining process when you are searching for another school. Trying to be too pushy as a non-native speaker without a job in your back-pocket is probably not going to work.

If you have a specific question or scenario you would like to ask about, let me know and I'll try to answer it for you.

For now, I'd like to post a very interesting letter from someone I have never met but who obviously has read over this thread and forum quite extensively. I can only assume they are either a Chinese recruiter, Chinese teacher, or someone who works in a foreign affairs department at a school.

Check it out at http://www.aacircle.com.au/forums/te...ting-paid.html
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