Helping unemployed foreigners in Taiwan find work

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I thought I would start a thread about helping unemployed foreigners find remote work.

Feel free to share your experiences and ideas on starting businesses and finding work. (Non teaching related.)

One thing my girlfriend and I have been doing with LinkedIn is started a social media marketing business. She has employees in the Philippines and essentially outsources marketing tasks for businesses in UK, Aus, US and Canada.

Feel free to ask questions or post suggestions on other ways to make money online.

I want to also tag some successful entrepreneur (freelance) forumosans: Feel free to share any suggestions
@anon24369109
@jimbob132
@Mataiou

Any others? Please tag

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Such a sweet thing. Taiwanese helping foreigners to find useful employment.

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Iā€™ve found most foreigners on here and in person clam up when asked what they do. I figure people donā€™t want competition in their space. Same on all the other expat sites

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Thatā€™s OK. Many people think they know what I do. Then they think I went out of business simply because I moved out of Taipei. They assumed that since IPTV came along I would be out of business. I have been supplying IPTV services since 2008 lol. They still donā€™t get it that IPTV still relies on satellites as well.

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All those dang professional clam fishers.

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The bearded variety?

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The bearded variety are harder to help lol

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The pulsating and bearded variety!

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Job fair aimed at foreign talents here:

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Hereā€™s your great opportunity to meet top-rated Taiwanese enterprises at the One-on-One Recruitment Interviews for International Talents by Contact TAIWAN, the national networking platform that seeks talented professionals worldwide to work in Taiwan.
Taipei
4/18(四)
13:30~17:10
Taipei International Convention Center

Hsinchu
5/30(四)
13:30~17:10
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(6F, No. 245, Zhongzheng Rd., North Dist., Hsinchu City)

Taichung
6/19(äø‰)
13:30~17:10
Evergreen Laurel Hotel

Tainan
10/3(四)
13:30~17:10
Academy Hotel

You will be able to meet and interview with Taiwanese enterprises from a wide range of industries interested in recruiting talent from all over the world. A variety of job opportunities are offered, including in marketing, finance, sales, engineering, PR and the manufacturing departments.

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I will check this out. Last time I went to a ā€œforeignerā€ job fair in Taipei, (which was with you, lol) most of the ā€œforeignersā€ where from Yilan, or Taoyuan.

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How was the job fair? Anything worthwhile?

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What is worthwhile? Better to have employment than remain unemployed yes?

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If itā€™s a shitty job I would hard pass unless I was starving. Thatā€™s the nice part of having a chunk of savings; you donā€™t need to accept crap with a smile.

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I was in a pretty similar spot a while back living abroad, couldnā€™t find anything stable locally, so I doubled down on remote work too.

For me, We Work Remotely and Prospel were the two that consistently gave me interviews. Theyā€™re both pretty straightforward, and filtering by ā€œcontractā€ or ā€œfreelanceā€ helped a lot when I was just trying to get my foot in the door. However, most roles require some form of prior experience which I lacked.

If you donā€™t have much prior experience, you can also look into something like Capital Placement. Itā€™s not a job board, more of a structured internship setup, they helped me secure my first internship in an international start up, which then helped me secure a full time role afterwards. Itā€™s not for everyone, but it can be a decent stepping stone if you just need real work experience to add onto your CV.