How to Find a Non-Teaching Job?

[daoni]

[quote=“Charlie Jack”](Please note that the post below does not apply to every poster in this thread.)

Now, I know you’re all good guys, so I know that none of you guys could possibly mean to be saying, “Pull up the ladder, Jack, I’m inboard.” I know you don’t mean to be saying that at all, so it pains me to say this, but, you know, that’s kinda what it sounds like.

I see the ABT thing as a statement of fact, and I think that in Taiwan it might turn out to be a significant fact:

. . . in Taiwan your race may be taken into consideration as many Chinese cram schools expect English teachers to be caucasion.

[Forumosa - Taiwan's largest and most active Taiwan-oriented global online community in English … 4#p1191754](What is an ABC? - #3

I think being an ABC is a challenge. . . .

[Forumosa - Taiwan's largest and most active Taiwan-oriented global online community in English … 44#p832744](How selective are major chain schools for ABCs? - #4 by OKao

I have no way of knowing if it was the ABC thing that didn’t get me placed at Hess (could easily have been something else on my app), but that’s the reason I’ve been given at nearly every other school I’ve called or emailed.

[Forumosa - Taiwan's largest and most active Taiwan-oriented global online community in English … 88#p837088](How selective are major chain schools for ABCs? - #7 by mosa_krosa

I’m very thankful now that I had no luck finding anything teaching or writing.

[Forumosa - Taiwan's largest and most active Taiwan-oriented global online community in English … 10#p844610](How selective are major chain schools for ABCs? - #12 by mosa_krosa

Reverse discrimination in jobs.

[Forumosa - Taiwan's largest and most active Taiwan-oriented global online community in English … 72#p749472](Is Taichung abc/cbc friendly city for teaching? - #8 by ac_dropout

[quote]She got a job teaching English when we were in Taiwan but was fired because too many parents complained that a “Chinese person” was teaching their children English. Nevermind that my wife speaks English with a North American accent, speaks only basic Mandarin, knows very little about Chinese culture, and considers herself American. The ignorant parents wanted a white face, and she didn’t fit the mold.

And this was in Taipei. I question whether Taichung or any place in Taiwan at all is truly “friendly” to FBC English teachers.[/quote]
[Forumosa - Taiwan's largest and most active Taiwan-oriented global online community in English … 27#p750527](Is Taichung abc/cbc friendly city for teaching? - #9 by Gao_Bohan

It’s not all gloom and doom:

Hey, I’m CBC and I was able to find work within a week of looking. I did expereince a few schools who wouldn’t even accept my resume. But who wants to work for a racist school anyways? If you give a good demo, and have a four year degree, good schools will not care. In general, being CBC is not a bonus, but there’s enough opportunity so you’ll find a good job. Just hang in there, and don’t settle.

[Forumosa - Taiwan's largest and most active Taiwan-oriented global online community in English … 95#p762495](Is Taichung abc/cbc friendly city for teaching? - #11 by OKao

There are other success stories, and not just in the English-teaching field. I certainly don’t want to discourage daoni from coming over here. There are potential advantages to being of Chinese/Taiwanese heritage. But do you guys honestly think that foreign-born Chinese status lacks significance–here?

Or is this maybe an esthetic thing? Is the term ABT unlovely, or something?[/quote]

Thanks for this post, Charlie Jack. I’ve read some of these threads and it can be like a mess of discouragement… Still, it’s good to know what I’m getting myself into.