I would really appreciate some advice regarding my future plans.
A little about myself, I’m 26 and live in the US, I’m from Mexico but hold an American passport I learned my English in the states so I don’t have an accent.
I lived in China (Beijing) for about 5 years also did my Bachelors in Chinese language and trade. So my Chinese level at this moment is around intermediate-advanced. But it’s been almost a year since I left China so it has gotten a little worse by now.
I’ve decided to move to Taiwan. Why? Main reason is because I feel like I’m losing the language because I don’t really use it here. Also instead of going back to China and search for a job there I want something “different” so hence moving to Taiwan. I plan on moving on 2019 around Spring-Summer
What are the best cities to find a non-teaching job?
What’s the average rent in the main cities?
How hard is it to find a non-teaching job?
Average salary for foreigners?
How hard is it to get a working visa?
Also considering studying there for 1 or 2 semester(s) just so I can test the waters or until I find a job.
My bad, from my experience in China at least there’s a gap between foreigners and locals (Speaking of recently graduated students)
around 12k-15k 元/ mo. but had some Chinese friends that there salary wouldn’t reach 10k for similar jobs or even lower and foreigners wouldn’t accept a job that paid less than 10k/mo.
Wasn’t sure if it’s the same situation in Taiwan, note that the above salaries are an approximate
Haha, that’s like saying your parents are Chinese/Vietnamese/whatever but you learnt your English in Australia so you don’t have an Asian accent. We have so many people in this category in my neck of the woods and the majority of them have distinct accents.
Oh, even more fun, is that you actually said you don’t have an accent. What, no accent at all? Everybody has an accent of one type or another, sonny Jim! If you asked me what kind of accent do I think you have (unlikely since you believe you don’t have an accent), I would say you have a North American accent with a flavor of Northern Chinese since you lived there for 5 years and have only been away for a bit less than a year.
Oh goodness no, not another one of those horrific ‘reason is because’ sentence structures! Are you sure you want to be passing on your crude manner of expression on to kids who depend on your method of instruction to give themselves the best possible chance of future success in this extremely competitive world economy? And as for ‘So hence’… Just: WHAT?
OK I could go on, but I think I’ve made a long enough tirade to make my point clear.
Actually, it can be quite a good thing to have a good command of a dumbed-down version of English (something I somewhat lack… really should work on that) because it tends to work much better in the classroom environment. The kids you teach will likely develop many bad Chinglish habits because of this but they will be learning something, the parents will be happy, your life will be easier and you’ll keep your job.
Wouldn’t he be more likely to have some Mexican accent with a North America accent instead of northern Chinese?
What exactly is the issue?
Idk, I don’t have any Chinese accent when I speak English with a neutral American accent. I can speak like a person from the east coast or like a Texan if I’m around them but I mostly stay neutral when I’m speaking normally to people. My Chinese has an American accent and I grew up with English as my 4th language to be learned.
If your major is business or computer engineering, it will be Taipei.
If your major is engineering i.e. no computer related, it will be New Taipei, Taoyuan, Taichung or even Kaohsiung.
In short, commercial sector → Taipei, industrial sector → not Taipei.
5000 is a minimum.
Maximum could be any price that you willing to pay.
Rather difficult. Since you speak Chinese, I assume that would help a lot!
90% of my failed interviews come after the interviewee demand me to answer in Chinese.
The rest are from my stupidity.
You need to have a contract stating minimum salary of 48K a month if you graduated from foreign university, otherwise it is about 33K a month.
Depends on how the interview goes, size of the company, job desk etc, you should negotiate/bargain if possible.
There are no such thing as work visa.
Your ARC will need to be changed to state your working status.
Work permit handled by your hiring company.
Most company will say it is difficult, but reality are not.
They just need to pay 500 every year to renew it.
This statement not entirely true.
Average English teachers got paid more than average tech engineer in Taiwan.
Remember that average English teachers are white American coming from MidWest or California, while average tech engineers are Filipino coming from Manila or Cebu.
With your mutli-faceted talents, why not go work for a Chinese company in Madrid or a Spanish company in Beijing/Shanghai/Singapore/Hong Kong? Many companies could use a young chap like yourself with your skill set.
It doesn’t matter. Most Taiwanese can’t tell if he speaks like Speedy González. And they cannot understand different origins. He is considered Western here, and has the passports of US. He will be making top dollar no effort.
Latinos, and particularly Mexicans, have been in US before it was the nation we know now. Taiwanese favorite parts used to be Mexico.
Oh and he has a college degree and is fluent in Chinese. He is a first pick for a job at a multinational. Know several Mexicans here making top dollar. He does not have to limit himself to teaching.
And judging from what he has written, his ain’t pidgin English. He has a more than decent command. Bilingual populations are big in the US. True bilingualism.
Look I’m just here for some advice, and I think you got the wrong idea or didn’t read the post, I’m not looking for a teaching job. I worked in China as an English teacher but it’s not my thing I had to pretend I was American because parents cared that the teacher was a native speaker that the only reason why I wrote that sentence.
Anyways thanks for the input.
I tried when I was in China but most companies won’t hire a “non-native” speaker even if you speak Spanish (Mexico) and try to apply for a Spanish (Spain) company. Also my lack of experience didn’t help either, but I’m always keeping my options open and always looking either China or Taiwan.