I am new to this forum and to Taiwan. I’ve been in Taiwan looking for a job for a month. May I please ask if you will help with any advice possible or possible leads?
Helps to know what job you’re looking for. Teaching, finance, tech writing, food stall vendor in night market, HSR ticket collector, betel nut seller…
Hello, I am looking for a teaching job cram school or toefl. I have a degree in economics and history from the University of Colorado at Denver and a 120 TEFL
start reading, lots of chatter already on this topic.
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That will always be a big help. To answer one, with a BA and a passport from a native English speaking nation you don’t need a TESOL certificate.
I’ll try to keep a summary of useful links here.
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Some help below on the money question:
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A list of useful teaching resource threads:
[url=http://tw.forumosa.com/t/adult-lesson-plans/11840/1 Lesson Plans[/url]
[url=http://tw.forumosa.com/t/your-favorite-language-acquisition-activities-exercises/17462/1 favorite language acquisition activities/exercises[/url]
[url=http://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-teaching-advice-and-resource-web-pages/2473/1 Teaching Advice and Resource Web Pages[/url]
[url=http://tw.forumosa.com/t/a-structured-method-for-teaching-1-on-1s/34213/1 structured method …
I’ve tried everywhere, Dewey, Tealit, Craigslist, big companies (Kojen, etc),
yyy
May 11, 2017, 5:58pm
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What country is your passport from?
Are you not getting jobs after interviews/test teaching, or are you not getting interviews in the first place?
Zapman
May 12, 2017, 12:14am
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If you’re desperate go work for HESS they always need new teachers somewhere.
some more info on the same topic from here:
O.k. So I arrived in Taipei about a month back and thought it would be way easier to secure a job… I have sent out many resumes and had a few interviews but they all seem to be looking for people with experience. I don’t really have any except I have this week long temp job I am doing for an English camp now… I dont know if that will count for anything… But also this agent Jenny Lai is telling me now I wont be able to find work in Taipei because there are many teachers and only people with exp…