Schools to avoid in Taiwan?

[eltrupin10]

Hey everyone, I’m new in all this and currently searching jobs postings in Taiwan. After a lot of research and reading forums, I discovered a few schools that needs to be avoided (HESS,KOJEN and TeachME). The school where I got my teaching certificate offers free service to send out my application.

A recruiter named Bryan Wu ESLjobTaiwan reached out to me in less than a day and is already asking for more photos of myself, college diploma, transcripts, TESL and passport scans. I did research on this person and there’s forums talking bad about this person and how they got really bad experience (these forums posts are 3-4 years old).

My application has also been sent to Joy Language School and the work condition and pay aren’t the greatest.

Questions:

• What’s your opinions on the situation I’m going through?

• Any schools I should avoid ?

• I’m currently searching jobs on Dave ESL Cafe and Taiwan’s 1111 and 104 website. are All those jobs legit?

Hope getting some feedback from the community. Thanks again

[DrewC]

My advice is listen to the people complaining about him. Shady recruiters who try to push bad schools on to unsuspecting and green newbies aren’t a dime a dozen. They’re a dime a hundred. My advice is wait for another offer.

Here is the sticky thread of blacklisted schools. I suggest you go through it and take note of the ones people complain about.

Blacklist of schools

I have heard of a lot of people complaining about schools. Thier deposits being taken, deposits being ASKED in the first place. I have been lucky. My schools have been great. Do you guys have stories to share? I would love to hear if anyone else worked at Julia American School in Szwei Road. Teachers having to put out fires, NT$ 10 000 deposits…being fired for having an opinion… So far I have 3 people whose lives were almost ruined by that school!

[Zapman]

@eltrupin10

my teaching certificate

So you are a qualified teacher and registered to teach in public schools in your home country?

[DrewC]

Also, that name “Bryan Wu” rings a bell. I think that guy is (in)famous for being a scumbag.

[SuiGeneris]

@Zapman

So you are a qualified teacher and registered to teach in public schools in your home country?

If this is true, skip the buxiban crap jobs and go straight to teaching at a public or private elementary school or higher.

[Zapman]

@DrewC

Bryan Wu

Jenny Lai is another one to watch out for.

[eltrupin10]

Thanks I’ll keep that in mind!

[ultimo]

I wonder if we went to the same school! I was also put in touch with Bryan Wu, I had no idea there were problems with him.

Also what is wrong with Hess, Kojen and TeachMe?

[lixintw]

Those websites are good, but I think the best one for Taiwan is Tealit.com
This is where I found my job, and I’ve been working happily there for 5 years now.