Hello, I was born and raised in Kaohsiung. I came to Canada when I was 16. I am now 45 years old. I have pretty much no employable skills. I do speak, read and write both Chinese and English. Just wondering what kind of jobs I could expect to find in Taiwan, if any. Thanks.
Do you have a uni degree?
What the hell have you been doing in Canada all this time to end up with no employable skills? Are you a moose hunter?
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Yes. But it’s pretty much useless, I barely graduated and I hated the courses. I don’t believe I could turn it into a career. There is just no way.
You could teach English.
Then you can teach English for sure.
Companies are always looking for sales and/or marketing.
Thank you for the responses.
But is there anything other than teaching English? I am thinking maybe barista, or cashier? Something entry level and doesn’t require any credentials.
I ask this because I am under the impression that in Taiwan, people my age have a really difficult time finding jobs. Employers don’t tend to want to hire someone who’s in their 40s. Is this true? Thanks.
Try McDonald’s. There always an oldie on the cash box. Good luck paying your rent tho. You have your Taiwan citizenship, yeah?
can you drive? delivery or uber?
Really? So McDonald’s in Taiwan hire middle-aged people as cashiers?
And is the pay really low or are there very few hours?
Unless you have some kind of support network in Taiwan I don’t think you’ll be able to survive on the jobs you are looking for. Teaching English you would.
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Well. You already have the credentials to teach.
Minimum wage jobs here pay much less. English teaching starts at C$25/hr in a country where the overall cost of living is about half.
You really wanna work for C$7/hr?
Why do you care about what other people think? Fake it till you make it.
Your lack of confidence is going to be real obvious. That is a bigger job killer.
I am not cut out to be a teacher of any kind. I am terrified of speaking in front of people.
I understand that the pay for cashiers is low, but I don’t think I have too many options. Its like I said, I have zero employable skills. I will take any jobs I can get. I actually have Canadian cashiering experience. But I don’t know if they look at that in Taiwan.
45 is when ageism cuts in in Taiwan. Unless you’re already connected you’re considered obsolete and your only options are making your own job or taking jobs nobody else wants.
I had one adult student in his 40s, he was a mid level branch bank manager. All the young guys wanted him to quit so they could move up. He wouldn’t quit as he said nobody would hire him again even with experience. Head office wouldn’t take him either, too old. Guy wasn’t going to give up that job
Actually bank workers for semi state banks are more like government workers here so why would they quit anyway ? You have to get recommended or buy your way in to many of those branches.
They are easy jobs too with decent benefits compared to working for a fully private company.
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Those banks must be massively over staffed. There’s always a row of managers behind counter staff who have to sign off on every transaction. And even then counter staff are responsible for their own balance sheets.
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Go up to the securities floor, the 2nd floor. Crickets lol.
‘phones ringing off the hook…’
Most foreigners don’t know about how Taiwanese get semi state or government jobs here. It’s not something that is very openly talked about, it’s laughable that somebody would then voluntarily quit these jobs unless they didn’t need to work anymore. It doesn’t matter about what other staff think you can’t be fired unless you massively screw up.
And higher level positions are often bought with cash.
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When was last time you came to Taiwan?
Go home to Kaohsiung, cheaper living expenses.
Service industry hiring everywhere.