Topic: news 5 Tips for Succeeding in China’s Changing Job Market

I’m out of sales now, but I did sales for a logistics firm in Shenzhen that got the tax money back for outbound shipments. Yes, it was a lame job. But it forced me to network and helped me land a good salaried position. Of course a few teachers earn a little more than me but theyre outliers and are GENUINELY QUALIFIED TEACHERS, either way real professional expats have such a higher salary ceiling. You can claw and scrap your way to 20K per month teaching, but you’re exhausting yourself for nothing. It’s a service industry job. You can take more shifts but you’ll never get a promotion. That’s why ESL teaching breeds laziness. The students/administration don’t take you seriously so if you take it seriously and bust your ass you’re a chump and if you don’t take it seriously you never develop any responsibility. It’s just cool for white guys that can’t get US girlfriends because even if you’re poor for an American you are still way better educated/cooler than your average Chinese guy but the ESL classroom is no place for anyone with a shred of ambition.