Work in Hong Kong...

[Peteg]

I am in talks with a company called English Education Service Hong Kong about a job working with them. The job does not require experience however I have a year of teaching in the UK under my belt.

I have trawled the interenet to get as much info as possible on the institution but can only find a shoddy website written almost solely in Cantonese. I haven't found any talk of them on the usual sharing forums which may or may not be a good thing.

They seem to want to get my on board and push it all through quite quickly. As a result it seems I have to pay for a return airfare as my VISA - which they will sort out - won't reach me in time.

On paper it seem quite good but I only have a couple of emails and a Skype interview to go on. There doesn't seem to be evidence of them anywhere! Is it me being paranoid? Anybody heard of them?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[pokedmund]

Hi there, I'm an native English teacher whose been working in hk for the past two-three years. Asian looking btw.

1) I've never heard of your centre, BUT this is not uncommon. There are maybe hundreds of tuition centres based in and around hk (dare I say thousands?)

I looked on google and found the website. I would say that they are a genuine centre, albeit not a large centre.

2) do you have a tefl certification? The best ones to have are trinity tesol or CELTA. These would get you a teaching job in a tuition centre relatively easily.

BUT, if you're looking for the better teaching places, schools and the hkgov NeT teaching programs would have been a better bet. You could still try to apply through those channels now but it may be a bit difficult as applications ended in feb/march 2012.

[chelngaz]

I have just applied for a teaching job through the NET system in Hong Kong and would love any feedback about the life of a teacher overseas. I am worried that you have to work 10 hour days and weekends and I really want to go overseas to work as well as enjoy a new culture and discover new places not be tied up in a class room every day. Life is too short..