Use extreme caution BEFORE you send or upload your resume.

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Tiger
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Use extreme caution BEFORE you send or upload your resume.

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This report is a bit scary and it makes sense to me now that people are struggling from the lock down and getting desperate for money... https://www.reddit.com/r/ChinaScamPatro ... send_your/
I suggest every TEFL teacher take a visit to https://reddit.com/r/TEFLscams BEFORE they send off their resumes.
NotAmused
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Re: Use extreme caution BEFORE you send or upload your resume.

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I use a very basic resume that uses my first name and my last name with a deliberate spelling mistake and only my skype contact and disposable email address. I never give passport scans until I am talking directly with the employer AFTER they made me an offer that I accept. I think I am safe yes?
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Re: Use extreme caution BEFORE you send or upload your resume.

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NotAmused wrote: 30 Jan 2022, 19:00 I use a very basic resume that uses my first name and my last name with a deliberate spelling mistake and only my skype contact and disposable email address. I never give passport scans until I am talking directly with the employer AFTER they made me an offer that I accept. I think I am safe yes?
This is always a must! I used to look at resumes for new hires since I'm part of the student admin and some resumes from other countries even have their birthdate in it.
hcb2022
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Re: Use extreme caution BEFORE you send or upload your resume.

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In the TEFL course I'm taking, we had a webinar on how to write resumes when applying for jobs abroad. We were told that it was a MUST to include your date of birth. I felt pretty skeptical about that. I'm an older teacher-to-be (I've taught German before but not EFL/ESL), and I do not want to be automatically disqualified because of my age.

But if I have to use extreme caution in sending out resumes, if I have to deliberately misspell my name (which is difficult enough to spell as it is), I don't know if I even want to apply anywhere. If sending resumes and applying for jobs is so dangerous, why even bother?

As a result of this post and the responses to it, I'm starting to feel very discouraged about this course of study. I have zero desire to misrepresent anything on my resume. I'd think that misspelling one's own name would disqualify one altogether. I've been a freelance editor, proofreader, and translator since 1985. If I received a resume replete with errors, I'd toss it in the circular file.

Anyway, just my take.
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