Bachelor's Degree But No Work Experience?

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Angelina, who actually tested / certified you and so on. What was the actual procedure? Is this an actual legitimate method in all places or something that your school has negotiated in your specific area?

[HedgePig]

No, we didn't roddy. It's possible we might still, but at this stage it seems unlikely. "Changing corporate priorities" and all that meant that it didn't even get as far as looking at the visa issues in any great detail.

[Angelina]

http://evaluation.safea.gov.cn/login.php

I found it on the Internet when I was desperate. You have to be in China to take a TEFL course they are organizing, pay 3000 yuan, pass the exam when you finish the training, go through an online evaluation and scan certain supporting documents (a letter of reference, your bachelor's degree). Most other trainees were sent there by their prospective employers.

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Great, I am looking for some kind of info page but can only get a login/register page

[Angelina]

I'm not sure if I should post about it, I'm not getting paid for advertising.

Admin?

[roddy]

No problem, I think.

[Angelina]

In order to address fluctuations in supply and demand for foreign teachers in China, foreign expert status is limited to those who have two years teaching experience. The department of Cultural and Educational Experts, of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) permits foreigners to teach in China, with foreign expert status, if they have taken the TEFL in China training, have obtained their certificate, and have their records on the evaluation system for foreign language experts, which is maintained by the Information Research Center, SAFEA. Of course, every applicant who would like to apply a foreign expert certificate must have a bachelor's degree or beyond.

http://tefl.chinajob.com

Admin, you are free to remove the link. (With your Google PageRank, I can understand why )

[roddy]

We have no problem with genuine links to commercial services - there are a million of them to Pleco, Chinesepod, BLCU, all over the forum. All we ask is that if you have any link to the business you disclose it.

This is a pretty typical bit of rent-seeking by SAFEA. They could just have identified a number of approved TEFL courses and stayed out of the market, but nope, they had to make a buck off of it. Still, if it gets you a proper job...

[ChTTay]

foreign expert status is limited to those who have two years teaching experience

Has this become more strictly upheld?

In the past, it seemed the less desirable the place to work, the less this mattered.

Alternatively, a school with good connections, the less this is an issue.

[icebear]

It's being enforced more strictly in Beijing, at least over the last 6 weeks.

[piperliebe]

i got an offer for teaching english in a learning center similar to EF, but my application got rejected because of the lack of 2 years experiences. i just graduated with a bachelor degree in teaching area, would this help at all?