How much can I earn teaching English in Shanghai and what times do they start hiring?

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How much can I earn teaching English in Shanghai and what times do they start hiring?

I want to teach English in Shanghai so badly but I don't know whether me and my wife should just go to shanghai on a tourist visa and cahnge visa status once I get there and find a job or just apply for a job online and start getting a work visa and start as soon as I get there. I want to go this summer, what times do they hire for summer? How much can I earn in Shanghai teaching English? I want alteast a salary of 8,000 RMB a month plus a furnished apartment. Is there any places like that hiring? Can you give me some hints on where to look. I go to eslcafe.com, eslplaza.com, and craigslist.com all the time but is there any other websites out there. What can one do to start teaching in Shanghai, what is your best advice?

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Jim Z
July 18th, 2010 - 16:32

Your salary will be variable, and depend on your experience level, and your degrees and certifications.

If you just have a bachelor’s degree and no teaching experience, you will get a basic entry level salary of 6000-8000 RMB per month, and a single apartment provided by the company.

English First has a very good reputation, and is a reputable company.

If you have a TEFL certification or TESOL Master’s Degree, you will get more than 10,000 RMB per month.

go to tefl.com and search teaching jobs in Shanghai. they are hiring now.
R O to the D
July 20th, 2010 - 13:53

check out a company called Susoft in suzhou. They offered me a job for 8K a month with furnished app. might have a roomy though. Suzhou is about 30 mins away from shanghai by train so its doable.
Mr. W
July 23rd, 2010 - 08:14

if you go on the internet and type in teaching English in Shanghai there are thousands of positions, I actually have a position if you are interested, it is part time for the summer, 180 RMB per hour plus travel fees, the easy way is to come on a tourist visa you can renew it twice, for a total of 90 days, while you are here you can go on interviews and look at each school, please send me an email, I can help you out
Tom
July 26th, 2010 - 03:52

Suzhou is 1.5 hours from Shanghai in most traffic conditions. Never go to China to teach on a tourist visa, you are asking for trouble if you do. The salary you should expect in Shanghai (INCLUDING ROOM AND BOARD) ranges between 6,000 – 10,000 Rmb based on your experience. Alot of schools in Shanghai are no longer including apartment, make sure they do, cause if you have to pay for the apartment with a meager supplement, you are going to lose money.