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Q: is it easier to get a Job in Hong Kong?
so far in my job hunt i got 3 replies from HK and NONE from shanghai...wtf?!
Legit question. Wouldn't know why someone would TD you. Anyway...
If you get a serious answer, let me know. I've never been to HK, but have heard nothing but good things about the colony. (That is right, isn't it? Still a colony? Just changed hands?)
No, I don't think so, HK is easier. You might get replies from HK Schools, because there are not too many 'free' teachers in the city at the moment.
Conditions at HK Schools as I know:
1. Native English Teacher;
2. BA (from related subject preferably);
3. No online diplomas!
Beginner salary is around $18 000 HK (16 000 Rmb) and up, for 25h a week, but no free apartment.
I am Non-native, so I don't qualify, but I spend every year two weeks in HK at the end of summer. Very over crowded, in my opinion. After few days in Mong Kok, I cannot stand all that crowd every time I walk out after 7am.
Last year, I stayed (had to) more than one month in the city, and ...I wouldn't take job there for anything, butt....that's just my opinion.
I Hong Kong it is easier to get hired based on your qualifications. The number of white monkey jobs are almost none. In Hong Kong you are competing against both people from Hong Kong, but also from most of China, for the jobs. A doorman at a 5 star hotel in Hong Kong can make a lot more than most people can on the mainland.
It would depend on the type of job. I think they have a rule that they must fill a position with a local person if possible.
icnif77:
Not for English teaching! Everything else yes, domestic person probably has advantage, but for English teaching only Native English teachers qualify.
hk is very open mindedd she'll give you try if your nice to her . china it best to get a hand job, hk it is ok to get oral![]()
im drunk not an exuse just atatin the facts
I think Hong Kong is a lot more competitive and requirements are tougher. In China, you can have no experience but just the fact you're a "Native English speaker" can land you a teaching job.
Traveler:
Non-native speakers get more jobs, because they will work for less money. The reason English teaching in China is a joke.
I would think it would be harder because the standards should be higher there. That's pretty shocking that you didn't get any replies. Why don't you try the capital city instead I'm sure you'll get all the replies you want then.
If you are a British national, female and with a degree, you are guaranteed a job.
CARLGODWIN1983:
I should have also stated that, as much as I don't like or agree with it, you have to be white.
I can put anyone in contact with someone if they are interested.
In Hong Kong, you are employed based on your skills, qualifications and experience. You don't have to worry so much about being undercut by applicants with no skills, qualifications, experience or ethics.
In Hong Kong, you can usually expect that your employer will not try to cheat you at every opportunity. Hong Kong is concerned with keeping the employee happy and productive, not showing the foreigner contempt.
In Hong Kong, you do not have to contend with blatant racism every time you show up to work.
In Hong Kong, they don't just cancel work with no notice. You have set times that seldom vary. Any variation is done by negotiation between employer and employee.
In Hong Kong, they don't make you work on weekends to make up for public holidays. You have set work days, and they don't change, except through mutual negotiation.
In Hong Kong, you are paid on time, and on the day your work period ends. There is no getting paid whenever your employer feels like it. You don't have to wait for weeks after the pay period to get paid.
In Hong Kong, they will honour the contract that is signed, not try to redefine words and phrases of a language they can barely speak.
In Hong Kong, if your employer breaches a contract, there are government agencies and courts that will actually force your employer to honour the contract. They will not simply rule against you because you are a foreigner.
In Hong Kong, workers generally try to be productive, and employers promote such productivity.
Most of all, most people in Hong Kong seem to have job satisfaction. You rarely see that in China.
If only I could shake your hand, Traveler, or at least give you Rep.
Excellently put.



















