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Q: Paying for "a white face" in China.
On quite a number of occasions I've noticed advertisements of companies who were simply speaking in need of a white face, some of them needed a foreigner who would pretend to be a foreign entrepreneur, some needed fake foreign professors to give speeches in China. I have been told by one of my friends that in the past there was an incredible craze about that and especially in some smaller cities it was nothing unusual for the owners of restaurants/pubs to hire foreigners to stay at their places so they would seem more "international". Do you think there is a downward trend in this business? Too many foreigners? Or maybe such offers are distributed through different channels than the Internet?
In my humble opinion, it's internships that have destroyed the Chinese job market.
A few years back, people could come here, teach through the day, and go off doing their DJ or rock band dream at night. People could model on the side, or act in sitcoms. It was all possible.
The hipsters opened bookshops or bars in Yangshou. The sporty types set up bike tours.
But the DJ types can't compete anymore. Those guys and gals were living on the edge. They paid their own way and depended on their skill to pay the rent. They diversified, believed in themselves, and had a few years of fun. They lived the dream.
Many are still here. They fell in love with the place, and decided to stay.
But then the paid for Internships started.
The unpaid interns have no need to earn money to pay for food. The unpaid interns do a year in China, and undercut the stayers who are on the edge. They are part time migrants with no financial worries.
They do a year, then go home and proclaim their greatness compared to the loser stayers.
How much did you pay for your internship at ECC jack?
In my humble opinion, it's internships that have destroyed the Chinese job market.
A few years back, people could come here, teach through the day, and go off doing their DJ or rock band dream at night. People could model on the side, or act in sitcoms. It was all possible.
The hipsters opened bookshops or bars in Yangshou. The sporty types set up bike tours.
But the DJ types can't compete anymore. Those guys and gals were living on the edge. They paid their own way and depended on their skill to pay the rent. They diversified, believed in themselves, and had a few years of fun. They lived the dream.
Many are still here. They fell in love with the place, and decided to stay.
But then the paid for Internships started.
The unpaid interns have no need to earn money to pay for food. The unpaid interns do a year in China, and undercut the stayers who are on the edge. They are part time migrants with no financial worries.
They do a year, then go home and proclaim their greatness compared to the loser stayers.
How much did you pay for your internship at ECC jack?
