How long did it take to get your first teaching job

[BernardT]

I'm curious as to how long it takes to get a decent teaching job here in Taiwan. Can anyone share their experience ?

[Dragonbones]

The first place I walked into hired me (but I'm cute, and busty -- YMMV).

[housecat]

I'm curious as to how long it takes to get a decent teaching job here in Taiwan. Can anyone share their experience ?

Hasn't happed yet!

[Feiren]

Back in 1988, it took me 20 minutes after walking into Gram English on Nanjing and Dunhua.

[BernardT]

OK let me correct the question and leave out the word DECENT - How long did it take to get your very first job teaching in Taiwan.

[housecat]

OK let me correct the question and leave out the word DECENT - How long did it take to get your very first job teaching in Taiwan.

I had that before I got on the plane, in 99. I used to get any job I asked for, and used to get approached and asked to take jobs I didn't ask for.

This ain't 99.

[tomthorne]

When I first came to Taiwan I had a job lined up before I arrived.

After returning to the UK to study I came back to Taiwan last June and it took me until August to land a full time job. I got a lot of part time work in the meantime, though. The combined part time work paid more than the full time gig, but I needed the stable income at the time. So, I suppose you could say it took me almost 3 months to get a full time job.

And that was with quite a lot of experience (not of much value in EFL here), an MA in TESOL (of even less value), and a JFRV (which is of some value). Without these I guess it could take even longer.

I still don't feel like it's massively difficult to land work in my neck of the woods right now, but it seems to be getting pretty tough in other parts of Taiwan.

[headhonchoII]

Ah but the Nankan area had the fastest growing population of families in all of Taiwan for the last few years

[tomthorne]

Ah but the Nankan area had the fastest growing population of families in all of Taiwan for the last few years

Someone's got to try to turn around that shocking Taiwanese birth rate. We like to do our bit.

[Milkybar_Kid]

I have been looking since the start of December. I am a first timer.

I still don't have anything concrete yet and it is now the second week of January