Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Which would be a better job

Which would be a better job?
I'm moving to Taiwan, and currently thinking of 3 options as my career there: 1) Find a food industry and get a job as QA/lab technician (as I hold a Food Technology degree), but I have stopped working in this field for the past 3 years. 2) Get a CELTA certificate there and look for job as English Teacher (I'm not English native speaker though and never had any teaching experience) 3) Do freelance English-Chinese translation jobs at home Which of those jobs would be easier to approach and promise better pay/future? Please advise! Thank you!
Careers & Employment - 6 Answers
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1 :
1) wud b a better future 2) so so 3)easier to approach
2 :
Freelance teaching would be good money, but only when the work is there. I'd go option 1 as they'll always need food with the growth of industry/tourism/population
3 :
its really up to you. choose something that you feel you are good at but also something that you'll enjoy. you can't go in their thinking that as long as it pays good, cos then you may only like it for that. you need to take on the positive and easier approach that will leave you feeling pleased with yourself for taking on that job position
4 :
You are going to have tough competition in the three fields. My suggestion is to pursue the tech job and the translations at teh same time. It htere is time availble get the CELTA as a back up. You may find a niche in teaching /translating ih the food technology area.
5 :
I think you need to first figure out what is your passion. Then evaluate which of the above option offers you, job security, career advancement, job satisfaction and most importantly financial security.
6 :
You have not given us enough information to answer your question. The appropriate answers would depend on your nationality status and marital status. In general, under Taiwan law, you would be classified into one of four categories: (1) Taiwan citizen with ROC ID card and passport, (2) ROC national with ROC passport but with no ID and no Household Registration for the Taiwan area, (3) the holder of PRC citizenship and PRC passport, or (4) a foreigner. The laws regarding work rights would be different in each case, and would also depend on your marital status. That would come back to a consideration of which of the four categories above your spouse fit into. Obviously, a person married to a spouse of category #1 could expect to obtain the most liberal work rights. I suggest that you visit the legal forums of forumosa.com/taiwan/ for more details

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