Where to find jobs?

[homesick_american 1]

So take the SAT. It's offered several times a year...the next test is in October.

Ummm... well, I already have a job, albeit one that doesn't pay overly well in monetary terms. I'm not the OP who's looking for a job, so I'm not sure why everyone's telling me to get an SAT tutoring job?

I'm actually planning on taking the CBEST in Oct/Nov so I'd be eligible for substitute teaching as well as teaching credential programs in the future... just in case I get sick of my present job.

You seemed interested in SAT tutoring jobs; I was just trying to help.

[no one 0]

So take the SAT. It's offered several times a year...the next test is in October.

Ummm... well, I already have a job, albeit one that doesn't pay overly well in monetary terms. I'm not the OP who's looking for a job, so I'm not sure why everyone's telling me to get an SAT tutoring job?

I'm actually planning on taking the CBEST in Oct/Nov so I'd be eligible for substitute teaching as well as teaching credential programs in the future... just in case I get sick of my present job.

You seemed interested in SAT tutoring jobs; I was just trying to help.

Sorry if I'd given that impression...! I was just trying to help someone else by explaining that there are loads of SAT tutoring jobs out there, except that in most cases, one of the criteria is that you must've taken it yourself. Congrats on getting your $80K job, btw! That's much more than any teachers (in a traditional setting, at any rate) can ever hope to make

[no one 0]

speaking of job i got a call from a community which is i am very interested to work with. they we're looking for a bookkeeper. they want me to come to there office the other day for an interview...they offer a good salary like 15 to 16 bucks an hour. i found this job in one of the local website in our area. the result of the interview was very possitve the only thing is... i am committed to watch my daughter and step son for the whole month of august and they want me to work right away. child care center in our area are occupied now. i am only 4 months in this country and i thought the job interview here is very difficult like what we have in the philippines. anyway...they only asked me about my previous job experiences. i have a 10year work experience as a bookkeeper in one of the biggest company in our country. we are almost done to get the license of our child care business but i want to work in the office....lol ..i got bored in the house. what you think my fellow vj's?...what good decesion to take a child care or office job???....i am not yet decided what to do. for now i have our 2 kids to watch but by september they gonna be in school and i dont have a call yet from other parents. ooohhhh...i dont want to stay again in the house alone this coming september it makes me crazy.....

jazzy

Tough decision! Are you equally passionate for both fields of work? It sounds like you'd like to get away from your house, so maybe you should go for this bookkeeping opportunity. There are tons of private child care businesses willing to take in kids short-term

[no one 0]

echomyst,

Hey so you were born in HK? heehee then do you know how to speak Cantonese? I have never been back to HK since I came here. I may go back X'mas this year. Let's see...

it's good to hear that you have found a TA job! you know i want to be a TA too! but I didnt see a lot of TA Jobs. I saw a few on Craigslist and sent my resume to them, but I got no response! Do you know where else I can find such kind of jobs?

you know I also think that getting a teaching credential here is such a long process. So I don't think I'll ever start all over and study for that again. Besides I don't even know what subject I can teach here. I taught English in HK and English is my second language. So I really don't think I can teach English here... sigh...

I thought about teaching in a pre-school here as it seems that the Early Childhood Education course is not as long. I however don't know if I really can handle small kids. I'm also not sure if I can find a job after studying. I saw a TA post in a pre-school few months ago and applied. At first I was told to go to the interview but it was later cancelled... I also applied some TA posts in some elementary schools but again no resonse. You know it's not a high-paid job but still people just don't consider me.... well maybe they think I don't have local experience and English is not my native language? Also I see that some schools require TAs to have credential/ ECE units too...

And you talked about being a SAT tutor? You know after I posted my resume online, a few tutorial centres sent me emails too... but the same as you, I haven't taken any SAT exams and I don't think I'm qualified.

Right now I'm just selling stuff online to earn a little bit money. Sometimes I really want to give up finding job cuz it seems to be impossible. For whatever job I applied, I just got no response or rejected...

Yeah, I speak Cantonese My language skills are deteriorating because the only people to whom I speak Cantonese are my parents!

The best way to find TA jobs is probably on individual school districts' websites. There are so many different school districts in each area. In my town alone, there's something like 5 districts?

It sounds like most pre-school jobs require only 12 ECE credits, but you're right -- little kids are a whole different ball game than older ones!

You know, homesick_american mentioned that you can take SAT exams and that the upcoming one is in October. Maybe you can give that a shot? It'd be a quick way to get into SAT tutoring, which is lucrative especially if you work for yourself instead of through a tutoring centre.

Do you play the piano? (It seems that most HK'ers do haha). I've thought about teaching piano too. It pays well, but I'll need to re-learn a lot of things and practise like mad In time, perhaps...

What about starting up your own business? In my town, there isn't a whole lot of Asian people, never mind Chinese. I can see that there are niches that could be filled, such as opening a Chinese vegetarian restaurant, or a more expansive Asian grocery store, etc. I'm not an ambitious business person though, so I'll stick to my humble sector of education, but it could be an option for you or other people

[jazzy 0]

speaking of job i got a call from a community which is i am very interested to work with. they we're looking for a bookkeeper. they want me to come to there office the other day for an interview...they offer a good salary like 15 to 16 bucks an hour. i found this job in one of the local website in our area. the result of the interview was very possitve the only thing is... i am committed to watch my daughter and step son for the whole month of august and they want me to work right away. child care center in our area are occupied now. i am only 4 months in this country and i thought the job interview here is very difficult like what we have in the philippines. anyway...they only asked me about my previous job experiences. i have a 10year work experience as a bookkeeper in one of the biggest company in our country. we are almost done to get the license of our child care business but i want to work in the office....lol ..i got bored in the house. what you think my fellow vj's?...what good decesion to take a child care or office job???....i am not yet decided what to do. for now i have our 2 kids to watch but by september they gonna be in school and i dont have a call yet from other parents. ooohhhh...i dont want to stay again in the house alone this coming september it makes me crazy.....

jazzy

Tough decision! Are you equally passionate for both fields of work? It sounds like you'd like to get away from your house, so maybe you should go for this bookkeeping opportunity. There are tons of private child care businesses willing to take in kids short-term

i think no one likes to be home all day....lol well, yeah i think i will go on bookkeepping......the only thing is its hard to find a day care right away for the kids. its hard to entrust the kids with someone whom you dont know exactly who they are.

jazzy

[Dr. Obvious 49]

There are tons of private child care businesses willing to take in kids short-term

But screen them very, very carefully. I found that there were tons of in-home daycares in my area. Too bad most of them had ads like:

"H eLlo! My name is shiela, i would like ot watch ur kids n my home!1!!1!"

My first test of a good provider became "Can they write a proper ad?". Well, that got rid of 50% of them off the bat.

[homesick_american 1]

So take the SAT. It's offered several times a year...the next test is in October.

Ummm... well, I already have a job, albeit one that doesn't pay overly well in monetary terms. I'm not the OP who's looking for a job, so I'm not sure why everyone's telling me to get an SAT tutoring job?

I'm actually planning on taking the CBEST in Oct/Nov so I'd be eligible for substitute teaching as well as teaching credential programs in the future... just in case I get sick of my present job.

You seemed interested in SAT tutoring jobs; I was just trying to help.

Sorry if I'd given that impression...! I was just trying to help someone else by explaining that there are loads of SAT tutoring jobs out there, except that in most cases, one of the criteria is that you must've taken it yourself. Congrats on getting your $80K job, btw! That's much more than any teachers (in a traditional setting, at any rate) can ever hope to make

My mother used to teach school; my grandfather was a schoolteacher in Illinois; my cousin currently teaches school and my aunt is a retired schoolteacher...so I have a lot of respect for teachers. They SHOULD make more.

I know it can be frustrating moving to a new country; I did it myself in 2001 and even coming back to my native country has been stressful, exhausting, and at times overwhelming. I feel ya!

[Sleepybears 0]

echomyst,

oh hehe then you need to practise Cantonese more... but too bad there arent many Chinese in your area, it's difficult to practise then

In San Jose there're a lot of Chinese, but i think there're more mandarin-speaking (Chinese or Taiwanese) than cantonese-speaking people here. And most of them work in the IT companies.

Well I dont really know what SAT is about. Long time ago I took a look at it but I feel like it's so difficult. I think the most difficult is Mathematics (which is always my weakest area). And u know, i haven't studied Mathematics for a long time... I totally forgot what i learnt!

btw, last Friday I did apply for a teaching assistant job but there's again no response. well i guess for those job ads which didnt set a lot of requirements, their post will attract a huge amount of ppl to apply. I also took a look at the San Jose School District website, I saw there're some TA posts, but i don't qualify for most of them... also they want you to take a public exam for TA or clerical posts in schools. sigh... it seems to me that its so difficult to get a job here.

Yeah so probably starting a business is easier than finding a job. but i don't have the capital to do so now... my friend who got married and immigrated to Malaysia just opened a boutique there. She also told me it's impossible to find a job in Malaysia so starting a business is the only way. But for me, i just have no choice... now my 'business' is just to sell stuff online... this is not what i want... but i really have no idea how i can find a job here

Edited July 30, 2007 by Sleepybears