Current Job Market in Taipei

Be worried as there is more supply than demand for English teachers in Taiwan especially Taipei.You might have a better chance in one of the smaller cities where expats prefer not to live/work. Signing a contract before coming..................not a smart move dude.

bobk49 wrote:

Be worried as there is more supply than demand for English teachers in Taiwan especially Taipei.You might have a better chance in one of the smaller cities where expats prefer not to live/work. Signing a contract before coming..................not a smart move dude.

Yeah I've heard that quite a bit that Taipei's market is not very strong.  I've debated about living in one of the smaller towns, but it doesn't really appeal to me or the girlfriend. I'm going over for the experience and I feel that it would be much better in a large city. I've lived in a small rural town my entire life and want a huge change lol. Plus neither of us speak a lick of Mandarin, and I hear its very difficult to get by and meet people in the smaller towns.  I do plan on learning a bit before hand, but just enough to get by.

Thanks for the advice about not signing a contact before hand.  That seems to be the common answer, but I've just been leery of coming over without one since the market is pretty weak.

I just hope that being a qualified teacher will help me in the poor market.

If anyone has anymore advice for a noob about to head over, I would love to hear it

Your welcome.I am sure you have surfed the net already about this subject but just in case you missed one probably the best school to connect with is Hess so check out their website.You can also join for free FORUMOSA which is a great website to all categories about Taiwan including teaching.Good Luck !