Chinese malaysian searching jobs in UK. Is it possible to find a job?

Fred wrote:

Work is dependent on a number of factors, depending on what you want to do.

Assuming you can get legal entry and the right to work freely in the UK, your language skills are in great demand in Chinese takeaways, working the counter.
That might very well sound silly, but many of those jobs are pretty well paid and, if nothing else, will provide an income until you find the type of work you want.

The reason for the employers' need is simple. Their staff are very commonly mixed mainland and HK chinese, so they need both languages to communicate with the staff, and English to deal with the customers.

Getting the visa will be the hard work.

Oh yeah I saw it stated must have the IELTS certificate? And many other english certificate I'm so blur lol looking at the website of UK.gov
However, I saw those job searching web site like monster or reed, the employers mostly stated the applicant must have degree certificate from UK university. Most of them stated like that. That's why I really don't know should I keep looking job or not or just go there to find jobs.

But I dun have english certificate only degree certificate from my country. I dun think the employers there will accept my degree. Haha. But my course was really conducted fully in English -_- and we also studied English from kindergarten until university level. It's compulsory subject. -_-

rinoa1989 wrote:

Fred wrote:

Work is dependent on a number of factors, depending on what you want to do.

Assuming you can get legal entry and the right to work freely in the UK, your language skills are in great demand in Chinese takeaways, working the counter.
That might very well sound silly, but many of those jobs are pretty well paid and, if nothing else, will provide an income until you find the type of work you want.

The reason for the employers' need is simple. Their staff are very commonly mixed mainland and HK chinese, so they need both languages to communicate with the staff, and English to deal with the customers.

Getting the visa will be the hard work.

Oh yeah I saw it stated must have the IELTS certificate? And many other english certificate I'm so blur lol looking at the website of UK.gov
However, I saw those job searching web site like monster or reed, the employers mostly stated the applicant must have degree certificate from UK university. Most of them stated like that. That's why I really don't know should I keep looking job or not or just go there to find jobs.

But I dun have english certificate only degree certificate from my country. I dun think the employers there will accept my degree. Haha. But my course was really conducted fully in English -_- and we also studied English from kindergarten until university level. It's compulsory subject. -_-

"dun?"......

chuckle_butty wrote:

rinoa1989 wrote:

Fred wrote:

Work is dependent on a number of factors, depending on what you want to do.

Assuming you can get legal entry and the right to work freely in the UK, your language skills are in great demand in Chinese takeaways, working the counter.
That might very well sound silly, but many of those jobs are pretty well paid and, if nothing else, will provide an income until you find the type of work you want.

The reason for the employers' need is simple. Their staff are very commonly mixed mainland and HK chinese, so they need both languages to communicate with the staff, and English to deal with the customers.

Getting the visa will be the hard work.

Oh yeah I saw it stated must have the IELTS certificate? And many other english certificate I'm so blur lol looking at the website of UK.gov
However, I saw those job searching web site like monster or reed, the employers mostly stated the applicant must have degree certificate from UK university. Most of them stated like that. That's why I really don't know should I keep looking job or not or just go there to find jobs.

But I dun have english certificate only degree certificate from my country. I dun think the employers there will accept my degree. Haha. But my course was really conducted fully in English -_- and we also studied English from kindergarten until university level. It's compulsory subject. -_-

"dun?"......

Haha it's just the short form for 'don't' in our country for chatting..😅

rinoa1989 wrote:

chuckle_butty wrote:

"dun?"......

Haha it's just the short form for 'don't' in our country for chatting..😅

And, by way of a small aside, mine.
The word is in common use in Yorkshire in the forms:

He's dun it
dun't do it

Here's an option to toss into the ring.

Have you considered taking a degree at a British University? The costs are notable, but the visa also allows part time work.
Your English is pretty good, so TEFL or whatever should be little problem, and the degree will be worth a fortune to you.

As another aside - I love the name, "chuckle butty". It makes me think of laughing whilst munching on a chip buttie.

Fred wrote:

rinoa1989 wrote:

chuckle_butty wrote:

"dun?"......

Haha it's just the short form for 'don't' in our country for chatting..😅

And, by way of a small aside, mine.
The word is in common use in Yorkshire in the forms:

He's dun it
dun't do it

Here's an option to toss into the ring.

Have you considered taking a degree at a British University? The costs are notable, but the visa also allows part time work.
Your English is pretty good, so TEFL or whatever should be little problem, and the degree will be worth a fortune to you.

As another aside - I love the name, "chuckle butty". It makes me think of laughing whilst munching on a chip buttie.

Hi,

Lol I already have a degree in business administration...I don't think I have enough money to study anymore haha

Oh.l don't have TEFL lol..so I must take this test in my own country first if I wanna to go there right? Haha but IELTS is also acceptable right? According to my research in gov.uk haha there are so many English exams such as Cambridge also lol -_-

Gravitas wrote:

You dont mention it, but maybe you dont have any work experience yet?  That would be an issue but doing an internship in the UK might get round it.  Your English skills are taken as said (i.e. a requirement) but its your other languages that will get you a job, e.g. Mandarin. There is a specialist recruiter www.multilingualvacancies.com/ for this type of job, but the issue in the UK is that any agency by law has to ask you to produce your permission to work to offer your services to their clients. That is why the internship may be the best route to get experience and work part-time as it will be on a student visa I guess. Whatever, your other languages are your asset, including in the United Nations, which has Mandarin as one of the official languages. AEISC is a good organisation to look at. There is a Malaysian branch on Facebook and they have a general website. Its about internships etc.

Hi,

Oh thank you for your info.

I will look into it ^^

samsam123 wrote:

A reply to Fred.

She is not a cook, so she can never get a work permit. Even if she is an experienced chef, the Chinese takeway in UK may not want to hire her at all, here are the reasons 1) to be able to get work permit the chef must be paid well  2) the owner must advertise the job for 3 months and UK home office may consider her application if no one else from UK applies. 

It is an open secret that ALL takeaways earn their fortune through avoiding tax illegally. It is a fact takeaway owner will not declare high income for their staff as this will greatly reduce their profit. They will not pay for work permit application fee (around GBP2.5K) and neither will they advertise for 3 months just to help her.

Based on her current qualification and experience, she has 0% chance to work in UK, not to say she is no good but in fact she is just too ordinary in the eyes of UK home office.

Missed that post.
Yep, I know.
I should be open - I knew a lot of Chinese take away/restaurant owners in the UK, so I know a lot about the trade. It's actually not that far removed from the normal (and probably totally illegal) way most small businesses operate when they can get away with it.
Obviously I'm way out of date as I've been outside the country for over 8 years, but most employed illegals and/or asylum seekers as pretty much most of their staff. I decided I didn't want to know that, so chose never to find out.
The last part generally excluded the HK owned businesses, but the Fujian guys and their 'open for 12 months and up' sell business model was taking over rapidly at that time.
Apart from a lot of business I did through Chinese contacts, I made some really good mates, so found out a lot most of us white dudes never get to know.
I also went, he says whilst upsetting grammar nerds by splitting an infinitive, to some wild parties.

rinoa1989 wrote:

Haha that's funny Lolll no British man will like me hahahaha I'm not going there to marry haha

Maybe you aren't going there to marry, or even care about meeting guys intending a relationship, but you're way wrong about British guys not liking ladies such as yourself.

XB23 wrote:

Severely lacking because teachers are leaving the profession:

http://www.theguardian.com/education/20 … s-recruits

If our OP is suitably qualified, she might well have a chance to enter the teaching profession.
However, she'd also have to be certified as insane,
I know teacher with close to 30 years of experience who are leaving because they can't stand the working conditions. The loss of discipline in schools has made their lives a misery.
One I knew left in favour of working the tills in Tesco. When people with such experience leave in such ways, there has to be something very wrong with the system.

Fred wrote:

rinoa1989 wrote:

Haha that's funny Lolll no British man will like me hahahaha I'm not going there to marry haha

Maybe you aren't going there to marry, or even care about meeting guys intending a relationship, but you're way wrong about British guys not liking ladies such as yourself.

Hahaha i see...Okok..their countries have too many pretty ladies already haha

rinoa1989 wrote:

Fred wrote:

rinoa1989 wrote:

Haha that's funny Lolll no British man will like me hahahaha I'm not going there to marry haha

Maybe you aren't going there to marry, or even care about meeting guys intending a relationship, but you're way wrong about British guys not liking ladies such as yourself.

Hahaha i see...Okok..their countries have too many pretty ladies already haha

You forget cultural norms in Asia are very different from those in the UK so, when British guys meets Asian ladies and realise they generally act like real ladies, the men get interested.
That's not to suggest all British ladies are the same, but the 'ladette' element is a massive turn off to many.
That and most men like cute, and you look cute.
(I should note my disinterest in dating anyone, so that isn't a chat up line, just an opinion)