Do I Want To Work For These Guys?

[Raoul Duke]

Somehow, I don't think so.
Here's the response I got to a job application, sanitized for your protection:

Hello RAOUL,

Thank you for your email and resume. Could you please call our office and make an appointment to come in for an interview. Our office [which is very close to XXXXX Station], is located in the heart of XXXXX District.

Please bring along hard copies of the following documents with you for your interview:

- Two copies of your resume or cv,
- Two copies of your certified Degree, Diploma, Certificate(s) etc.
- Two copies of your current Visa status (refer to the relevant page in your passport,
- Two passport sized headshots
- Bring along any other permits (temporary residence)that you may have.

Our office contact number is:

Tel: XXXXXXXXX

Note: Please ensure that you attend your interview on time. All teachers will be allocated half an hour, and this time WILL NOT be extended to accommodate any delays.

PS. We do not provide a photocopying service.

Thank you.

Kind regards,
Some Asshole

Jeez...

[Ruth]

Well, maybe you do - want to work for them, that is. They sound very professional and businesslike. They MUST be a reputable place if they have so many applicants they have to schedule interviews on the half hour. The competition could be tough

On the other hand, maybe they only need a half hour to determine if you a) are foreign enough to bring them business b) are entertaining enough to retain business and oh, yeah, c) can speak English. More than half an hour of their time on a foreigner would be a waste. These are busy people. There are naps to take after the long business luncheons. Time is precious.

[con's fly is open]

Let 'em bluster: YOU go give THEM an interview. The tiniest whiff of sleeze or cheese and you're out of there.

[Raoul Duke]

I like Con's approach!

It's not what they ask for, it's the way they ask for it. These guys sound like fascists to me....it is possible to be TOO professional and businesslike.

[Lager]

I was on the phone looking at this and trying to figure the "warning bell" Raoul meant..(Real important call ;D)

I figured it was the NO PHOTOCOPIER part---which is like this place...Them have them---it's just easier to get the visa than to actually use one. I end up going out and paying 1 jiao a copy..

Anyway schools are usually at their most polite at this stage so ...yeh....Shanghai must be a tough market...