Hands on experience  Many jobs now need hands on experience in a working environment; every graduate is aware of the “need experience to get experience” issue when it comes to employability. As long as you have a degree, teaching English as a foreign language in China allows you to get that much-needed work experience and a qualification with no catch. Learn languages  The demand for bilingual Mandarin-English speakers is ever increasing within business, and teaching English in China means that there is no need to pay for expensive language courses. You can get paid to learn a new language while…

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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” used to be my favourite question, the possibilities were endless: astronaut, singer, cowboy. But now it’s “what are you going to do after graduation?”, a question all graduates dread. This is usually accompanied by a mild sense of panic and long stream of internal questions such as “What am I going to do with my life?” and “How am I an adult already?”. In reality, all we do is put on a fake smile and reply something generic such as “I’m not quite sure yet” while we go back to…

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