Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Foreign Barber...

What do you do in China?

Teacher? No.

Business man? Naw.

Traveling through? Not even close.

This guy in Fuzhou is training to became a barber. Perhaps he can cut Ron's hair properly.

"...I will begin a one-month stint as a 学徒 (trainee) at a local barber shop/salon. The manager will be treating me just like any other beginning employee his first days on the job. I will be starting at the very bottom of the barbershop food chain, and my duties will include sweeping hair, cleaning bathrooms, assisting barbers, and entertaining customers as they have their hair cut. Throughout the month I will have only three days off, and work the rest from 9 am to 8 pm. I will essentially be a slave to my job which for one month pays what I would make in one day of teaching English..."

Hek

Posted by Hek El Chikano at 04:23:46 | Permanent Link | Comments (1) |
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1 - Speaking of jobs, as you asked over on my site, in Qingdao there's two main fields for foreigners. No1. is the obvious teaching English path, it can be quite lucrative because there are a huge number of Korean people here, and they pay more than the Chinese do. No2. is people working internships and management positions for big foreign companies, as there are quite a few large German/Italian/French companies with factories set up on the outskirts of the city. There's probably more options if you can speak Korean or Chinese really well, but unfortunately my knowledge of them is limited. Hope this helps.

-James (Comment this)

Written by: james at 2008/05/22 - 11:10:24
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