The purpose of this site is to give current students some insight into the 'Real World Working Experience' of former students.

 

Students in China have generally been shielded from so many aspects of the real world, that when they graduate and go to work, many suffer from culture shock.

 

In a report some years ago in China Daily, it was reported that 80% of graduates quit their first job within 1 month.

 

From conversations with former students, I am informed of a number of situations in which the recent graduates simply cannot bear the way they are treated in the work place.

 

Quite often, this is not a case of finding themselves in abusive working environments, but rather of finding themselves in a situation where their childish excuses and childish behaviour is simply not accepted.

 

I remember one story of a girl who paid a fortune to go to an English language school, but on her first day at work, she was upset by her employers instruction to 'wear her hair up'.  Finding that her childish tantrum did not work, she had no choice but to follow her employers instruction, or quit.  So She Quit!

 

I am also aware of a situation where a student who dropped out of college, managed to get a job solely on his ability to speak English.

 

I also have former students who within a short time of joining a company, have been given the opportunity to travel overseas, or to other cities within China; or who have been entrusted with very important business accounts because of their English Ability.

 

It is my hope within this site, that graduated students will be able to offer real world advice and assistance to students still studying.