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The unemployment rate for a non-Chinese English speaker is zero, with rare exception, in Taiwan. The demand is so great for the Chinese to learn English that it is commonplace to see people who speak English as a second language teaching English.
Accents heard in classrooms vary from British, Aussie, Kiwi brogue, to a German burr and African/French inflections. Interestingly, the Chinese prefer to hire Americans first and Canadians second because of their perceived neutral accent. In Taiwan, I met a British citizen who complained about the difficulty she was having in finding work as an English teacher. Surprising, considering that the British invented the language.
Depending on your length of stay, there are several ways to approach finding a job in Taiwan. If you plan to stay at least one year, you should contact one of the many English cram schools, also known as "buxibans" online and agree to a one-year teaching contract.
With a job, you can obtain a resident visa that allows you to work legally in Taiwan. Depending on the "buxiban," you may expect to have an air conditioned room and a salary range of $15 to $18 per hour with vacation time. The hours you work will be part of your negotiation. If you have an undergraduate or advanced college degree, particularly in English, you might want to look into the universities for work.
The other option, and a more convenient one, is to get a multiple-entry tourist visa and just go. The tourist visa allows you to stay in Taiwan for two months. When the visa expires, you must leave the country for at least one day and can then return for another two months.
This is what I did. I visited Hong Kong or Japan every two months for a week or two. I am assuming that you are not planning to stay in a four star hotel, so finding a room for a few nights upon your arrival is easy and cheap. You might even consider a stay initially at the local YMCA.
English brokers are easy to find: just ask any foreigner (ex-pat), who will direct you to one. An English broker helps you find a job for a percentage of your pay. This is fine, because after about one week you will want to strike out on your own and secure your own employment.
Now, this is considered illegal employment, and if you are caught working with out a permit you are subject to deportation. This is not likely to happen though, because just about all foreign English speakers at one time or another work illegally as a language teacher. The work laws are enforced about as much as they are here in the States. The demand is too great.
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