Review – Why Teach at Hujiang?

The following info are from teachers who have been teaching or had taught there before.

Pros:

Fair salary, flexible schedule, helpful team

Great Flexibility: you basically can decide when and who you teach.

wherever you are, as long as you have internet and laptop, then you can do this job.

Cons:

Little personal development

Not paid fully for a class when the student doesn’t show up.

Life before and after joining Hujiang

What was the hiring process like?  Any advice for future teachers?

First, you need to submit a CV and letter of motivation. Hujiang requires that the teachers have previous ESL experience (classroom or online), a bachelor degree (in any field) and preferably a TEFL certificate. Once they receive your email and approve your application, someone from the HR department will send you an invitation for a Skype interview. During this interview, they will ask you questions about yourself, your teaching experiences and they will ask you to do an internet speed test to see if your internet connection is fast enough to give classes.

If the interview goes well, they will invite you to give a demonstration class. Before you give the demo class, you’ll receive a prepared lesson and instructions on how to download and use the software program (CC Talk). During this demo lesson, someone from the HR department will pretend to be your student and assess your teaching skills. Depending on your performances, they will offer you an hourly rate (between $10 and $16 per hour). If you pass the demo class, you’ll receive the training course (which is paid) that you have to do by yourself. Once you finish the course, there will be one final live Q&A session with a trainer during which you also demonstrate how well you know the program.

How is pay set up?  Are you paid by the class or some other arrangement?

You get paid by the class. One class is 25 minutes. So if your hourly rate is $15, you get paid $7.5 per class. If your student doesn’t show up for the class, you have to stay 15 minutes in the classroom and you’ll receive 60% instead of your normal rate. The payments happen on the 1st and 15th day of every month through Payoneer.

How often do you work?  Is there a set schedule?

You have to be available for minimum 10 hours per week and you set your own schedule for at least 3 weeks in advance.

Our weekly schedule changes depending on where we are and whether or not we’re on the road. On an average week in which we don’t travel, we open our schedule for 35 hours, out of which we teach 20 to 30 hours.