You're not paying for a job. Anyone can find a job. You're paying for ITA's years of experience of putting people into the teaching positions they want, as well as the support from people that know how China works. Alternative services to this cost upwards of $2,000 for unnecessary ESL courses, and then you could end up teaching 40+ hours a week in some language mill screaming "DOG!" "CAT!" "BALL!" at a classroom stuffed full of 6 year olds.

I don't begrudge recruiters getting their one-off fees for finding an FT but I detest hangers-on-agencies-leechers- parasites. It's quite easy to find a 16 hour a week job-at least 5000rmb-supplied flat-air fare-no argument holidays-travel money, with just the help of a recruiter who gets his finders' fee, sods off and leaves every-body alone. Years of experience agency bullshit!