Absolutely correct: Never trust any recruiters, do your homework first!

It seems that many Chinese recruiters are toiling badly to attract the right kind of foreigner to teach in China this hiring season. When I I say the right kind, I mean those who are legally entitled to teach here.

If you check out recent job ads on 'the greasy spoon', you will see a recruiter you despise has placed an ad on there to try to attract new foreigners to fill some specific vacancies at a couple of his client schools. Can you identify who it is?

I will summarize by stating that jobseekers should not trust recruiters nor agents nor employers. I'm sure you will agree that these days a jobseeker should only enter China on a Z visa, and with the contract already countersigned and in his possession after negotiation via the Internet while he was in his homeland. This will avoid bait and switch tactics being employed by dishonest employers/agents/recruiters. We should be fully aware that direct employers should not be trusted either!