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A collection of articles written by agents at Noon Elite Recruitment about topics all around the subject of recruitment and the global job market. From tips writing your resume to research on the craziest job perks in the world.

Getting a Job in London: Your Comprehensive Guide

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London, the United Kingdom's vibrant capital, stands as a global hub offering diverse career opportunities and a unique lifestyle experience. For many, the prospect of working in this dynamic city is an exciting step towards professional and personal growth. The broader UK job market, including London, is currently navigating economic challenges with a sense of cautious optimism. New job postings ...
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Birmingham’s 2025 Job Market: Our Guide

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Birmingham's 2025 Job Market: Opportunities and Evolution Birmingham, the UK's "Second City," is a dynamic hub at the heart of England, known for its excellent transport links and strategic location. In 2025, its job market is experiencing a mix of cautious optimism and targeted growth, driven by significant investments and changing industry demands. While the wider West Midlands faces ...
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Nottingham Job Market 2025: Your Essential Guide to Finding Employment

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Are you looking to kickstart a career or find a new opportunity in the vibrant city of Nottingham? Known for its rich history, thriving cultural scene, and two world-class universities, Nottingham offers a dynamic job market with diverse opportunities across various sectors. This comprehensive guide provides a roadmap to navigating and succeeding in Nottingham's employment landscape in 2025. W...
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China is finally rehiring foreign teachers and employees post pandemic

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Foreign workers are finally being recruited and welcomed back into China after over 2 years of border closures. This is what has changed and why we are finally resuming hiring for working in China. Teachers can go to China on Work Visas again Its been a long, painful Pandemic for many of us in the world. Isolated in our homes and  deprived from many things we love. Since the start of the Pan...
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Official. Foreigners returning for work, personal matters or reunion can re-enter China

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It's been a while since we heard unofficial reports that foreigners with a valid work permit may re-enter China. Today, we heard this news more formally through the official website of the China National Immigration Administration. The official government body in China that manages nationwide immigration policy. The statement in Chinese and their own unofficial English translation is below and can...
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A Quiet reopening of the Chinese border to TEFL teachers

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After a quiet 2020 I'm delighted to inform readers that over the past week a number of schools across China have informed me of their local government offices quietly allowing new work visa applications to start. Although not widely publicised, presumably to avoid a large sudden influx, it appears the Chinese border is quietly reopened for new TEFL teachers. As such, we at Noon Elite Recruitment a...
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China allowing many European nationals to return to Teach English in China

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China may be allowing European nationals of many countries permission to return to China if they possess a valid work or residence permit. The news is a much welcome step for many people eager to return to China to continue working as English teachers. The news was released here on the 10th August on the Chinese social media page of the Chinese embassy in Denmark and is yet to be made widely p...
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Chinese national holiday dates for 2020 and 2021

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Almost all work contracts in China include the official Chinese public holidays as paid vacations. Once again for the new year, here are the public holiday dates for the years 2020 and 2021 in China. Holiday 2020 Date 2021 Date New Year's Day  January 1st January 1- 3rd Chinese New Year  January 25th Holiday: January 24th - 30th February 11th-17th Tomb Swee...
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When will English teaching positions resume and how has the Coronavirus Pandemic affected these jobs?

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The alarming Coronavirus Pandemic has devastated the economy of the entire planet. Rather than being an exception, the outbreak has and will continue to have a colossal impact on the English teaching industry in China. This is how the virus is going to delay jobs for the foreseeable future, our best estimation of a return to work date for China teachers stuck in the West and the implications a...
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Visas of Foreigners in China automatically extended for 2 months due to the coronavirus

Visas of foreigners in China will be automatically extended by 2 months from the 1st March 2020 in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The announcements was made by Liu Haitao, director of Frontier inspection and Department of the State Migration Administration on Sunday March 1st . the period of stay of foreigners in China can be automatically extended for two months. No extension application ...
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