Our very first event is in just two days - click here to register now - so let's get to know the panelists (in order of their placement in the image above, L-R). John Murn went traveling in 2007 with a plan to teach for a year in Asia and see how it went... and [...]

Each month All Hands will share a post of events from around Taiwan. These events will span networking, professional learning, community gatherings, hiring, seminars, happy hours, and more. This will be a living list and is by no means comprehensive. If you know of a great event that should be included, please send us a [...]

As many of you might already know, there are different ways to obtain an ARC to stay and work legally in Taiwan.* In this article we are going to discuss the “Points System for Foreign Graduates in Taiwan.” It is necessary to specify that this points system only applies to foreigners that have obtained a [...]

Among the more common questions asked on the local Facebook job boards for foreigners is something like, “What industries do foreigners in Taiwan work in?” It’s a great question and it’s certainly valuable to have some idea of the answer when conducting your own job search. The list of industries below is compiled based on [...]

I often feel compelled to put disclaimers up when talking about salaries in Taiwan, so I guess that’s a pretty good sign that I should just knuckle down and give the subject its own post. To start with, here are some of the real-market pay and salary numbers. As of 1/1/2019, the minimum monthly salary [...]

Each month All Hands will share a post of events from around Taiwan. These events will span networking, professional learning, community gatherings, hiring, seminars, happy hours, and more. This will be a living list and is by no means comprehensive. If you know of a great event that should be included, please send us a [...]

We’ve all heard a million times how important first impressions are. Let’s talk about a very important first impression that so many foreign workers are on the receiving end of when they get their first job as a foreigner in Taiwan: working in a buxiban (補習班 / cram school). Teaching English (or other cram school [...]

For better or worse, the single greatest advancement in job search resources for foreigners in Taiwan in the past decade is the formation of a handful of large and somewhat active job-related Facebook groups (many are listed here). For all the benefits of these groups – access to job postings across industries, detailed hiring info, [...]

Each month All Hands will share a post of events from around Taiwan. These events will span networking, professional learning, community gatherings, hiring, seminars, happy hours, and more. This will be a living list and is by no means comprehensive. If you know of a great event that should be included, please send us a [...]

While no two paths to finding professional work in Taiwan will be the same, most will encounter a number of challenges and interesting situations across a few core areas. This post will give a very brief overview of these potential rough spots. You’ll find each of these topics resurfacing in greater detail in other posts [...]