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Fast-Track Tour Guide Programme
at
Newman Tours
in Beijing
Newman Tours are currently offering paid ‘Fast-Track Programmes’ to both fluent English speakers and qualified Chinese guides to lead tours in English. All applicants must speak excellent English and Chinese guides must possess a valid tour guide licence (导游证). Please send an English CV, cover letter and your mobile number to jobs@newmantours.com
For more information please see links below.
English speakers:
http://newmantours.com/Tour_Guide_Internship_Opportunities.html
Qualified Chinese tour guides:
http://newmantours.com/Chinese_Fast_Track_Tour_Guide_Programme.html
As these accounts from both current and past Training Programme graduates show, working for Newman Tours is an exciting and rewarding experience that will enable you to improve your Chinese, lead a wide range of tours in several of the world’s most dynamic cities, develop transferable skills that will serve you well throughout your career, and expose you to all the day-to-day challenges of helping run a business in an extremely hands-on way.
We accept applications all year round and offer flexible scheduling that enables you to choose whether to work three, four or five days a week. So what are you waiting for? Send us the application materials described below for your chance to gain a unique career development opportunity in the tour industry and business management in China.
ABOUT NEWMAN TOURS
Newman Tours was established in 2010 by British entrepreneur Daniel Newman. Having graduated from the University Of Cambridge with an MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies, Daniel had lived, worked and studied in China since 2000. But during this time he had noticed that there was a distinct lack of quality information available at China’s many great historical sites. For this reason he set up Newman Tours so that people like himself who are passionate about Chinese history and culture could develop and lead tours that would enhance everyone’s understanding of the Middle Kingdom.
Having started with just a French Concession Tour and Ghost Tour in Shanghai, Newman Tours have since gone on to develop forty unique tours all over China. To provide these tours, we have full time employees based in Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi’an. We are, however, still a small and friendly company, and every member of our team not only helps to lead tours, but is also involved in marketing the company and helping us grow.
We’re unique thanks to our eloquent, expert, and easy-to-understand native English speaking guides. Our tours are not only well-researched, but also bring history to life with videos and photos on our iPads, and activities like chopsticks pick-pocketing, tobogganing down from the Great Wall, and even ghost weddings! As a result, we’re highly recommended by tourists, expats, schools, corporate clients, and the media (click here to see our customers’ reviews on Tripadvisor, and click here to see reviews written by the media). As a result, we have received TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence in Shanghai and Beijing for the last four years running (click here to learn more about our awards and find out what else makes us special.)
We do tours for all sorts of interesting people, ranging from academics to businessmen, and from families to backpackers. We’ve done corporate tours for CEOs, Partners, Directors and Senior Managers from some of the world’s leading companies. Recent clients include Google, BP, Rio Tinto, Apple, Senior Partners for Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the Board Of Directors for Dash Brands, and the Ambassadors of Iraq and Costa Rica.
We’ve developed the following great tours in and around Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi’an, which you’ll be paid to learn and lead:
Tours In & Around Beijing
In Beijing, we offer historical Forbidden City Tours, Summer Palace Tours and China In 50 Objects Tours.
In addition we offer interactive Beijing Ghost Tours, Hutong Adventures, and Warlord Tours.
Around Beijing, we also offer Great Wall Excursions.
Tours In & Around Xi'an
In Xi'an we offer historical Muslim District Tours, Terracotta Warriors Excursions, and Shaanxi Museum Tours.
In addition we offer interactive City Wall Tours and Monkey King (Great Wild Goose Pagoda) Tours.
Around Xi'an, we offer excursions to Chengdu, Shaolin, Luoyang, and Pingyao.
Tours In & Around Shanghai
In Shanghai, Newman Tours offers historical tours of The Bund, The French Concession, The Jewish Ghetto, and The Shanghai Museum.
In addition we offer interactive Ancient Shanghai Tours, Gangster Tours, Ghost Tours and Kung Fu Tours.
Around Shanghai, we offer excursions to Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Zhujiajiao.
WHAT WE REQUIRE
-Must be an excellent English speaker.
- Possess a valid tour guide license (导游证).
- Applicants for these Chinese Tour Guide Fast Track Positions must be willing to work for Newman Tours for a minimum of six months.
- The standard five-day working week of 40 hours will be Friday through to Tuesday or Wednesday through to Sunday. Selected applicants that sign contracts to work just three or four days a week should also preferably have availability over the weekends. Working hours will vary from 09:00 to 18:00 and 13:00 to 22:00 (with an hour for lunch or dinner) depending on tour scheduling. Given the nature of the Tour Guide industry, applicants will be expected to demonstrate a reasonable degree of flexibility in the scheduling of their work. There may also be some paid overtime when busy.
- Must be enthusiastic, friendly and outgoing with a good knowledge of and interest in China’s history and culture.
- Must be willing to stand up and make presentations to strangers.
- Must be able to speak clearly and concisely and project your voice.
- Must have a good memory in order to remember the facts of your tours.
- Newman Tours also encourages its guides to interact and improvise with their audiences, so strong inter-personal skills, a good sense of humour and the ability to think on your feet are all extremely important.
- Performance and Tour Industry experience as well as language skills will also be advantageous.
- Must have your own laptop computer that is reasonably fast, and be willing to use it for office work.
- Must have a smart phone that is capable of running Wechat, taking photos, and recording audio.
- Must have good organisational skills, phone manner, and Microsoft Office skills.
- SEO, web design, and Adobe Illustrator skills would also be advantageous.
- Marketing experience would also be an advantage.
BENEFITS
- You’ll be paid 5500RMB per month for the first three months while you’re still learning the ropes, which enough to live in China. After that you will be paid 6000RMB per month for the second three months, then 7000RMB per month for the third three months, and then 8000 RMB per month for the final three months. All of the amounts stated are after tax so you also get to keep all of your salary.
- On top of this, you will not only receive tips from guests, but will also get 15% of any revenue received from new clients who heard about Newman Tours from you for up to six months of that guest’s first tour taking place.
- We appreciate moving to China can be expensive and daunting, so we’ll do everything we can to make the transition as easy as possible. For example, we’ll pay for and talk you through the Chinese visa application process, we’ll pay for your accommodation for up to seven days when you first arrive, and we can help you find and negotiate for your accommodation.
- You will also receive 29 days of paid holiday over the course of your twelve month programme, which is far more than most employers offer in China (many companies in China only give employees the minimum requirement of 16 days paid holiday per year).
- For those that want to improve their Chinese, we offer cost price classes with our language learning partner, Panda Chinese (currently 50rmb for 50 minutes).
- Many of our tours feature meals, drinks and refreshments that enable our Tour Guides to experience some of the best restaurants and bars in town free of charge.
- As well as learning and leading a wide range of our exciting tours, you’ll gain experience in marketing, sales, design, human resources, accounting, and business administration.
- Last but not least, if you impress during your time with Newman Tours, then we can offer you a full-time position.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send your application to jobs@newmantours.com with the heading “Fast-Track Programme” containing the following:
- An English-language CV, Specify in your cover email whether you’d like to work in Xi’an, Beijing, or Shanghai, or whether you’d be happy in any of these three cities.
- A 300-word article about how the influence of the Opium Wars can still be seen in China today.
Applications close Tuesday 31 January 2017.
For more information please see links below.
English speakers:
http://newmantours.com/Tour_Guide_Internship_Opportunities.html
Qualified Chinese tour guides:
http://newmantours.com/Chinese_Fast_Track_Tour_Guide_Programme.html
As these accounts from both current and past Training Programme graduates show, working for Newman Tours is an exciting and rewarding experience that will enable you to improve your Chinese, lead a wide range of tours in several of the world’s most dynamic cities, develop transferable skills that will serve you well throughout your career, and expose you to all the day-to-day challenges of helping run a business in an extremely hands-on way.
We accept applications all year round and offer flexible scheduling that enables you to choose whether to work three, four or five days a week. So what are you waiting for? Send us the application materials described below for your chance to gain a unique career development opportunity in the tour industry and business management in China.
ABOUT NEWMAN TOURS
Newman Tours was established in 2010 by British entrepreneur Daniel Newman. Having graduated from the University Of Cambridge with an MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies, Daniel had lived, worked and studied in China since 2000. But during this time he had noticed that there was a distinct lack of quality information available at China’s many great historical sites. For this reason he set up Newman Tours so that people like himself who are passionate about Chinese history and culture could develop and lead tours that would enhance everyone’s understanding of the Middle Kingdom.
Having started with just a French Concession Tour and Ghost Tour in Shanghai, Newman Tours have since gone on to develop forty unique tours all over China. To provide these tours, we have full time employees based in Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi’an. We are, however, still a small and friendly company, and every member of our team not only helps to lead tours, but is also involved in marketing the company and helping us grow.
We’re unique thanks to our eloquent, expert, and easy-to-understand native English speaking guides. Our tours are not only well-researched, but also bring history to life with videos and photos on our iPads, and activities like chopsticks pick-pocketing, tobogganing down from the Great Wall, and even ghost weddings! As a result, we’re highly recommended by tourists, expats, schools, corporate clients, and the media (click here to see our customers’ reviews on Tripadvisor, and click here to see reviews written by the media). As a result, we have received TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence in Shanghai and Beijing for the last four years running (click here to learn more about our awards and find out what else makes us special.)
We do tours for all sorts of interesting people, ranging from academics to businessmen, and from families to backpackers. We’ve done corporate tours for CEOs, Partners, Directors and Senior Managers from some of the world’s leading companies. Recent clients include Google, BP, Rio Tinto, Apple, Senior Partners for Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the Board Of Directors for Dash Brands, and the Ambassadors of Iraq and Costa Rica.
We’ve developed the following great tours in and around Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi’an, which you’ll be paid to learn and lead:
Tours In & Around Beijing
In Beijing, we offer historical Forbidden City Tours, Summer Palace Tours and China In 50 Objects Tours.
In addition we offer interactive Beijing Ghost Tours, Hutong Adventures, and Warlord Tours.
Around Beijing, we also offer Great Wall Excursions.
Tours In & Around Xi'an
In Xi'an we offer historical Muslim District Tours, Terracotta Warriors Excursions, and Shaanxi Museum Tours.
In addition we offer interactive City Wall Tours and Monkey King (Great Wild Goose Pagoda) Tours.
Around Xi'an, we offer excursions to Chengdu, Shaolin, Luoyang, and Pingyao.
Tours In & Around Shanghai
In Shanghai, Newman Tours offers historical tours of The Bund, The French Concession, The Jewish Ghetto, and The Shanghai Museum.
In addition we offer interactive Ancient Shanghai Tours, Gangster Tours, Ghost Tours and Kung Fu Tours.
Around Shanghai, we offer excursions to Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Zhujiajiao.
WHAT WE REQUIRE
-Must be an excellent English speaker.
- Possess a valid tour guide license (导游证).
- Applicants for these Chinese Tour Guide Fast Track Positions must be willing to work for Newman Tours for a minimum of six months.
- The standard five-day working week of 40 hours will be Friday through to Tuesday or Wednesday through to Sunday. Selected applicants that sign contracts to work just three or four days a week should also preferably have availability over the weekends. Working hours will vary from 09:00 to 18:00 and 13:00 to 22:00 (with an hour for lunch or dinner) depending on tour scheduling. Given the nature of the Tour Guide industry, applicants will be expected to demonstrate a reasonable degree of flexibility in the scheduling of their work. There may also be some paid overtime when busy.
- Must be enthusiastic, friendly and outgoing with a good knowledge of and interest in China’s history and culture.
- Must be willing to stand up and make presentations to strangers.
- Must be able to speak clearly and concisely and project your voice.
- Must have a good memory in order to remember the facts of your tours.
- Newman Tours also encourages its guides to interact and improvise with their audiences, so strong inter-personal skills, a good sense of humour and the ability to think on your feet are all extremely important.
- Performance and Tour Industry experience as well as language skills will also be advantageous.
- Must have your own laptop computer that is reasonably fast, and be willing to use it for office work.
- Must have a smart phone that is capable of running Wechat, taking photos, and recording audio.
- Must have good organisational skills, phone manner, and Microsoft Office skills.
- SEO, web design, and Adobe Illustrator skills would also be advantageous.
- Marketing experience would also be an advantage.
BENEFITS
- You’ll be paid 5500RMB per month for the first three months while you’re still learning the ropes, which enough to live in China. After that you will be paid 6000RMB per month for the second three months, then 7000RMB per month for the third three months, and then 8000 RMB per month for the final three months. All of the amounts stated are after tax so you also get to keep all of your salary.
- On top of this, you will not only receive tips from guests, but will also get 15% of any revenue received from new clients who heard about Newman Tours from you for up to six months of that guest’s first tour taking place.
- We appreciate moving to China can be expensive and daunting, so we’ll do everything we can to make the transition as easy as possible. For example, we’ll pay for and talk you through the Chinese visa application process, we’ll pay for your accommodation for up to seven days when you first arrive, and we can help you find and negotiate for your accommodation.
- You will also receive 29 days of paid holiday over the course of your twelve month programme, which is far more than most employers offer in China (many companies in China only give employees the minimum requirement of 16 days paid holiday per year).
- For those that want to improve their Chinese, we offer cost price classes with our language learning partner, Panda Chinese (currently 50rmb for 50 minutes).
- Many of our tours feature meals, drinks and refreshments that enable our Tour Guides to experience some of the best restaurants and bars in town free of charge.
- As well as learning and leading a wide range of our exciting tours, you’ll gain experience in marketing, sales, design, human resources, accounting, and business administration.
- Last but not least, if you impress during your time with Newman Tours, then we can offer you a full-time position.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send your application to jobs@newmantours.com with the heading “Fast-Track Programme” containing the following:
- An English-language CV, Specify in your cover email whether you’d like to work in Xi’an, Beijing, or Shanghai, or whether you’d be happy in any of these three cities.
- A 300-word article about how the influence of the Opium Wars can still be seen in China today.
Applications close Tuesday 31 January 2017.
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