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Fast Track Programme
at
Newman Tours
in Beijing
Newman Tours is currently offering paid “Tour Industry Training Programmes” to native English speakers capable of leading and managing our informative and entertaining tours in and around Beijing, Xi’an, and Shanghai.
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 work as many or as little days as you want, helping you to balance your studies in China with the rewarding experience of working in a highly rated tour company. 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.
What we require
- Must have native level English.
- Applicants for the Tour Industry Internship must be willing to work for Newman Tours for a minimum of six months.
- Interns must commit to regularly work at least 1-2 days per week, preferably having availability over the weekends. You may choose to work anywhere from 2, 3, 4 or 5 days per week. 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 opportunities, paid at 1.5 times the normal hourly rate, 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 Mandarin Chinese and other language skills will also be advantageous. Stronger spoken Mandarin is especially advantageous for candidates looking to work in Beijing.
- 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
- During the course of your internship, you’ll be paid a competitive daily rate for each day you spend working for the company. In addition, every 90 working days you commit to working at Newman Tours will increase your daily rate.
- 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.
- 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.
- Specify in your email how many days a week you would like to work.
An audio recording approximately one minute in length introducing yourself and explaining why you think you would be a good candidate for the position.
- Please also specify your WeChat, WhatsApp and Facebook webpage Address so that we will have some alternative means of contacting you.
- Please also specify three separate times that you will be available between 09:00 and 18:00 (Chinese time) for a potential first round interview.
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 work as many or as little days as you want, helping you to balance your studies in China with the rewarding experience of working in a highly rated tour company. 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.
What we require
- Must have native level English.
- Applicants for the Tour Industry Internship must be willing to work for Newman Tours for a minimum of six months.
- Interns must commit to regularly work at least 1-2 days per week, preferably having availability over the weekends. You may choose to work anywhere from 2, 3, 4 or 5 days per week. 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 opportunities, paid at 1.5 times the normal hourly rate, 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 Mandarin Chinese and other language skills will also be advantageous. Stronger spoken Mandarin is especially advantageous for candidates looking to work in Beijing.
- 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
- During the course of your internship, you’ll be paid a competitive daily rate for each day you spend working for the company. In addition, every 90 working days you commit to working at Newman Tours will increase your daily rate.
- 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.
- 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.
- Specify in your email how many days a week you would like to work.
An audio recording approximately one minute in length introducing yourself and explaining why you think you would be a good candidate for the position.
- Please also specify your WeChat, WhatsApp and Facebook webpage Address so that we will have some alternative means of contacting you.
- Please also specify three separate times that you will be available between 09:00 and 18:00 (Chinese time) for a potential first round interview.
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