When a job offer isn’t actually a job offer

Based on my fabulous reporting and editing work during my internship (I assume), China.org.cn offered me a job to work there full-time. I came back to the States to think about it and decided I should take this excellent opportunity to live in China and explore my beloved motherland more. What I make of it will determine whether it was worth my while or not, right?

I thought that by now I’d be ironing out the details and logistics of relocating to Beijing, getting a work visa and all that taken care of. Unfortunately, I discovered that just because a person is offered a job and he’s accepted said offer, there is still another hurdle to the hiring process. That is, the company needs to decide if it actually wants to hire him. I thought China.org.cn had already made that decision upon offering me the job, but I guess that would be uncharacteristic of Chinese people.

Alas, the job search continues.

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