Korean Job Discussion Forums

[bzheng]

Hey guys,

I wanted to teach in Korea, so I got all my visa documents ready, and started spamming recruiters. I'm interested in hagwons.

But the majority of recruiters either don't respond at all, respond with shitty job offers with really long hours, or respond with an initial interview and I never hear from them again.

About a week ago, I saw two really attractive job postings by recruiters, so I contacted them, did an interview, only to never hear from them again, which seems super unprofessional, and makes me question whether the jobs postings were even real in the first place.

I realize that recruiters make money from the schools, and they don't really care, but what's the point of doing a pointless interview with someone you have no intention of placing, leaving them with false hopes, and then just ghosting them?

I tried contacting the schools directly (supposedly) through job boards (the ones that seem decent) and have spammed about 50+ different schools with a cover letter and all, and never heard back from them or anything.

So it has been about three weeks, and I've yet to heard back from anyone with the exception of a few shitty jobs offers pushing CDI and kindys with 9 working hours per day -_-

I'm looking to leave asap and I know the timing is probably not the best, but just wondering if my experience is the norm or highly unusual?

I am of Asian ethnicity which probably does make a difference, but to this extent? I'm from Canada and have a Canadian passport. My qualifications are the standard BA, 120 hour TESOL degree, and I have little/no experience.

What more/different approach can I take?

[Guajiro]

[JohnML]