Korean Job Discussion Forums

[mr_scarlett]

Can anyone give me advice on how to find a university job?? Are they difficult to find?

[HapKi]

Do a search. This topic comes about at least once a week. Just remember, if you go the usual routes, you will be in competition with many, many people. Hope your resume can stand it. We're in the middle of a semester right now. Fall semester starts late August, early September, so next hiring will be done in the summer.

List of universities and colleges in Korea. Contact them.
http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-colleges-and-universities-in-south-korea

Some other threads on this topic-
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=82693

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=82852

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=56148

[Sine qua non]

[just because]

Basically i have found living(more so than anywhere else i have lived/been) here

It is not what you know but who you know...

If you have an inside contact or friend at a university you will have a much better chance of landing that position...

[Pak Yu Man]

Go drinking with the people at a uni near you. Most uni positions are hired by word of mouth.

[thepeel]

When I was in Korea, I applied for three uni positions and got all three. I had then, only a BA.

Clean yourself up. Get a nice shirt, tie, and pants. Nice. Iron them, properly. No white socks. No sneakers. If you smoke, don't smoke that day so that you don't smell like an ashtray. Go very easy on the smells. In your mind, you act as if you are about to apply at Goldman Sachs. Get a nice picture of you taken, with your hair properly cut, combed and set. It should be a headshot, like they do. Be clean shaved. No beard, goatee or whatever. Your hair is only on your head, not your face.

Create a professional resume. Leave the editorializing out. Write a professional letter that makes special reference to the school (not a "set" letter that you send unchanged to all the schools). Talk about the school, the area, the programs that they offer. Don't be afraid to compliment them slightly.

DO NOT EMAIL your resume. Put on your nice suit, with your nicely combed hair and neatly shaved face and GO TO the schools. Ask for the lady you need to talk to and sell yourself to her. Physically hand to her your resume, out of the envelope, highlighting to her your specific strengths. Use two hands to hand it.

When you meet her, act like you are Korean. Bow to her. Hand her your resume with two hands. Be as polite as you can without seeming fake.

Get her name card. Email her when you get home that night to tell her it was nice to meet and compliment, slightly, the facilities.

Email, or call, two days later (early in the morning, about 30 min after the working day starts) to reaffirm your commitment to the school. Ask if there is any further information she needs.

Do this for every uni you want to work at. You will get a job.