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Joshozzy

Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:53 am Post subject: Editing/PR/Advertising English |
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Hello all,
I have been a shadow in here for a while, trying to decide if my wife and I should leave everything familiar and move to Korea. I�ve researched a few options besides hagwons; mainly because this board has really scared the pants off me. While on the US State Department website, I saw that one of the types of teaching in Korea is editing/PR/advertising. This is my field here in the States.
Does anyone know anymore information about this type of teaching? I haven�t read anything about this type on this board. My questions are:
1)How would I learn about these job openings? Is this something a recruiter arranges?
2)How available are these jobs? I would assume they�re not as plentiful as hagwons, public schools, etc.
3)What are the qualifications?
4)Are the jobs limited to Seoul?
5)Is there a website or post where I can find more information?
Thanks to anyone that can help me out on this. I�ll most likely come over in some teaching capacity, but I�d like to find the most interesting category. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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There are lot of highly fluent English speaking Koreans that can easily do jobs in advertising/PR. I would say those jobs would not be easy to get by a fresh off the boat foreigner with no connections. One can typically hook up with a translator and do editing. That can lead to other opportunities in print/media, certainly. But in general, I don't think the Korean advertising/PR world is waiting with open arms for foreigners to scoop these high value jobs. |
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Smee

Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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And not to be (too much of) an ass, but look around. There's not much interest in editing/advertising/PR English. Have you considered Taiwan? There's a much greater emphasis on multi-lingualism there and I frequently see editing jobs advertised on job boards. However, just like getting a teaching job in Taiwan, you'd probably have to be there already, and fly over on your own dime. That, plus the uncertainty of unemployment, might be a turn off.
Actually I'm interested into switching over to that side of things, as I did a lot of that sot of work in college . . . but I have no constructive information to share about getting started. |
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JeJuJitsu

Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Location: McDonald's
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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mindmetoo wrote: |
There are lot of highly fluent English speaking Koreans that can easily do jobs in advertising/PR. . |
Really? Is that why 3/4 of the products you buy have nonsensical english gibberish on it? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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JeJuJitsu wrote: |
mindmetoo wrote: |
There are lot of highly fluent English speaking Koreans that can easily do jobs in advertising/PR. . |
Really? Is that why 3/4 of the products you buy have nonsensical english gibberish on it? |
The flip side of the coin is they don't really care for perfection either. They would rather hire a Korean who can get 80% of the job done than a foreigner who can get 100% of the job done. That's Korea. |
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