Korean Job Discussion Forums

moo · Joined: 25 Nov 2006

i am thinking of going for about 6 six months.

i have my masters in education.

how easy will it be for me to find a job if i just go there looking.

housing and money to last me while i am looking for the job is not a factor for me.

will it take me long?

please help. =)

chachee99 · Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Location: Seoul Korea

Lightning quick. Stay away from the hogwans and hit the universities. Since you have Masters in Education, you will have no problem getting with one of the universities in Korea.

wylies99 · Joined: 13 May 2006 Location: I'm one cool cat!

A job? No problem.
A GOOD job, well, that'll take a little longer.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

It will take a bit longer since you are going to stay only 6 months. You ARE going to tell them up front, aren't you?

ChopChaeJoe · Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul

Not sure what country you are in, but why would you travel all the way to korea for a 6 month job? Airfare is pretty expensive.

moo · Joined: 25 Nov 2006

so i wouldn't be able to get a job easily because i'm only going to stay for six months?

i'm from the u.s. i just wanted to get to know korea better and make some money while i see some family. so the money for airfare isn't such a big deal.

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

For 6 months, I'd go the hagwon route. Tell them up front. Doesn't sound like it's much to sweat for you, so don't worry too much about the school, but check out here and on the net just to assure they won't be cheating bastards.

Hagwons probably won't sweat the 6 month thingy. Just gives 'em more time to find someone else, really. If you don't care about airfare then they'll swoop you up in a minute. Don't work for pennies if you have a masters though. Or whatever grabs you.

ChopChaeJoe · Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul

Why would someone want to hire a teacher for only 6 months? The school has to turn right around and hire someone again. And for that short of time you have almost zero commitment to the school or students, so no quality can be expected of you. Changing teachers in the middle of a school year is a drag on everyone.

Just a coule of reasons it might be difficult, then again some crap hagwon probably just had a teacher do a midnight run and you could fill the vacant shoes for awhile.

Good luck, I guess.