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MrSeoul · Joined: 15 Apr 2007

Stay far away from this recruiting agency, another set of liars. If you have any questions pm me.

To make a long story short they offered me a contract to teach in a public school. I decided I would perhaps give it a chance since I preferred middle school but I liked the hours so I was ok with it.

After receiving the contract and 20 e-mails and phone calls later, I told them I would not want to live in a studio and that I found it too small. I even offered to pay an extra fee to live in a bigger place and instead of them negotiating with the school they said they could not offer me the job and they decided not to look for anything else.

So I gave in and said fine i'll take the studio (figuring once I got there I could talk to the director) A day later they came back and said the job had been taken.

So basically, the minute I said no to one thing, the job was gone. No negotiations, no follow-up, typically Korean "their way or the highway".

I'm glad I got the highway!

Maz · Joined: 20 Jul 2006

I second that.

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

Thanks for the warning.

Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

That's not the recruiter's fault at all. A hagwon may have negotiated with you but public schools are not always able. I was expecting some horror story but frankly that was just lame. Rolling Eyes

MrSeoul · Joined: 15 Apr 2007

cbclark4 · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Location: Masan

You blinked first.

cbc

Richard Krainium · Joined: 12 Jan 2006

TheBrain · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Acme Lab

Isn't a recruiter supposed to work for the teacher and not the school?

cbclark4 · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Location: Masan

TheBrain · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Acme Lab

It was just a question. Can you answer it?

TheBrain · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Acme Lab

Sorry. I burped.

Sody · Joined: 14 May 2006

I've heard bad things about this company as well but you aren't justified in being angry with them. Just forget about it and realize that recruiters do NOT work for public schools, hagwons or you. They work for THEMSELVES. They don't care about anyone else, they care about profit. Koreans aren't known for the sincerity. But don't claim that it is the Korean way that is just plain wrong. It's the industry way, the hagwon industry and ESL industry in Korea is horrible because of dishonesty. That's not the typical Korean way however.

Sody

Junior · Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Location: the eye

I thought public schools provided officetels?

Mine for example is reasonably spacious. If you get a place to yourself with living room and separate bedroom you're doing well I think.

excitinghead · Joined: 18 Jul 2005

Hmmm, I don't know the details of your situation MrSeoul, but after 7 years here I do know that people with bad experiences of recruiters, schools, or hagwans tend to post on Dave's, while those that have positive or merely okay experiences have got better things to do.

So, if People Recruit are typical lying mercenary recruiters like you say, then Davesesl should be full of posts by angry teachers complaining about them...let's check eh?

Check my posts: it turns out the last post on them on them was June 24th 2006! If they're so bad, its strange how none of the hundreds or so teachers they must have placed in the last 10 months were so angry that they they conmplained or warned others about them on the internet.

Sure, I'm prejudiced. I'm fluent in Korean, have a Korean wife and daughter, and have Korean friends who are or have been recruiters, teachers or hagwan bosses, and I'm so sick and tired of their reputations and therefore their businesses being ruined because of one-sided incoherent rants from foreigners.

People Recruit may well be as bad as Mr Seoul says, although it doesn't sound like much of a horror story to me...but anyway, there are two sides to every story, and we rarely hear the Korean one here. Not all recruiters are jerks just because a few teachers say so, and I'm not just talking about People Recruit either.

goodgood · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Location: seoul

If you didn't like an offer from a school, couldn't you see yourself lying and telling them you already got a job, so forget it?

That's what they did to you. Their choice, who cares, move on.

You posted another strange one about a different recruiter "screwing" you by rejecting you. Maybe you are weird, or off-putting in the way you make your requests. After all, it's not what you say, but how you say it that counts.

Rejection hurts, but it doesn't make the rejector bad, necessarily.