Korean Job Discussion Forums

zeeseong · Joined: 23 Mar 2007

Hey, guys.
I'm korean and my friend from Phillipines asked me if he could get a english teaching job here.
He is undergraduate student and came to korea to study.
But because it is too expensive for him to live in seoul, he wants to get a part time job and we concluded that english teaching job will be best for him.
Many southern asians are treated like slaves or just 3D workers in Korea, but he is very smart and now he is a student of the most famous university in Korea.
And his first language is English.
We know korean english education institutions prefer Americans, or whites, but we are just wondering whether it is impossible for him to get a job in english education institutions or not.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

mithridates

Young FRANKenstein

mervsdamun · Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Location: Seoul

wo buxihuan hanguoren · Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Location: Suyuskis

mervsdamun · Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Location: Seoul

mervsdamun · Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Location: Seoul

Btw, regarding my friend, I�m not say he was an ideal teacher. But accent alone does not make a teacher.

dalpengi · Joined: 08 Dec 2006

wo buxihuan hanguoren · Joined: 18 Apr 2007 Location: Suyuskis

dalpengi · Joined: 08 Dec 2006

bangbayed · Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Location: Seoul

Getting back to the OP, I concur with Young Frankenstein. There's a good number of Filipinos teaching English here, but your friend does need a degree in English or English Education, and they might be getting paid as much as if they were from one of the 7 countries. Go to any KOTESOL or other teacher related conference and you will see Filipino teachers there.

Keepongoing · Joined: 13 Feb 2003 Location: Korea

I saw a group of Pinays at the last KOTESOL conference.

willneverteachagain · Joined: 17 Dec 2006

i doubt u could get a job in korea as a foreign teacher. they dont care if you speak perfect english (as most phils people do), they only care if you dont look asian. It might have changed in the past few years but i doubt it. I heard that koreans think of the phils as the "little brother" and that parents would have serious problems with someone from the phils teaching their "kids"

vino-luvva · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Location: Seoul

O.K the reality is that MANY non native english speakers teach here. I have met morocans, Iranians, Philipinos and even a few africans whom are teaching english here..Yes really! There is a huge demand for teachers and basically these folk just get some bullsh//t story sorted ( e.g..my roots are blah blah but I was born in the US or wherever ) They make up fake resumes, and its that easy..
It seems that it is very rare that the kindy, school, hogwon etc will check ones passport if its for part time work. Generally these guys and gals then do visa runs on holiday visas. Sure there would be some risk..but most of the illegals caught and put in detention here, were sprung by immigration at the 'factories' they were working in, and.. or have expired visas. Infact I had a pal from Ghana whom got arrested at a factory recently..he was NOT fined, and he did NOT have to go to court, but yes he was deported and did have to buy his own ticket back to Ghana. Its seems that if your arrested and are from a so-called developed country, then its assumed you have plently of money to pay a fine, otherwise you more than likely will not.
So I guess you could say that if your pal wants to take the risk..then he will most certainly NOt be the only one whom will be doing this.