Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Genevieve]

I was a university lecturer several years ago and am looking to return to Korea from the US to work for a few years beginning either Sept. 2008 or March 2009. I don't see many university postings here. Do most universities post vacancies only on their websites or are there other forums I could check?

[nomad-ish]

i believe most universities have already interviewed and hired for feb/march this year. u may be looking at next year.

u can find the postings for uni jobs on dave's and sometimes on http://hiteacher.com
http://www.myesljob.com (jobs seem outdated here though)

good luck!

[soju pizza]

In the upper-left hand corner, you'll see a "jobs" icon, which will bring you back to the first page.

On the middle left-hand side of that page, you'll see the "Korean Job Board" icon. Click on that. There are tons of university jobs there. They are far the from the best, but I don't think that they're outdated since many went up over the past two weeks, and there's still another round of hiring to come in January. But since you're looking for work in the fall or 2009, that doesn't really matter.

You can also perform a search for universities with the search function in the middle-right of this page.

This is a subject that has been done to death, so you don't need to make new threads, just do a search.

You might want to get a list of Korean universities and just go right to their webpage too.

good luck.

[Genevieve]

Thanks, Smarty. I'll clarify. I'm looking for a real university job with 12-16 hours per week and no evening/vacation university-affiliated hagwon stuff. With an MA TESOL, US K-12 teaching license, and 15 years of experience, I can afford to be choosy.

[Rockwell Bergstrom]

As was previously mentioned, the better jobs were advertised for in October and interviewed applicants in November.

You may be qualified, but you're a bit late this semester. Look for job postings in April or May to start next September.

Good luck

[Scotticus]

[soju pizza]

[stevemcgarrett]

Genevieve fancied:

[Genevieve]

Thank you, Nomadish for taking the time to post with a couple of useful links.

FYI, I don't "have to" get another job. I am on continuing contract and must decide whether to sign on again for another year in the spring. I'm looking now to see what's out there before I decide whether to stay or leave.

My 15 years of experience includes 6 years of university teaching in Korea, where I enjoyed teaching loads of 16 and 12 hours at two top schools. Expecting a position commensurate with qualifications and experience isn't "arrogant or childish;" it's common sense. Unless the job market has changed drastically over the past few years, I do not think a PhD or ABD is a requirement for language instructors.

Thanks again, Nomadish for the job links.

[stevemcgarrett]

Genevieve still fancied:

[regicide]

To the person that goes by stevemcgarrett:

Does putting people down make you feel better? I always looked up to people who had qualifications such as yours and never thought of them as internet trolls like you.

One would think that achieving a certain educational status would also bring some humility and also that that person wouldnt hop around on an internet forum acting like a child.

You need a reality check sir. You are not Steve McGarrett. You have a name. And you ought to be ashamed of that name up until this point.

The internet age does not excuse people who are supposed to be our educators and have the credentials to do so to be acting the way you do.

[Genevieve]

[quote="stevemcgarrett"]Genevieve still fancied:

[makemischief]

^ Absolutely correct.

While department jobs prefer PhDs, they can't always get them by any means (even at the "prestigious" schools- assuming we mean SKY and the like here).

Genivieve used the term language instructor-
For language instructors (usually labeled instructor in the contract, rather than professor) even the SKY uni's don't require or often even advertise for PhDs.

these would be those 12 hour nice salary jobs too.. they for sure aren't the nicer Phd only 6-8 hour a week jobs, but they are nevertheless none too shabby

[tzechuk]

[soju pizza]

Don't mean to be a smarty-pants, but if you have 15 years-plus experience, six in Korea, M.A. TESOL, hiring committee experience, teacher training, certified back home, along with such particular requirements, shouldn't you be able to locate this information by drawing on your experience, with the search function, or by using Google?

By creating a new thread entitled "where do universities post vacancies?"