Been There, Taught That
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Mungyeong: not a village, not yet a metroplex.
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 Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject: Ha ha ha! Tiger English Posting |
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Found while rummaging through my college's otherwise-unassailable Job Postings website. I can't say that my alma mater, Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, screens its postings all that well.
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| TEFL Teaching in South Korea - Tiger English is looking for teachers in South Korea. Qualifications- must be a degree holder - any discipline, must be a native English speaker, a TEFL course is an advantage but not essential, no experience required, friendly, outgoing and adventurous personality. Responsibilities- Teachers would be expected to carry out lesson planning, examining students, some administration duties, organizing events such as activity days, speech contests and concerts (?) (all conducted through English). The benefits package for South Korea- reimbursed / prepaid return flights, free accommodation of a western standard, a month's salary as a bonus on completion of a 12 month contract 50% of medical expenses paid by your school, working hours are usually between 25 - 30 hours a week, 10 paid vacation days and 10-15 public holidays, no weekend classes, airport pick-up by your school or a Tiger English representative, all year round vacancies, no placement fee. Type of vacancy- Fixed Term renewable contract. Starting Date: Asap. Salary Range is $2,150.00-$2,580.00 p/m. Apply- Send your CV and recent picture to [email protected] OR Fill out our online application form: http://www.tigerenglish.com/teacher_appl_form.php. |
Pretty typical spiel for a recruitment ad, I know, but I can't help thinking of those few grads who will run right into this thing high on hope and with that ' friendly, outgoing and adventurous personality' without checking anything out. After all, Waverly, Iowa population is 8,000 at best during the college year, half or more of that being students. Some do come away from it starry-eyed and searching for adventure.
I wonder how much recruiters get charged to advertise on college boards like this, anyway, and do they realize any benefits long-term?
PS Even though Wartburg tries to remain diverse, still, Waverly is small town white America, so I suppose I can see some method to the madness here. Nothing is said, though, about racial preference, and there is an attempt at Wartburg to recruit students from all walks of life, so they may get all kinds of responses to such an ad. |
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