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[Scarlet13]

How is this done? What is legally required? It is a legitimate option for someone who wants to stay in Korea but cannot legally teach?

And yes I know what most of you think about recruiters but I'd like to know anyway so please spare the negativity. Thanks

[ttompatz]

[diver]

[Donkey Beer]

You also need to begin practicing at telling bold face lies. By the time you have your 50k for the investor's visa you should ideally be a pro at telling lies.

[bellum99]

How to Be a Recruiter

Step One: Go to www.devilspawn.com and sell your soul to satan. It is different than Faust...it is online now.

Step Two: Raise a puppy until it is an adult and then strangle it to death. This kills all human compassion.

Step Three: Remove all family ties that may stand in your service to the devil. You may even need to kill cousins if you are close to them.

---After all of this, then you may be qualified to be a big enough son-of-a-biatch to work for the Korean schools as a recruiter.

[rD.NaTas]

instead of raising the puppy ,can i just strangle sum random person? it seems almost quicker and more effective

[robot]

To recruit legally, you need to have documents from the government that require you to first:

1) pass a huge recruiting test in Korean (4 test prep-sized books. I've seen them -- lots of rote memorization with BS questions like "In which chapter of the book did you learn information about X?")

or

2) have worked at a recruiting agency for 2 years.

Apparently this is a new stipulation to make the industry more professional...

[Aussiekimchi]

I'm not sure I'm feeling the love here.

[joewaller]

If recruiting isn't an option for any (many) of the above reasons, I'd recommend HR for one of the large chains. It will give you some interesting insight into the industry from nearly every perspective and opens doors into either recruiting or other company posts down the line.

And on the note of recruiting: I think that if you were to go into that business with a proper grasp of ethics and a firm intent to provide a service to teachers for job placement I don�t think it would be a terrible thing. If you think you are the sort of person who may be tempted violate those ethics along the way and give up your humanity for money�..I�d steer clear.

[KoreanAmbition]

Are all of you saying that you don't trust any recruiters?

I've seen threads about "footprints" and it doesn't seem to get a lot of respect.

I'm currently dealing with a recruiter, and she seems extremely friendly and honest. She has called me on the phone and talked for a long time. She has also responded to my emails rather efficiently and written very long detailed letters which highly impressed me.

Are you saying that possibly I should still be worried?

[wylies99]

99.999% of all recruiters are scum. They make lawyers look GOOD by comparison.

[wylies99]

[Netz]

[The Hammer]

This photo sums up the teacher-recruiter relationship nicely.

[expat2001]