Korean Job Discussion Forums

[driftingfocus]

Does anyone know anything about any of these recruiters?

Orange Education
English Teachers Network
Planet People
Longbridge Pacific
Park English

[ttompatz]

[nomad-ish]

^ very true, but i can still recommend my recruiter (i really, really like them, they helped me a lot this year!). alison at canadian connection

www.canconx.com

i know people from canada (of course), america, and australia (yeah, i'm a bit surprised too) that have used them and been happy. a lot of recruiters just dump you in korea and get their paycheck from your school, but canadian connection actually helps you with problems while you're here.

there are other recruiters that people have recommended on dave's if you search...plus many warnings

good luck

[maingman]

ttompatz
plllease give it a rest

[MollyBloom]

I had a good experience with Cecelia from Park English.

[FUBAR]

If you're looking at Busan or Daegu, I'd reccommend Kim and Joe's. They were very good to me, helping me find a place (rent stipend instead of housing provided) and they helped get the school to honour the contract when the school tried to get out of paying return airfare.

PM me if you want more info.

[Roving_gypsy_gurl]

[garykasparov]

There are many recruiters that don't provide accurate information. For example;

( 1 ) www.canconx.com
( 2 ) FAQ
( 3 ) Working Conditions

What deductions come out of my salary?

� Monthly health insurance premiums (roughly 25,000-35,000 Won per month)
� Income tax (3-7%)
� Pension (which is reimbursed at the end of the year)

>Income tax isn't deducted according to a fixed percentage rather a sliding scale. If your monthly salary was 2,200,000 Korean Won per month, your employer would deduct the following below from your monthly salary:

( 1 ) 2,200,000 > 39,930 Korean Won > NTS website

http://nts.go.kr/eng/help/help_52.asp?top_code=H001&sub_code=HS05&ssub_code=HSE2

3% > 66,000 Korean Won
4% > 88,000 Korean Won
5% > 110,000 Korean Won
6% > 132,000 Korean Won
7% > 154,000 Korean Won

[biggpoppa]

Woongjin Think Outside Recruiting gets me vote...

http://www.thinkoutsiderecruiting.com/

work with Sunny Oh if you can...she was amazing and called me directly back home whenever i had a question or issue...she's really great to work with...and others who have worked with them have praised their other recruiters...

she still checks up on me every now and again just to make sure things are going smoothly...

[garykasparov]

[Dome Vans]

erm.....Right!


I'd really be paying attention to Garykasparov and Ttompatz here.

Getting a recruiter with consistently good contracts is not going to happen. They'll palm you off with the crap ones, before trying to give you (if they have them) 'better' ones.

I doubt that many here have what is considered a good contract. Recruiters want money for you. Plain and simple. They'll introduce you and then they're gone. A one time only relationship. Even my recruiter who got me my good contract at the PS made me trapse from Incheon down to Daejeon on the bus where they collected me.....after a 16 hour flight. Cheap!

[darkcity]

recruiters have been a waste of my time so far. i contacted a bunch (orangedu being one of them) but most of them sent me one or two jobs that SORTA met my criteria, and i after i told them i wasn't interested in those one or two offers, i haven't heard from them since.

all in all, i think recruiters are just one more level of BS you have to sift through when searching for a job. it makes finding offers easier, but now you have TWO people with ulterior motives to deal with (recruiter and school).

what i ended up doing was just contacting the school itself. schools probably prefer this anyway since they don't have to pay a recruiter.

[driftingfocus]

[kabrams]

[driftingfocus]