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Chuggiya55
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 Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject: Comments on Woosong University, etc. in Daejeon |
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Any teachers with recent experience at Woosong University, Woosong Information College, Woosong Technical College and/or Woosong Language Institute in Daejeon?
From all that I've been able to read so far, they are improving all the time, but still have a way to go before they can be considered a "solid" choice. Is this correct or completely out to lunch? |
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pocariboy73
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| I'd say you are correct |
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kiwiana
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, from what I've heard they still have a long way to go. Overall the contractual conditions at Woosong University place it alongside Chungnam National University at the bottom of the rung for university jobs in Daejeon. However, I have heard that working conditions are better in certain departments. Of course this is all just hearsay. It�s best to contact employees who actually work there for a more accurate description. PM me and I'm pretty sure I can put you in contact with someone there. |
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Chuggiya55
Joined: 19 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:19 am Post subject: |
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| kiwiana wrote: |
| Yes, from what I've heard they still have a long way to go. Overall the contractual conditions at Woosong University place it alongside Chungnam National University at the bottom of the rung for university jobs in Daejeon. However, I have heard that working conditions are better in certain departments. Of course this is all just hearsay. It�s best to contact employees who actually work there for a more accurate description. PM me and I'm pretty sure I can put you in contact with someone there. |
This would be most helpful. Thank you!
Sorry, I couldn't do the PM thing....I've only made 20 posts on this site and it requires that I do a minimum of 25 before it allows me to initiate a PM. As soon as I hit 25 (later today probably), I'll try PMing again.
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Hotpants
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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Details about Woosung University's jobs specs can be found here: http://esl-teaching-resources.blogspot.com/2008/05/list-of-korean-universities-w.html
Note, that this is for the LANGUAGE INSTITUTE and is located at the city hall (!!!), not even the university, so cautious of the liberal use of the name 'Woosung University'. The institute involves teaching kids and adults, and although the remuneration appears okay, there is no severance payable until the end of the second year. |
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bacasper
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| DON'T DO IT! |
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Chuggiya55
Joined: 19 May 2008
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 1:53 am Post subject: |
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| Hotpants wrote: |
Details about Woosung University's jobs specs can be found here: http://esl-teaching-resources.blogspot.com/2008/05/list-of-korean-universities-w.html
Note, that this is for the LANGUAGE INSTITUTE and is located at the city hall (!!!), not even the university, so cautious of the liberal use of the name 'Woosung University'. The institute involves teaching kids and adults, and although the remuneration appears okay, there is no severance payable until the end of the second year. |
I wonder what the deal is with that "end of the SECOND year" crap?! Korean law requires the severance pay after ONE year. Or at least that's the way the law was when I took the director of my first hagwon to the Labour Standards Office in Kangnam-gu. That was in 2002. Has the law changed since then???
Thanks for your feedback, by the way.  |
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kiwiana
Joined: 29 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 4:36 am Post subject: test |
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| Not sure if i can actually PM you. did the test pm work? |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 9:04 am Post subject: |
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| Chuggiya55 wrote: |
| I wonder what the deal is with that "end of the SECOND year" crap?! Korean law requires the severance pay after ONE year. |
Woosong, by all accounts, pays into a private pension fund and so they are not obliged to give you any severance (as they would if they paid into NPS). They give you a yearly "travel bonus"(?) that amounts to pretty much the same thing, though. |
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naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Any new info on Woosong? HAve they improved at all? Would it be better to work at a public school with EPIK or get my foot in the door to uni gigs with Woosong? |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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I don't know .... ads like this one are making China look more and more interesting:
http://www.eslcafe.com/jobs/china/index.cgi?read=20765
Up to RMB14,000 per month + FREE ACCOMMODATION teaching SMALL CLASSES of CUTE KIDS in China's BEST Cities: SHANGHAI, HANGZHOU, WENZHOU... |
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maingman
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Location: left Korea
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naturegirl321
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| DD Dra<gon is famous for making promises they don't keep |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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As are many Korean employers.
I'm just saying, the ads in China do seem to be showing higher salaries lately. |
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naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Try. But they are few and far between. Here's the thing abut China. I wanted to work there. WIth me having
7 years experience
MA in TEFL
4+ publications
Presented at natl conferences
Freelance for Macmaillian and Longman Pearson
Do oral exams with Cambridge
Most jobs paid nothing, think less than 6K yuan a month. Sure there ARE good jobs out there, but you usually have to have contacts or lots of luck to get htem. |
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