Korean Job Discussion Forums

[chronicpride]

The govt's plan to hire overseas Koreans who don't have degrees yet, is suffering from a miserable failure. Only 18 have applied.
http://blog.galbijim.com/2008/06/korean-american-youth-give-a-meh-to-koreas-esl-program/

9 out of 10 applicants are ethnic Korean teachers!

[crusher_of_heads]

Stupid Korean retards! Way to go on increasing demand with the e-2 nonsense, immigration department alcoholics!!!

[marlow]

Can't see someone with ties overseas wanting to work for peanuts. Wouldn't they be able to get F4s and teach privates here anyway?

[Ramen]

Our regional education office supervisor was ecstatic about this stupid program last month. He was telling us that Ko-Am uni students will pour into Korea. My response to him was.....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.....

[sketcha]

remember reading about this a while back ... thinking to myself who would go for these jobs?

they either be pro korea, love kids or rejects who couldnt get a decent job back in the U.S.

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[schwa]

I have to shake my head at the dumb interpretation by Galbijim & subsequent posters of some pretty simple numbers.

180 applied for the job, 9 of 10 were ethnic Korean. Thats 162. The program specifically encourages overseas Koreans to apply, so whats wrong with that? 18 are of non-Korean heritage -- why focus on them as if theyre the only applicants that count?

It sounds like the program will round up 3 or 4 hundred people by the time it starts, young people who dont qualify for regular school jobs here but who might indeed bring a bit of enthusiasm & effort to help out in rural schools that would otherwise go unserved.

75% of the going starter's wage is more than livable & beats 0% for a job they cant otherwise have. I think its laudable that this many young international Koreans should choose to take a break year to learn something about their native culture while giving something back at the same time.

[pkang0202]

Also, a lot of these Gyopo students probably have extended family living in Korea. Almost every gyopo I know from the US has been to Korea, or is planning to visit Korea soon. What better way to visit Korea than a free plane ride, a steady job that pays, looks good on a resume, and you can play on the weekends.

EDIT:

Also, you gotta ask, how many people actually know about this? I asked some Korean friends that attend VCU (over 30,000 students, Virginia's largest University) and not a single one has heard of it.

I know people in the Korean American societies in Washington DC and Richmond, VA and none of them were aware of this program.

Edit 2:

Also, I'm wondering what kind of VISA's they will get. Will the Korean Government just process them all with F4's?

[cruisemonkey]

Statistics and more damn lies.

I don't know what to believe.

The Galbijim article uses the term "ethnic Korean teachers", yet everone who has posted so far, interperates this to mean gyopo students.

The TaLK program allows university graduates to apply. If galbijim is correct, then Koreans with B.Ed.s are applying (probably because thy can't get a high enough mark on the exam to procure a coveted public school position). Is it possible they think the TaLK program is their 'foot in the door'? I know 'Galbijim' is not exactly a bastion of unbiased journalism (it's more akin to Fox than the BBC). What's the truth?

[pkang0202]

[Kimchieluver]

[cruisemonkey]

[Snowkr]

This is all pretty interesting...

[tigerbluekitty]

There's no degree required to get an F-4. Any Korean American can come over to Korea, go anywhere they want and teach privates. It's most likely the ill-informed naive Korean Americans that are applying for the TALK program. The Korean government's taking advantage of their stupidity.

And the TALK program, it won't work. It'd be difficult for Korean Americans to put up with the isolation and cultural differences here in Korea, especially rural Korea *shiver*. Plus they won't have the comforts of hanging out with their friends, chatting on their Sidekick, keeping up-to-date with the hippest music, watching real American television or updating their MySpace page with cool stuff. Sooner than you know it they'll be running back home to apply for that job at the mall.

[wylies99]