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shanti_shanti
Joined: 05 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: Office Jobs |
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| Where's the best place to search for office jobs. I'm not particular about which industry yet I'm just looking at this point. I know joining the AmCham is great for networking and such. All the classifieds I find on the net are all for english teachers. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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All the major companies recruit through headhunter companies. why? Korean human resources aren't designed to review/interview/hire candidates. They outsource all that to headhunters that do all the legwork for them.
A lot of companies have "hiring drives" that are just gimmicks. Hyundai advertises hiring waves for foreigners twice a year. No one ever gets interviewed. Its basically a publicity stunt to show the public that they are a global company and hire foreigners regularly.
How good is your Korean? It should be pretty good if you want a shot at a job. |
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shanti_shanti
Joined: 05 May 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| The Korean could trip me up but might be able to get by. Would you happen to know any good headhunter companies? Thanks |
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SeoulFinn
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: 1h from Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| No one? Tell that to my friend who worked for Hyundai Motors for five years before he decided to return back home and start his own business. He even suggested that I should send my CV to Hyundai as well... which I did not, because the salary was awful for the amount of hours you had to put in. |
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R-Seoul
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Location: your place
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
| All the major companies recruit through headhunter companies. why? Korean human resources aren't designed to review/interview/hire candidates. They outsource all that to headhunters that do all the legwork for them. |
You clearly don't work for a major Korean company, my old company was constantly interviewing & hiring candidates. Pretty much all seniors were involved in the interview process.
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| Hyundai advertises hiring waves for foreigners twice a year. No one ever gets interviewed. Its basically a publicity stunt to show the public that they are a global company and hire foreigners regularly. |
Try telling that to some of the foreigners currently employed in the HR dept at Hyundai.  |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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So if you're hired from in-country, you can count on long hours and crap pay. I'm sure there are a couple of exceptions, but.....
REPEAT THE MANTRA...
GO BACK TO YOUR HOME COUNTRY
GET AN MBA OR MS ENGINEERING
GET HIRED IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY
GET TRANSFERED TO KOREA |
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