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fakeplastiktree
Joined: 15 Oct 2007
Location: Northeast Seoul
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 Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:15 am Post subject: Reference letters |
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| I need to get a letter of reference from my current hagwon director. I highly suspect she'll want me to write the letter myself. Writing it myself has obvious advantages but I'm just wondering if the letter will lose credibility if prospective employers can tell it was written by a native English-speaker (and, thus, likely not by my boss). Also, are there any key things I should mention in the reference letter that Korean employers are especially impressed by or on the lookout for when they are hiring? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:55 am Post subject: Re: Reference letters |
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| fakeplastiktree wrote: |
| I need to get a letter of reference from my current hagwon director. I highly suspect she'll want me to write the letter myself. Writing it myself has obvious advantages but I'm just wondering if the letter will lose credibility if prospective employers can tell it was written by a native English-speaker (and, thus, likely not by my boss). Also, are there any key things I should mention in the reference letter that Korean employers are especially impressed by or on the lookout for when they are hiring? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! |
What they are actually looking for is the standard "certificate of employment". It provides proof of previous employment.
Your employer is required (by law) to give it to you.
It includes your: name, passport/ ID / arc number, start date, current date (or end date if you no longer work there), and basic duties (ie: ESL teacher).
It should also have your school's name and address, employer's / supervisor's name, signature and red company stamp.
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:57 am Post subject: |
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| It depends on where the letter is going. I've written letters for friends as Korean teachers' letters sucked. Who's going to call me from the USA? If they do, I'm happy to talk to them. But I've gotten letters of recs form good English speakers who were Korean, but I did write them myself. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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| If you can get a letter written in Hanguel from a Korean co-worker if you're applying for another job in Korea. |
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Ut videam
Joined: 07 Dec 2007
Location: Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| If you can get a letter written in Hanguel from a Korean co-worker if you're applying for another job in Korea. |
You need a comma in there somewhere... I'll let you figure out where.  |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Ut videam wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| If you can get a letter written in Hanguel from a Korean co-worker if you're applying for another job in Korea. |
You need a comma in there somewhere... I'll let you figure out where. |
Actually on second glance it looks like I need a subject. |
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