Korean Job Discussion Forums

[ronaldo99]

Hi, I'm just graduating and looking into this TEFL Korea thing...

Financially it sounds pretty good

I'm just interested in the lifestyle and seeing if there are any other folk like me over there and how you are getting on....


I'm pretty laid back (lazy?) and somewhat introverted

I enjoy video games and music, playing pool, football (soccer), gym, girls...and that's about it really...haha...quite a simple person/life....not really big on socialising, club or pub type person...more so homely or chilling with mates, gaming, playing sports etc...

Are there many young folk like myself over there too mingle with and would my current lifestyle be easy to maintain over in Korea

cheers

[oldtactics]

Korea is literally the best place in the entire world for you to go, besides your parents basement. Lots of opportunity for professional development if people want it, but also lots of opportunity to spend every second of your spare time being lazy/chill.

One of the pros/cons of Korea is that outside of school you have literally zero responsibilities - that's a good 8 hours a day + weekends where you can do anything or do nothing.

You're golden. Come on over.

[Goku]

You'll fit right in.

You will have lots of time to yourself with a teaching job. I guess that appeases the lazy part. I'll tell you though, inside the classroom is a different story.

If you find yourself a good expat group you can spend lots of time chilling and just doing regular fun things like billiards, arcade games, Xbox, whatever.

The thing I'd advise most is that your experience is going to differ HIGHLY depending where you are. If you are out in the sticks, you can expect to spend a lot of time by yourself gaming.

If you're in a city you're going to have everyone demand you go to a bar or a club with them. So you can probably find a happy medium in cities like incheon, busan, daegu.

[egrog1717]

[Kurtz]

It's not called the Hermit kingdom for no reason, you'll fit in nicely here.

[DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP]

[StAxX SOuL]

I went to Korea about 8 months after I finished University�

Probably the best time to go� I would�ve gone a little sooner but I had some business ends to tie up in the UK�

Fantastic time to go because I wasn�t sacrificing anything career / job wise� its also a good feature to have on your CV with employers to show someone who can step outside the traditional comfort zone that so many folk occupy (providing you don't just end up staying year after year after year without good reason)� also made some great friends in the expat community that I�ve stayed in touch with as they�ve disbanded and ended up posted by their companies into everywhere from US, Germany, UAE, Australia, Singapore� stayed in touch with all, a few of us converged on Korea last November for a mini reunion which was a fantastic week, and there�s plans to see the rest when time permits�

Probably one of the best choices I�ve made� and something I�d recommend to anyone�

If you're an introvert I'd guess you'd be fine... I was much more the party type so I satisfied my social hunger massively, but the role that the net plays in Korean society and gaming as a whole means you'll be more than serviced... another plus is that I'd guess you'll save a little more money as blowing 14,000W per Corona at Hyatt a couple times a week can eat into a teacher salary!

[Draz]