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bourquetheman
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 Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject: Kyungwon University |
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| A friend of mine who isn't a member of Dave's asked me to ask what people thought of Kyungwon University Intl. Language Center. She's been offered a job and wonders what it's like to work there. She says it looks ok but just wondered if anyone who worked there could shed some light. |
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livinginkorea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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eno1sgod
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| I'm curious about the same. I was just offered a job at Kyungwon this afternoon as well. Any info would be great. |
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livinginkorea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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halfmanhalfbiscuit
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Wondering what you need for a job there. I applied with an MA and CELTA 3 years ago-no interview though. |
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pocariboy73
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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I was offered a job there in 2004 but turned it down due to the "bad feeling" I had during during the interview process. The faculty in charge of the interview were not intersested in answering any of my questions. Then, after the lady in charge decided she wanted to hire me a few days later, she put a great amount of pressure on me to sign the contact ASAP. She even got snarly at me over the phone when I asked her to see the contract first 
However, since 2004, I've heard some good stories come out of that place. At the time, the new Language Center was just about to start so many teachers were hired. Nevertheles, I'm glad I decided to sign elsewhere. |
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livinginkorea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:34 am Post subject: |
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| halfmanhalfbiscuit wrote: |
| Wondering what you need for a job there. I applied with an MA and CELTA 3 years ago-no interview though. |
Interviews were held last weekend. An MA wasn't needed (yet!) this time around. Maybe you didn't have enough experience back then? Anyway 70 people had interviews last weekend. |
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halfmanhalfbiscuit
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| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:45 am Post subject: |
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| livinginkorea wrote: |
| halfmanhalfbiscuit wrote: |
| Wondering what you need for a job there. I applied with an MA and CELTA 3 years ago-no interview though. |
Interviews were held last weekend. An MA wasn't needed (yet!) this time around. Maybe you didn't have enough experience back then? Anyway 70 people had interviews last weekend. |
Yeah,dunno. I was kinda mystified at the time.
Had 6 months teaching in Aussie and 3 years racked up in Korea(mostly downtown adult hagwons)
Could have been being a Kiwi ,they didn't like the cut of my gib, lost in the mail....garhh, fuggem'. |
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bourquetheman
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| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for your advice, much appreciated. |
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garhowis
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:04 pm Post subject: Kyungwon University |
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| Hi LivinginKorea, would you mind updating me re: Kyungwon? I'm in the same boat as eno1sgod. Any information would be welcome. Thanks! |
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livinginkorea
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:26 pm Post subject: Re: Kyungwon University |
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| Hi LivinginKorea, would you mind updating me re: Kyungwon? I'm in the same boat as eno1sgod. Any information would be welcome. Thanks! |
I thought that the hiring was done by now. They won't wait long for you to make your mind up. |
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bassexpander
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| pocariboy73 wrote: |
I was offered a job there in 2004 but turned it down due to the "bad feeling" I had during during the interview process. The faculty in charge of the interview were not intersested in answering any of my questions. Then, after the lady in charge decided she wanted to hire me a few days later, she put a great amount of pressure on me to sign the contact ASAP. She even got snarly at me over the phone when I asked her to see the contract first
However, since 2004, I've heard some good stories come out of that place. At the time, the new Language Center was just about to start so many teachers were hired. Nevertheles, I'm glad I decided to sign elsewhere. |
You too?
I got the same exact feeling from probably the same lady... back in about 2004. They were holding a camp in their brand new facililty, which was obviously a fiasco due to instantaneously deciding they needed a camp, and poor planning. I interviewed, got my visa amended to work there, then promptly walked before it started because they piled a ton of non-teaching clerical work on us at a "short meeting" a few days in advance.
This stupid lady spent 15 mins. chewing us out because THEY didn't have thier **** together in time for the parents. We literally just showed up for the "short orientation meeting", and were given a mess of unpaid paperwork to complete, along with interviewing 100+ kids for level testing -- again, unpaid. And when we didn't finish interviewing all of the kids in the alloted 1 hour timeframe (using their lengthy form, which we had to skip much of), it was OUR fault.
The parents were downstairs waiting, and nearly held a revolt because they weren't receiving their packets of information. The reason they didn't have them was because WE were suddenly told to organize and staple them (the camp staff hadn't done them yet). We did so, then were told to re-do them and tear off the cover page because of a spelling mistake THEY made! So it was the supervisor's idea to blame it all on us and apologize to the parents on our behalf.
I have to assume that lady is gone now? I can't imagine anything good coming out of that place with her at the helm? |
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livinginkorea
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| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| pocariboy73 wrote: |
I was offered a job there in 2004 but turned it down due to the "bad feeling" I had during during the interview process. The faculty in charge of the interview were not intersested in answering any of my questions. Then, after the lady in charge decided she wanted to hire me a few days later, she put a great amount of pressure on me to sign the contact ASAP. She even got snarly at me over the phone when I asked her to see the contract first
However, since 2004, I've heard some good stories come out of that place. At the time, the new Language Center was just about to start so many teachers were hired. Nevertheles, I'm glad I decided to sign elsewhere. |
You too?
I got the same exact feeling from probably the same lady... back in about 2004. They were holding a camp in their brand new facililty, which was obviously a fiasco due to instantaneously deciding they needed a camp, and poor planning. I interviewed, got my visa amended to work there, then promptly walked before it started because they piled a ton of non-teaching clerical work on us at a "short meeting" a few days in advance.
This stupid lady spent 15 mins. chewing us out because THEY didn't have thier **** together in time for the parents. We literally just showed up for the "short orientation meeting", and were given a mess of unpaid paperwork to complete, along with interviewing 100+ kids for level testing -- again, unpaid. And when we didn't finish interviewing all of the kids in the alloted 1 hour timeframe (using their lengthy form, which we had to skip much of), it was OUR fault.
The parents were downstairs waiting, and nearly held a revolt because they weren't receiving their packets of information. The reason they didn't have them was because WE were suddenly told to organize and staple them (the camp staff hadn't done them yet). We did so, then were told to re-do them and tear off the cover page because of a spelling mistake THEY made! So it was the supervisor's idea to blame it all on us and apologize to the parents on our behalf.
I have to assume that lady is gone now? I can't imagine anything good coming out of that place with her at the helm? |
Most (probably all) of the admin. staff are on a contract basis so they only stay for two years. The camp part has nothing to do with the full-time teachers there. |
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