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cadburys
Joined: 02 Jul 2009
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 Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:49 am Post subject: korean recruting companies???? |
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Can anyone give me some advice on the above??
Really wanna go to south korea but don't know about committing to a full 12 months............
are there any companies that do shorter contracts???
Also, it seems the only holidays u get in the space of 12 months is 2 weeks plus some public holidays..... that sounds a bit harsh..........
any advice or information greatly appreciated!!
thanks
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tecumseh
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| I also I trying to find a relieble recruiter to work with. I started out working with New Avenues English but my Universities career center, found a lot of red flags about the orginization when researching it. Currently I am thinking about BCI Academy as well as Travel and Teach Recruiting. If any body has had any experience working with Either of these organizations it would be vary helpful. |
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cadburys
Joined: 02 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:54 am Post subject: |
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what about 'gone2korea',
has anyone heard of this company?
also, tecumesh, what do you think of the holidays during the 12 months??
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kirsi
Joined: 29 May 2009
Location: dongtan
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| if you want more vacation time, get a public school job. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: korean recruting companies???? |
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| cadburys wrote: |
Can anyone give me some advice on the above??
Really wanna go to south korea but don't know about committing to a full 12 months............
are there any companies that do shorter contracts???
Also, it seems the only holidays u get in the space of 12 months is 2 weeks plus some public holidays..... that sounds a bit harsh..........
any advice or information greatly appreciated!!
thanks
Cadburys x [/b] |
Recruiters 'misrepresent the truth'. Use many and apply due diligence. They are not your friend and don't work for you.
If you don't want to commit to a year, try a 'camp' job for a month or so... you'll have to move fast to do this (and won't have time to apply due diligence).
Contractual holidays vary by a wide margin (even with PS jobs). The number of actual �public� (statutory) holidays depend on:
1. your contract (i.e. do you normally work on weekends?);
2. the Gregorian calendar (some principals still work on the Julian calendar  );
3. the lunar calendar. |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject: Re: korean recruting companies???? |
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| cadburys wrote: |
Can anyone give me some advice on the above??
Really wanna go to south korea but don't know about committing to a full 12 months............
are there any companies that do shorter contracts???
Also, it seems the only holidays u get in the space of 12 months is 2 weeks plus some public holidays..... that sounds a bit harsh..........
any advice or information greatly appreciated!!
thanks
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| I also I trying to find a relieble recruiter to work with. I started out working with New Avenues English but my Universities career center, found a lot of red flags about the orginization when researching it. Currently I am thinking about BCI Academy as well as Travel and Teach Recruiting. If any body has had any experience working with Either of these organizations it would be vary helpful. |
Both of you are making a mistake.
You do not use one recruiter, you use them all, they are working for the schools, and are getting paid well, make them work, don't let them push you into a job you don't want. remember if the job works out badly 9 times out of 10 they won't care they have done their job.
With that in mind I do recommend korvia
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=155830&highlight=
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=153873&highlight=
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=155830&highlight=
And regarding the holidays, cadburys (kiwi?) the holidays suck but that's just the culture here university jobs get the most followed by public schools (between months and a few weeks off) with hagwons having the least normally 10 days sometimes less.
Sometimes shorter contracts do come up but they are not common, the visa is a 12 month visa, so the contracts tend to be 12 month. There were a bunch of 11 month contracts a few years ago but you don't want one of those  |
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