Korean Job Discussion Forums

teacher! · Joined: 19 Jul 2009

Anybody on the board here taught or teach at Chung-Ang University? How is it?

halfmanhalfbiscuit · Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Location: Seoul

Do you have a job or interview?

teacher! · Joined: 19 Jul 2009

interview. please feel free to PM me if you don't want to post anything publicly, i'd much appreciate anything.

HapKi · Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL

For what it's worth-
A friend of mine has worked at the Anseong branch of Chung-Ang for several years. He told me that the recent interviews and hiring of 15 new teachers is for a newly opened TOEIC Dept, and that most would work at the Seoul branch, though a couple may work at the Anseong branch, where a TOEIC Dept has already been established.

teacher! · Joined: 19 Jul 2009

thanks for letting me know what you know. TOEIC - yuck. any chance your friend wouldn't mind if I contacted him? If that is cool, please PM me, I'd be glad to know as much about the school and program as possible going into the interview.

iggyb · Joined: 29 Oct 2003

teacher! · Joined: 19 Jul 2009

Had the interview... was pretty normal as far as interviews go. They asked good questions, normal stuff, nothing about TOEIC. Unfortunately they were the academics and couldn't answer any contract specifics, which was a bummer. Seems like it wouldn't be a bad place to work, though, if the folks I talked with were any indication - and assuming the terms of the job are actually as they were advertised...

iggyb · Joined: 29 Oct 2003

You did the interview in person, I take it...

Did you find out what branch the job is for?

As I and someone else noted on another thread, I did a phone interview with them that left me somewhat with more questions than answers.

I had no feel for how the interview went, and I'm usually pretty good at that sort of thing.

They asked questions that fit just fine, but they offered no follow up questions and really nothing at all as to how they viewed my answers.

They also didn't ask if I had any questions about the school or position, and the interview was short.

I would have liked to know at least whether or not the job was for the Seoul campus or another one...

teacher! · Joined: 19 Jul 2009

Yeah, the interview was in person, and it was a pretty different experience, can't really guess why. They did ask me if I'd be willing to work at either the Seoul campus or the Anseong campus, so it seems like they're looking for folks for both.

iggyb · Joined: 29 Oct 2003

Because of the number of people they want to hire - and from the questions they asked me about my Visa status - when they knew I was in the US - and a question they asked about whether or not I thought the time was too short for me to get a Visa and make it to Korea on time -

--- I think they were looking for people abroad who fit the basic requirements but also had an F series spousal visa which would free them, I guess, from having to process a work Visa.

They did seem to like the fact I have a MA in Korean Studies too, but since I explained I do not have an F series Visa, I haven't heard back from them.

teacher! · Joined: 19 Jul 2009

iggyb,

are you married to a Korean citizen? If so, you can get an work visa in a second. if not, there's a chance you're right that they're just trying to get people in country already who they won't have to go through the visa process for.

Oh, and I saw your posts on another discussion... I'm pretty sure that my wife did have to give up her permanent residency in the U.S. and become a "full" Korean citizen again in order to sponsor me for my F-2 visa. And I've never heard of anyone's Korean in-laws sponsoring them for an F-2 visa, but who knows.

iggyb · Joined: 29 Oct 2003

Yeah, and thanks for the reply.

There is no way I'd even let my wife give up her permanent residency just so I could get the F series visa - even if she were going to be with me throughout the year in Korea - which she isn't:

She's going to keep her job here in the US and visit twice - once in the near future due to her father's death and once in the Spring.

I plan on checking with Korean immigration after a few months back in country about her sister or mother sponsoring a visa change.

I know in the US it would work. We used my sister to process my wife's Visa since I had been out of the country and did not have a job lined up in the US before we came back.

But right now is not a good time to bother her family with this. It will be much better to wait until I'm over there and time has passed from what they have on their plate right now...

Snake Doctor · Joined: 14 Jul 2009