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[Hatcher]

Position
The Catholic University of Korea invites applications for full-time, tenure track positions in a range of disciplines.

Position: Tenure-Track
-Initial Contract: 2 years, with options of renewal or conversion to tenure
-Salary Range: 20,000,000-40,000,000 KRW (Approx. $16,600-$33,300 USD)
-Benefits: Health insurance coverage, free on-campus housing (not including utilities)

Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Teaching: 9 hours per week
- Research: Conduct research projects

Requirements
Each candidate must be a foreign citizen and have earned a Ph.D. by the March 2010 start date, and will be expected to lecture in English. Excellent competence in oral and written English is essential for each position, and native-level competence will be regarded as highly desirable in assessing applications.

[Triban]

40 mil for 9 hours per week? I wish I had a phd.

[ABC KID]

It seems to be a common practice in Korea for Catholic or Christian schools and other workplaces to play a pittance. On rare occasions adverts even play on the mutual love for Jesus Christ that employer and employee will enjoy. Afterall if you have that love, you won't need money will you?

[Juregen]

[morrisonhotel]

[The Gipkik]

There are a lot of underemployed PhD grads out there. The starting pay in the West is not that great, and this position requires research projects above and beyond the 9 hours teaching. Sounds like a typical university position. Publish or perish. I imagine lots of freshly minted PhD's will apply for the chance to do some solid research and get their names in the journals.

[hellofaniceguy]

A PhD holder working for that kind of money...they need to get their money back from their university is all I can say! They got taken! Must be desperate for work I think....and they can't get a job paying better back home? Maybe a diploma mill they "attended?"