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Hunter Ess
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 Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject: 6 Month Contracts? Any alternatives? |
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Hey everyone! First post!
I have a summer and a semester before I go to grad-school, and teaching seems like a great option. A few years ago I visited and just loved it, and have always wanted to teach there.
Although 1 year contracts are the norm, I am aware that other lengths pop up from time to time. Are there any tips or tricks you would recommend for securing one of those jobs?
Thanks for your help in advance  |
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pjmancktelow
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
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| if you have something to go and do outside of korea. just take a 1 year contract and give your notice and walk. or failing that. just say goodbye on friday. and dont come back on monday. thats what friends have done. but you can quit your job here. its not prison. just read the contract carefully as to what if any penalties you incur. you wont get your flight home anyhow. so buy a return. |
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Hunter Ess
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| Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| pjmancktelow wrote: |
| if you have something to go and do outside of korea. just take a 1 year contract and give your notice and walk. or failing that. just say goodbye on friday. and dont come back on monday. thats what friends have done. but you can quit your job here. its not prison. just read the contract carefully as to what if any penalties you incur. you wont get your flight home anyhow. so buy a return. |
Hmm, there's an idea. There are a couple of issues with that scenario--I suppose my biggest gripe with that method would be that it would leave the poor hagwon high and dry. I also wouldn't be able to use the hagwon as a reference.
Do hagwons typically treat the teachers bad enough to warrant ditching a contract? I've had a few contracted positions here in the states--usually done six months at a time. A year is really long... |
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pjmancktelow
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its a year because of the visa being 1 year. ive heard of a few 6 month contracts, but that was when times were better. lots of people wanting to come here now times are tough back home. 1 thing i'll say is. this is not the states. come here and you will see things roll very differnently. hogwans churn through their staff, especially the korean teachers. if you was to quit, then just do the korean thing and say, oh im sick. or there is a problem at home. im not being offensive, but its what a korean person would do in my opinion to save face. you could always say this after a few months, think of any number of excuses and then wait til they foind somebody to replace and or help them find somebody to replace. thats what i would do anyhow. the refrence, i wouldnt even worry about it, would it really carry that much weight back home? not for me it wouldnt.
6 month contracts seem to crop up only when a school is desperate, so it may be hard to get one in advance. |
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