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[Old Surrender]

Does anybody know a trustworthy, reliable, not sketchy university recruiter or head hunter? Do universities even work with recruiters in KR? Swamped with work this term and would rather send one resume and have someone else do the "stamp licking." Any leads or advice are appreciated! (P.S. Have a Masters and U.S. university teaching experience, plus some ESL in Asia, so hopefully it's not a pipe dream job.)

[ttompatz]

[air76]

With a Master's and university experience you might be able to land a job from overseas, but it would definitely be at one of the lower end universities. Of course there are exceptions, but any decent university will require a face-to-face interview.

When we first started applying for uni jobs we had 2 schools hire us without a face-to-face interview (1 had a phone interview and the other via web-cam), but both of them were pretty crappy jobs that we didn't take. One had decent pay but was 23 hours a week when most other schools were paying slightly less money for 18 hours and the other one had the ridiculous overtime rate of 16,000 won/hour. However, you might still be better off taking one of these starter jobs and then moving to a great job the next year. With a Master's and even 1 year of experience in Korea you can get a really amazing job with 12 hours a week and great overtime pay.

The recruiting periods for universities is generally late October through early December and then May-July...90% of all uni jobs start on August 30th or March 1st. Some schools hire out of cycle when they lose a teacher of course, but the best time to apply is during the hiring phase. Just check the Dave's ESL job listings during those months.

[Old Surrender]

Thanks for the insight guys. Very helpful.