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[jessicasn]

Hi everyone,

Footprints Recruiting in Canada or Park English in Seoul Korea?

can you tell me the difference between these two?

Which is better, anyone with positive experience with either?

Any information would be greatly appreciated!

www.footprintsrecruiting.com VS. www.parkenglish.com ??????

[ttompatz]

[wesharris]

Use 10-15 recruiters , minimum.

[furtakk]

What the other posters said.

I'm looking for a new job right now as well and from what I have noticed so far is the Korean recruiters that are actually in Korea are way better. The Canadian/American based ones ask for a ridiculous amount of docs, questionnaires, blah blah, but take forever to respond to questions and don't have many great positions (unless you're looking for public).

The Korean recruiters on the other hand call or email me as soon as something comes up, arrange interviews quickly, and don't make me go through a lot of the nonsense that the foreign recruiters do. However, they can be a bit pushy with jobs.

[toph]

@OP:

I agree with everybody, in that you should use as much recruiters as possible. I'm currently in the process of narrowing my options down/searching for a teaching position, and when I first started I was only looking at public schools (e.g., EPIK and GEPIK).

When I was doing this, I ONLY wanted to use one recruiter, because I thought it would be safer and easier. But it turns out that it really doesn't matter. It's actually more helpful, because you can literally "use" them to your advantage. It's helpful, because they answer all your questions, and you will find which ones are being dishonest/honest through weeding them out overtime.

It's a long process, that I'm still going through. But I gave up on public...I'm going to the hagwon-side. Therefore, no more recruiters for me.

Anyway, good luck!

[toph]

When I said it's "actually more helpful" I meant to say: It's actually more helpful to use more than one.

Sorry.

[WillTurnerinVanCity]

[toph]

I actually agree with Will.

At first, I thought he was trying to convince you that working with multiple recruiters is a bad idea...aka, he was telling you not to do this.

BUT, he was NOT saying this.

He was saying that this is actually a good idea for a new teacher and an experienced one. But also he said: "Before I get to it - don't use multiple recruiters for public schools. That is a bad idea."

What he meant by this, I'm assuming, is that when you actually APPLY to a school don't use multiple recruiters. I agree with this, as I'm pretty sure your application will get rejected from EPIK/GEPIK at least.

So the idea is, use as many recruiters as you want and feel comfortable with when trying to find the info that you need. If you only need 2, then use 2. If you need 15, then use 15. There's no magic number, but like I said before, I would recommend the mantra of "the more the better." I only say this because when I was trying to apply with public positions, many ppl were saying things on here that were different from my recruiters advice, and my recruiters also disagreed with each other.

Therefore, it's going to be up to you who to trust and use. But when you're ready to apply, by that point you should only be using one recruiter, and give that person your application/documents.

That's the idea. Take it or leave it.

[perkxplosion]

I used Park English for my first job and they lied to me on a number of issues including class sizes (much bigger than I was told), my first paycheck (when i would get it), location of school in relevance to Seoul... I know other people who have used them and had no problems whatsoever. The only thing you have to consider with them is that they are a very big recruiting agency. I definately side with everyone here that you want recruiters who are actually IN Korea. I use a small recruiting firm currently and have had much better results and personal attention.

[WillTurnerinVanCity]

[Redcap]

Perhaps some public disclosure is in order from anyone commenting on this topic, who is currently on the payroll of Footprints or Park English. Your comments are obviously welcome, but in fairness to readers, you should preface your post by stating that you are employed by one of these recruiting companies. This would help place some context to your comments.

Will Turner, do you have anything you want to say to the rest of the class ?

[toph]

....???

Will works for the recruiting company? o.O What the....~

That's kinda shady.

[WillTurnerinVanCity]