Korean Job Discussion Forums

[bbolbbol]

Im looking for a non-teaching job,
and i was wondering how if any everybody else does it??

not that teachings not good and stuff but id like some experience
working in an office for the future,

i dont have a teachers degree but ive given alot of private lessons
but ive just graduates and Id like to work in an office-environment,

im looking into british embassy and the council, but there dont seem to be any job opportunities there,

: ( help?lol

[ttompatz]

[bbolbbol]

oopsies lol

i was rushing when i was writing that,
nehoo im british but speak fluent korean,

but if u posted a reply regarding my bad punctuation and grammar,

IM SORRY!!! lol

just looking for a non-teaching job and wanted to know how
other people got it (visa, entering korea, how they actually got the job etc)

[Steve_Rogers2008]

The irony of looking for a non-teaching job on a website for teaching is delicious..... just sayin'

[thoreau]

I believe that the Korean gov't requires any employer who hires a non-Korean for a job to justify the hire in some way. Native English teachers are easy. But if you're looking for an accounting job the employer would have to make a case to the gov't why you were hired over a Korean.

[panthermodern]

does anybody has a non-teaching job

shure, manny bodys has a non-teaching job

when do you know

[Carlyles Ghost]

[Troglodyte]

I once had a job here were I was only partially an English teacher. I was hired by a large company (non-ELT) to teach English to some of their employees and to proof-read outgoing foreign mail/faxes. I often hung out with the big bosses whenever foreigners visited the office. I never really did anything during the visits but the idea was that I could help out if one of the Koreans couldn't think of how to say something in English. They usually went to nice restaurants (paid for by the company) so I was quite happy to coem along. All the office workers had a good level of English so I didn't really do much. It was a full time job, but most of the time I just sat in my office, read the newspaper or a book, and created materials for classes and corrected a few letters per day.

I found that job on a regular ELT job board (probably here on Dave's). They are far and few between though. I just lucked out to have been looking at just the right time.

I got an E2 visa for that job.

If you specifically want something doing non-ELT work, it would depend on what type of work you want to do. In Seoul you could probably find translating work (if you are fluent in Korean). Around Seoul in many of the satellite cities you can get work doing a 3D job, often construction, sometimes factory work. From what I've seen Suwon is a big city for migrant workers. A lot of them ARE legally here on a work visa (a lot are also illegally here). Lots of Russians, Indians, Thais. In general people from nearby countries.

[shapeshifter]

[Mikejelai]

I have an American accountant friend here who works as the chief financial officer for a Canadian based international paper products company. All of their other managerial employees/officers are Korean citizens. He was brought in to minimize the bribery/corruption that goes on in Korean businesses. In other words, the main office back in North America just couldn't afford to have a Korean person in charge of the financial end of their business here in Korea.

[soul_epsilon]

It reminds me that some luxurious foreign restaurants in Japan hire people to act as "mascot"..
Maybe you can find something using this kind of positive discrimination.

You should try to try with companies or organizations who try to show that they are strongly linked to the internation or that they are very culturaly open..

There is a chance if you have some contacts and/or chance.

[toph]

As far as I know...the process of finding a non-teaching job is the same as any other job in Korea/country.

Like, after you get your F4 (which I'm assuming you would?), then you should pretty much be able to get any job you want. But that's IF you're eligible for the desired job. I'm a gyopo myself, and I speak fluent Korean, but in my opinion? Working at a hagwon is best for gyopos...

Especially if you have relatives in Korea. They treat you the best, and won't treat you like a foreigner

[Ramen]