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tanklor1
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 Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:40 pm Post subject: Re: Can asking a hagwon too many questions be a bad thing? |
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| DosEquisXX wrote: |
I received a contract offer from a hagwon and in my ~2 months of searching, it has been the best offer I received. I checked with a couple of forum members on Dave's and they think it's solid. If you held a gun to my head and forced me to a decision on the spot, I would take it. However, I still had some questions and some things I wanted to negotiate.
The question I have is how many questions is too many? If I ask too many questions, will a hagwon be chased away by the fact that I know more than a fresh-off-the-boat recent grad with no experience? |
I used to interview people and I never minded being asked questions as long as they were about the job/city/country etc.. but if you came to me saying that you wanted x amount of Won because you felt that you were worth it I would have went on the the next resume in the line. Because unless you've majored in languages/have a Celta/toefl or a couple of years experience the fact that you know about the pension fund or Chusoek wouldn't qualify you for a steeper price. |
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DosEquisXX
Joined: 04 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:44 pm Post subject: Re: Can asking a hagwon too many questions be a bad thing? |
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| tanklor1 wrote: |
| DosEquisXX wrote: |
I received a contract offer from a hagwon and in my ~2 months of searching, it has been the best offer I received. I checked with a couple of forum members on Dave's and they think it's solid. If you held a gun to my head and forced me to a decision on the spot, I would take it. However, I still had some questions and some things I wanted to negotiate.
The question I have is how many questions is too many? If I ask too many questions, will a hagwon be chased away by the fact that I know more than a fresh-off-the-boat recent grad with no experience? |
I used to interview people and I never minded being asked questions as long as they were about the job/city/country etc.. but if you came to me saying that you wanted x amount of Won because you felt that you were worth it I would have went on the the next resume in the line. Because unless you've majored in languages/have a Celta/toefl or a couple of years experience the fact that you know about the pension fund or Chusoek wouldn't qualify you for a steeper price. |
Grunching much?
Anyway, this was resolved a while ago (OP was early November I think). Just looked back on old posts and saw that I didn't update it.
But yeah, making demands is not a wise thing to do. We're already overpaid as it is. I damn near lived like a king on the weekends.
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natalia930
Joined: 02 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Oh thats a bummer OP. My story turned out much better - they answered all my questions thouroughly, but there were still a few things I wasn't quite comfortable with, so I turned down the offer. At that point they addressed the things I was uncomfortable with, and increased my offered salary 
Needless to say, I'll be there in two weeks  |
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OculisOrbis
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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| OP I'm wondering how this all worked out for you? Did they make the changes you wanted? I'm sort of in the midsts of a similar situation, where the contract is good, but uncomfortably vague... |
Sorry for the late update.
They refused to make any changes to the contract and I rejected the offer.
Wasn't the happiest man around and stopped for a bit. Now, I'm heating up again. Recruiter stated that an academy I recently interviewed with wanted to offer me a contract. I've heard this a couple of times before only to not see a contract come my way. Probably a recruiter trying to keep a few applicants hanging while the academy picks one. I am optimistic though.
Otherwise, I have an assload of interview requests from positions in China and at worst case, a Korean public school in place to fall back on. Since money is not much of an issue to me (just want to be paid what I think I'm worth), going to China won't be much of a bummer to me. |
Worst case? That's your best case right now. Take it. Hagwons arent worth the gamble. |
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