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Anyone work with ParkEnglish.com recruitment in Itaewon?

 
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abrewerka



Joined: 31 Oct 2009

PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:23 am    Post subject: Anyone work with ParkEnglish.com recruitment in Itaewon? Reply with quote

I'd like to know both good and bad from those who went with Park English (www.parkenglish.com)

What was your experience like and how was your school?
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jrwhite82



Joined: 22 May 2010

PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used them back in 2006. I was very happy with my placement at a hagwon in Ilsan. I felt their service was great.

I sent my app in with them again a number of months ago, but the girl I worked with in '06 is no longer there. I did not feel they really invested the time in helping me find a job this time around that they did last time. So I found one on my own.
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wesharris



Joined: 10 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great service 08. 09, rather timidly horrible service.
I'd hope they'd have improved by now, only one way
to find out, I suppose.
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hossenfeffer



Joined: 07 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After 2008 Park English became unreliable. I'd try to find a recruiting agency that won't ignore you.
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jrwhite82



Joined: 22 May 2010

PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds like something happened with them in the past two years. Too bad. They were great back when I used them.
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dkpickup



Joined: 15 Jul 2009

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you are American, they will help you. If not, they tell you to go away.
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wesharris



Joined: 10 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quite disappointed with them myself. How far we fall.....
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earthquakez



Joined: 10 Nov 2010

PostPosted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Late last year I overheard one of the Park English people interviewing a North American female at an eating place in Itaewon.

I'm not being sexist here - I honestly thought the young lady in question should have been dressed up a bit instead of wearing jeans (not trendy ones) and a jumper (sweater) that looked as if she had come off a sports training ground. She wasn't anything out of the ordinary to look at, a bit chunky, but the problem not only was the way she was dressed to get a job but her short and not so relevant answers to the Park person's questions.

I saw her a few days later in Itaewon and she was talking about how she'd got a job and she was asking her friends basically what to do. She had no idea.

I can't help comparing her with people I know who can't get a job in Korea despite their efforts and they know how to interview and know how to teach. Their cvs/resumes should be among the first to be set in the interview pile but they're not in Korea and they're not clueless or that young.
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tealeeds1



Joined: 08 Jan 2011

PostPosted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:00 am    Post subject: Re: Anyone work with ParkEnglish.com recruitment in Itaewon? Reply with quote

abrewerka wrote:
I'd like to know both good and bad from those who went with Park English (www.parkenglish.com)

What was your experience like and how was your school?


I actually applied to them a few months ago. As I recall, they didn;t get back to me. That said, I was blanket emailing lots of agencies with a standard email and adjusting a few minor relevant detials for each one... Maybe they cottoned on to that and ignored me? I dont know., but thats as far my experience with them goes

If you need a reccomendation, Im with ATOP (www.atoprecruit.com ), who have been good to me so far....
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