Korean Job Discussion Forums

[naturegirl321]

I'm surprised to see that more unis are scrambling for teachers this time of year. Maybe they're better organised. I've seen a couple of adverts up, but nothing too good. There's been one posted that pay 1.8 mil, great.

I feel bad, I told a friend that lots of jobs could be had last minute. Maybe she'll have to wait until Sept.

[livinginkorea]

I'm sure something will turn up. It just takes time. Is your friend in Korea? Is so then they will have a better chance when the call at the eleventh hour comes.

[naturegirl321]

[livinginkorea]

[PatrickGHBusan]

[Milwaukiedave]

I think given that Lunar New Year took up pretty much all of last week, it will be another week or so before you see the last minute university jobs posted. The closer to the start of the school year, the more likely someone will pull out or find out they can't get a visa.

If your friend doesn't care about being in Seoul there are a few universities just south of here that probably will be looking. They were having a hard time getting teachers. One is in Cheonan and the other is in Daejeon and both are Christian universities. Then again if she's picky, she's probably not going to have much of a chance this late in the game and will need to wait until the fall. Also keep in mind that many of the universities will only interview candidates in the country.

[Kaypea]

So, do universities hire for fall starts? I thought they started in March. This is good news for me, my contract ends near the begining of October, although I'm not at all certain that the kind of uni job somebody who's *working* on an MA can get is better than my cushy middle school job in Gyeonggi...

[Skyblue]

I always start job searches at least 4 months in advance (sometimes up to 6 months). I don't want to work for disorganized places that hire last-minute anyway. Give me the places that have their [Mod Edit] together.

[minos]

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[RMNC]

I'd take a 1.8 university job over a 3.0 kindergarten or elementary any day of the week.

[hogwonguy1979]

back to the topic, you may want to check univ korean websites as i know one school is looking for a native speaker for the spring but they only advertised it on their korean website with not a word in english.

go figure