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[ontheway]

[OculisOrbis]

Untrue. Many recruiters dont get paid their commission until a teacher has completed up to six months (sometimes more, sometimes less). It's either provide a new teacher or dont get paid. It's common for a public school to demand that condition from their recruiters.

[ontheway]

[OculisOrbis]

You already confirmed public school recruiters which are many and here's this:
http://recruiterinkorea.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/advice-from-another-recruiter-in-korea/

"Most schools now ask between 3 to 6 months of money back from recruiters in case the teachers quit or are fired. In other countries like Japan, Taiwan and Thailand, the money back from the recruiter to the school is sometimes a full year)."

You want names, go find them yourself. I dont feel the need to provide proof for you regarding common knowledge and practices when I dont care if a recruiter gets their fee or not. It between them and the school. It has nothing to do with the teachers except when shady employers try to steal from them.

By the way, have you found the legal definition of an independent contractor in korea yet? Still waiting on that.....

***Edit: Screw it. I back up what I say or can admit I'm wrong. Hopefully you can start to do the same.

http://www.asia-pacific-connections.com/frequently_asked_questions.html

Q: How does APC get paid?

We receive a one-time commission from the schools we work with. The commission does not vary widely from school to school, so we have no motivation to recommend one job over another for our financial benefit.
The commission we receive is not deducted from your future earnings. We are careful about whom we hire and which schools we deal with as we must refund our commission or replace you for free if you leave your job early. Thus, we don't want to place you somewhere you'll want to leave and we don't want to place you at all if you are unreliable.
Q: How much do you get paid for each placement?

I don't subscribe to the idea that it's impolite to talk about salaries and money, and I've noticed that this idea is often perpetuated by those whose income is derived from exploiting others or providing expensive services of no real value. So...
The current fee for most recruiters (or, in the case of many Korean recruiters, their under-worked middle-aged male overlords who have little knowledge of the ESL industry) collects on one placement is around US$1000. When working with a Korean partner, I receive half this amount. When working directly with a school, I charge between US$700 and US$800, in order to remain competitive in a market that is, like most markets in most places, suspicious of foreigners. This fee is always contingent upon a teacher staying for at least 90 days. If you've just decided that recruiting is a particularly lucrative thing to do, bear in mind that for every person I place in Korea, I spend time dealing with at least a dozen.

Legal definition of Independent Contractor in korea? It's been many months. You still haven't found it, ontheway?

[PatrickGHBusan]