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Can anyone recommend a good/reliable recruiter?

 
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Manner of Speaking



Joined: 09 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:43 pm    Post subject: Can anyone recommend a good/reliable recruiter? Reply with quote

I'm looking for a new contract and I've never gone through recruiters before...and I've heard a few firsthand horror stories. Any recommendations?
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kangnamdragon



Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea

PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Footprints Recruiting
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thaitom



Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: Phopphra, Thailand

PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

People Recruit
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Toby



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Wedded Bliss

PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Avoid them.
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Manner of Speaking



Joined: 09 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whoops...there is an FAQ on this, isn't there.

Which one to avoid and why?
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Homer
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Footprints are ok. However if you are a teacher with some experience they are definitively not the way to go.
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Toby



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Wedded Bliss

PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Manner of Speaking wrote:
Whoops...there is an FAQ on this, isn't there.

Which one to avoid and why?


All of them . They are, 90%, just interested in placing you so that they can get their cut. I know it is their business, but it doesn't make them any more believable.
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aussie col



Joined: 31 Jan 2004

PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How about recruiters to avoid.

Just had a guy at cometokorea.com try to lie to me. I asked for a position in a big city with no kinder garden. He rings me and offers me a position in a tiny city (20,000 people) and it took 2 phone calls for him to finally admit it��s size.

He then tells me that there is 1 kinder class per day at which point I told him that I was not interested. 20 minutes later in another phone call he tells me that the school has cancelled it��s kinder class. I ask him why the school hours are starting at 11am if there are no kinder. He makes a lame excuse. I then ask him for an email address of the current teacher. He says sure I��ll email it to you only to never to be heard of again.

Guess I was getting to close to the truth.
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mb2086



Joined: 10 Feb 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't forget the balacklists. I always check this before contacting a recruiter but if you're in Korea you can just go to some schools direct and see for yourself. If you get offered a job more than likely the salary will include the recruiters cut also:

http://koreablacklist.tripod.com/1/id5.html
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chronicpride



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mb2086 wrote:
Don't forget the balacklists. I always check this before contacting a recruiter but if you're in Korea you can just go to some schools direct and see for yourself. If you get offered a job more than likely the salary will include the recruiters cut also:

http://koreablacklist.tripod.com/1/id5.html


Please, will people stop posting that corrupt blacklist site. That blacklist site is a business, not a voluntary submittal site.
http://www.eslcafe.com/jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1050015372-85459.txt

See http://www.hogwan.com/veracity/ , if you are looking for a noncommercial blacklist site.
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mb2086



Joined: 10 Feb 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Point taken, but your link is not exactly a blacklist as such with most posters just wanting more info. There must be a more comprehensive blacklist somewhere?
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the eye



Joined: 29 Jan 2004

PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 7:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i just got screwed by NEO consulting. they have no personel in my city to visit schools and actually had no concept of the living conditions i was entering(which are hilarious at best). i have informed them of the situation i am in, but i get nothing but defensive bull. my director told me today that another unsuspecting recruit will arrive on sunday...he's in for a huge shock!
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chronicpride



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mb2086 wrote:
Point taken, but your link is not exactly a blacklist as such with most posters just wanting more info. There must be a more comprehensive blacklist somewhere?


You have to hit the 'all schools' link on hogwan.com. I think you may have been only looking at 'most recent entires'.
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Chopstix



Joined: 22 Feb 2004
Location: Nowon Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

avoid Footprints if you have a degree.
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