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legrande · Joined: 23 Nov 2010

Yeah, it makes sense that it could swing either way. The uni I'm at now is soooo much better in terms of how we're treated by both students and faculty compared to the technical college I was at before, it's basically night and day.

TECO · Joined: 20 Jan 2003

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 3:23 am Post subject:

Interesting TECO.

Did this person have access to the applicants files so they could accurately judge their respective qualifications? What ever the overal profile the schools was looking for in terms of qualification, experience?

Which positions are you talking about here: Instructor, Lecturer, Guest Professor?

These types of statements need to be backed up or at least from a source that had access to concrete facts. I am not saying you have wrong information TECO, I am just not all that sure about the reliability of your source.

Scott in Incheon · Joined: 30 Aug 2004

In the last two years every person hired has been qualified. Qualified meaning they had a Masters in Ed, TESOL, or Linguistics...as well as previous uni experience.

A few years ago...well...was a few years ago. We get enough qualified candidates now that we don't have to hired anyone without a Masters.

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 8:38 am Post subject:

I would say there is a difference in the employment market in recent years (2009 on) and before the economic meltdown.

Since the economic crisis, it has defintively been an employers market out there.

Before that, certain universities sometimes had trouble finding qualified applicants and sometimes they had to go with someone that they would not have hired normally.

TECO · Joined: 20 Jan 2003

Mr. Peabody · Joined: 24 Sep 2010 Location: here

Ph.D holders that want to teach conversational English to freshman in Korea are probably overlooked for very good reasons. Wink

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 7:18 am Post subject:

Scott in Incheon · Joined: 30 Aug 2004