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BananaBan
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 Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:00 pm Post subject: Chances of getting a job after interview? |
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What do you think the chances are of getting the job you had an interview for?
Assuming your a newb |
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Gorf
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Considering how you spelled "you're" like "your", I'd say your chances aren't very good. |
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bekinseki
Joined: 31 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Considering it's probably an ESL teacher job, I'd say pretty high. I've never heard for anyone applying for a teaching job, having an interview, and subsequently failing to get the job. Unless you count universities, I guess. |
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chrisinkorea2011
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| bekinseki wrote: |
| Considering it's probably an ESL teacher job, I'd say pretty high. I've never heard for anyone applying for a teaching job, having an interview, and subsequently failing to get the job. Unless you count universities, I guess. |
I know a couple people who had to go through 5 different interviews for 5 different jobs BEFORE actually landing one.
Being that the market is shrinking, competition is heating up for esl positions. |
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brickabrack
Joined: 17 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: Chances of getting a job after interview? |
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| BananaBan wrote: |
What do you think the chances are of getting the job you had an interview for?
Assuming your a newb |
OP, I know Gorf might sound a bit smarmy.
He/she is right.
If I saw formatting errors and grammar mistakes
on your resume, it would go directly into File 13.
Assuming you felt great about your interview, chances
are good that you'll be working in no time. Good luck. |
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actionjackson
Joined: 30 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| I would say it depends, are you doing it in person or on the phone? I've sat in on two interviews this week and one of them is certainly not getting a job. |
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BananaBan
Joined: 16 Nov 2011
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:05 am Post subject: Re: Chances of getting a job after interview? |
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| brickabrack wrote: |
| BananaBan wrote: |
What do you think the chances are of getting the job you had an interview for?
Assuming your a newb |
OP, I know Gorf might sound a bit smarmy.
He/she is right.
If I saw formatting errors and grammar mistakes
on your resume, it would go directly into File 13.
Assuming you felt great about your interview, chances
are good that you'll be working in no time. Good luck. |
of course, there are boundaries for when and where i use these shortcuts.
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toby99
Joined: 28 Aug 2009
Location: Dong-Incheon-by-the-sea, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I also haven't heard of anyone not getting an offer after an interview, as one of the above posters mentions. It's ESL, not a job at Goldman Sachs; if you want a job, you'll be able to get one, even if you somehow manage to be one of the few people to muck up the interview (which, given the OP's grammatical errors, might happen in this case). Any talk of "markets tightening up" or "extreme competition in the ESL industry" is rubbish. |
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young_clinton
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| it depends. For EPIK, I wouldn't necessarly count on it exactly. For a private recruiter recruiting for non-EPIK public school jobs, the chances are very high. Individual public schools will not proceed to the interview unless they are pretty close to wanting you before the interview. |
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toby99
Joined: 28 Aug 2009
Location: Dong-Incheon-by-the-sea, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| young_clinton wrote: |
| it depends. For EPIK, I wouldn't necessarly count on it exactly. For a private recruiter recruiting for non-EPIK public school jobs, the chances are very high. Individual public schools will not proceed to the interview unless they are pretty close to wanting you before the interview. |
This is fair. There will be some variations in terms of the level of competition depending on the exact type of job you're applying for. Apparently EPIK is in fact becoming rather competitive? Uni jobs too are of course a different ballgame. At the end of the day, though, a noob can get some sort of ESL job without much trouble if he's not too picky. |
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soyoungmikey
Joined: 29 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Gorf wrote: |
| Considering how you spelled "you're" like "your", I'd say your chances aren't very good. |
Gorf is a bit of a knob. Chances are he/she has nothing better to do than annoy posters with serious questions. I spell you're like your, online just for convenience sake as well. I am highly educated and have a great position in Korea at a top university. People like to criticize others. Don't worry.
Onto the topic at hand now. If you get an interview the employer, here and elsewhere, are seriously interested in hiring you. The interview is a chance to confirm what the resume is stating about you. It's your chance to wow them. In my experience, it has been extremely rare to not be offered a job after having an interview. Be prepared for the interview, dress well, be confident, answer questions about your skills and qualifications (you can prepare for them by looking online for types of questions asked) and ask questions about the position (not how much vacation time or how many girls with short skirts sit in the front row). You will be fine if you are professional. |
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chrisinkorea2011
Joined: 16 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| soyoungmikey wrote: |
| Gorf wrote: |
| Considering how you spelled "you're" like "your", I'd say your chances aren't very good. |
Gorf is a bit of a knob. Chances are he/she has nothing better to do than annoy posters with serious questions. I spell you're like your, online just for convenience sake as well. I am highly educated and have a great position in Korea at a top university. People like to criticize others. Don't worry.
Onto the topic at hand now. If you get an interview the employer, here and elsewhere, are seriously interested in hiring you. The interview is a chance to confirm what the resume is stating about you. It's your chance to wow them. In my experience, it has been extremely rare to not be offered a job after having an interview. Be prepared for the interview, dress well, be confident, answer questions about your skills and qualifications (you can prepare for them by looking online for types of questions asked) and ask questions about the position (not how much vacation time or how many girls with short skirts sit in the front row). You will be fine if you are professional. |
So YOU'RE telling me that not only are you highly educated BUT teaching at a top university and yet you use "your" in the stead of where "you're" should grammatically be place? Suffice to say ive NEVER seen anyone who teaches at college level use that grammatical error AND also admit to using it on a regular convenience. Must be hard to type an additional TWO punches on a keyboard. Just because what Gorf said was direct and blunt DOESNT make it untrue. you on the other hand smell of trolldom. do it much? |
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soyoungmikey
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| Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Troll? Have your responded to the OP? No you have not. Try doing that first before you accuse someone of being such a thing. |
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