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rach123
Joined: 21 Oct 2010
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 Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:40 pm Post subject: Age |
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| I'm 38, well above the average age of Korean ESL teachers. Will this be a problem? I look much younger, but was turned down for an interview because I'm older. It was a kindy hagwon which maybe I should aim for older students. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:12 pm Post subject: Re: Age |
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| rach123 wrote: |
| I'm 38, well above the average age of Korean ESL teachers. Will this be a problem? I look much younger, but was turned down for an interview because I'm older. It was a kindy hagwon which maybe I should aim for older students. |
Over 50 and I could see an issue.
38.... not an issue.
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| I know a South African guy almost 60 working a kindergarten. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:04 am Post subject: |
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| Do you have experience in Korea or in Asia? That might help. If not, keep trying and don't be fussy about location. Eveyone is struggling with the flooded market due to the US Recession. You can try China too. |
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Skipperoo
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:45 am Post subject: |
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| Not an issue, I know plenty of teachers at your age or older. |
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bbunce
Joined: 28 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:10 am Post subject: |
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Usually age is not a factor but every employer is different. Just keep trying and don't let it get you down. I am 51 and work with K-adults. I look much younger though, like 18...hehe  |
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Udo
Joined: 22 May 2011
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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I just came over on a tourist visa w/ $5000, went to a real estate office, and got myself set up in the area. I know that since you are looking for a job that you might not have an extra $5000 laying around. I had my degree stamped from the LA consulate, and I got work just by word of mouth. I'm 49 and nothing special. Illegal? Yeah, probably. But things change in Korea depending on who you talk to and where you are located. I have a retired military ID card & it acts as a talisman against any troubles I have here.
While on your tourist visa, just make friends with Koreans that are business owners, corporate workers, etc. Things have a way of working out in Korea if you cultivate connections. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:10 am Post subject: |
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| bbunce wrote: |
| Usually age is not a factor but every employer is different. Just keep trying and don't let it get you down. I am 51 and work with K-adults. I look much younger though, like 18...hehe |
Age is not the first thing they look at: its your photo.
Its amazing how many jobs wanted me based on the photo (I deliberately left my D.O.B off my resume).
When I eventually told them my age I lost a lot of those leads though. (over 30, the horror!) |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:15 am Post subject: |
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| Udo wrote: |
I just came over on a tourist visa w/ $5000, went to a real estate office, and got myself set up in the area. I know that since you are looking for a job that you might not have an extra $5000 laying around. I had my degree stamped from the LA consulate, and I got work just by word of mouth. I'm 49 and nothing special. Illegal? Yeah, probably. But things change in Korea depending on who you talk to and where you are located. I have a retired military ID card & it acts as a talisman against any troubles I have here.
While on your tourist visa, just make friends with Koreans that are business owners, corporate workers, etc. Things have a way of working out in Korea if you cultivate connections. |
Have you changed over to a legal work visa? If not, then that's terrible advice. |
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myenglishisno
Joined: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Geumchon
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| Who's Your Daddy? wrote: |
| I know a South African guy almost 60 working a kindergarten. |
How?! I worked at a Kindergarten when I was 23 and the kids ran me over. I could simply not keep up with them or get them to even sit down. It was only a part time gig so I quit after a month.
How would a 60-year-old be able to do that?  |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| myenglishisno wrote: |
| Who's Your Daddy? wrote: |
| I know a South African guy almost 60 working a kindergarten. |
How?! I worked at a Kindergarten when I was 23 and the kids ran me over. I could simply not keep up with them or get them to even sit down. It was only a part time gig so I quit after a month.
How would a 60-year-old be able to do that? |
Us old guys are pretty active. It is the young fellas that can't keep up.
Seriously, I much prefer kindy or young elementary over the older kids.
They learn more, are fun to work with and aren't wore out from years in hagwans or jaded by being bored to death in grade school yet.
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Dalton
Joined: 26 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| myenglishisno wrote: |
| Who's Your Daddy? wrote: |
| I know a South African guy almost 60 working a kindergarten. |
How?! I worked at a Kindergarten when I was 23 and the kids ran me over. I could simply not keep up with them or get them to even sit down. It was only a part time gig so I quit after a month.
How would a 60-year-old be able to do that? |
That's where classroom management comes into play. I've met plenty of 50+ teachers of elementary aged children. I'm one. I've been teaching elementary including KG for over 10 years. I just keep getting better at it. Now I can't imagine how I did it without technology. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:18 am Post subject: |
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| myenglishisno wrote: |
| Who's Your Daddy? wrote: |
| I know a South African guy almost 60 working a kindergarten. |
How?! I worked at a Kindergarten when I was 23 and the kids ran me over. I could simply not keep up with them or get them to even sit down. It was only a part time gig so I quit after a month.
How would a 60-year-old be able to do that? |
Classroom management and the school you work at are both relevant to this. My school has its teachers' backs on discipline and most of us enjoy the young ones. As a result, getting them to sit down isn't an issue.
In a part-time situation it's a lot harder to keep that age group on task, whether it be you or the students who are having part-time English kindergarten. I am the primary teacher for my class and they respect me as such; if I only had them a couple hours a week this wouldn't be the case. I think this is fairly standard for full-time kindergartens. |
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pmwhittier
Joined: 03 Nov 2011
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:21 pm Post subject: 34 and just got a good contract |
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| I am 34 and just got a job teaching K-3rd graders. I look my age, maybe even older (balding). This is my first job, and I even turned down a few offers. Some of the recruiters kept trying to dump me off with CDI (I seriously think that they just dump people there when they aren't perfect candidates). But I worked with 6 recruiters, never told one about the other, applied at Hagwans only, and was flexible about location. I'm going to be in Daejeun, and that seems like a great place. If one door closes, open several others. It WILL happen for you. |
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ajosshi
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: ajosshi.com
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Ramen is 70.  |
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