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[lysim813]

Does anyone know about the job conditions at Keimyung University? I was offered an interview, but they have not told me about the pay, vacation and housing.

[withnail]

This is an emerging trend now with uni jobs - they are beginning to avoid showing the salary etc. Perhaps it is to weed out those only in it for those reasons i.e. not interested in the teaching...

What people do now is have a nice day out, do the interview, have a good look around the campus and then wait for them to make you an offer.

When/if they do, THEN you can ask all your questions before giving your acceptance. Remember you don't have to take it! One normally also requests an email address or two of teachers who currently work there as 'foreigners' tend not to screw each other over.

I have known people from Keimyung who have been there for a long time and my understanding is that it's not bad at all - but I seem to remember that the pay doesn't rise much if at all year on year - so that would be a good question to ask...

In short, all those tricky and potentially atmosphere-altering questions should not be asked at the recruitment interview but afterward when they actually make you an offer.

To do otherwise can be a waste of time if they are not going to offer you the job and can potentially make you look less interested in the work than in the conditions of employment.

[wesker]

I currently work at Keimyung, if you are interested in hearing about what it is like working here please pm me with your email.

[liveinkorea316]

Bogus. I would definately be asking about salary, holidays, and other things in the interview or if not shortly after. It is not upto other teachers there to tell me what I will be offered in my opinion. It is in my opinion a professional question to politely ask what the university is offering by way of salary and vacation times since you are right many are vague about this and it is so important to us as staff.

[lysim813]

[jlb]

Maybe I'm like old-school or something, but I find it really annoying when unis don't post job conditions on their ads. It's kind of standard in the ESL industry to do so. Other industries like business or whatever, I can understand why they don't.

It's so annoying in fact, that I will rarely apply for these jobs (especially if not in Seoul). And, I don't think I would waste (?) my money taking the train and whatever for an interview without knowing beforehand the working conditions.

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[wesker]