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luckylady
Joined: 30 Jan 2012
Location: u.s. of occupied territories
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
What luckylady said is (sorry) terrible advice! Do NOT fly over to Seoul without your CBC in hand! |
where did you read that I ever said such a thing? I would not, and did not. 
further, the advice I gave was very good and beneficial to many others, not just this poster.
kindly read more carefully before making such negative remarks! |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:27 am Post subject: |
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| luckylady wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
What luckylady said is (sorry) terrible advice! Do NOT fly over to Seoul without your CBC in hand! |
where did you read that I ever said such a thing? I would not, and did not.
further, the advice I gave was very good and beneficial to many others, not just this poster.
kindly read more carefully before making such negative remarks! |
This : don't say you don't have your FBI check yet unless interviewed and asked to send over your documents; hopefully by then you'll have it in hand is what I miss-read.
My apologies.
I would still advise the OP to wait until he has his CBC in hand before applying. |
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lesigh
Joined: 09 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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Just to close out this thread should anyone bother to read it in the future.
After landing in Seoul, I had my CBC and contacted all the recruiters who had not ignored my emails. About a handful then starting to offer me jobs again, but maybe two or three actually looked at opportunities in Seoul. I am, however, now employed.
So this is what I've learned:
-Being in Seoul really does help with finding jobs. Unless you are the perfect physical applicant (blond, blue-eyed and hot) that they will fly over, being able to interview in-person here is a plus. So many English speakers are already here.
-Having all docs is ESSENTIAL.
-As a non-Korean Asian, they will want to put you in the boonies. If you don't want to fight it, get a year's experience under your belt and move to the city after. I started looking in March so it took me two solid months of job searching to get mine.
-Discriminating schools (least to most): public, public after schools, large chain hagwons, mom&pop hagwon.
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lesigh
Joined: 09 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Just to close out this thread should anyone bother to read it in the future.
After landing in Seoul, I had my CBC and contacted all the recruiters who had not ignored my emails. About a handful then starting to offer me jobs again, but maybe two or three actually looked at opportunities in Seoul. I am, however, now employed.
So this is what I've learned:
-Being in Seoul really does help with finding jobs. Unless you are the perfect physical applicant (blond, blue-eyed and hot) that they will fly over, being able to interview in-person here is a plus. So many English speakers are already here.
-Having all docs is ESSENTIAL.
-As a non-Korean Asian, they will want to put you in the boonies. If you don't want to fight it, get a year's experience under your belt and move to the city after. I started looking in March so it took me two solid months of job searching to get mine.
-Discriminating schools (least to most): public, public after school programs, large chain hagwons, mom&pop hagwon.
Good luck! |
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ssuprnova
Joined: 17 Dec 2010
Location: Saigon
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the update!
Did you end up going to Japan for your visa? |
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lesigh
Joined: 09 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I will be going to Japan in a few weeks to go do my visa run. Submitted my paperwork so I'm just waiting on the visa approval number. |
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