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mr. positive

Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Location: a happy place
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:12 am Post subject: where are all the uni jobs? |
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I've been watching the job boards the past few months and I've been a bit surprised at the lack of university jobs that have been advertised for this Fall. Seems like very few places are hiring, most of them outside of Seoul, and the pay at the places hiring in Seoul is mostly laughable.
Anybody got any idea what's up? I thought Fall was the more major of the two main hiring seasons - if this is the case, the showing this Fall doesn't bode well for the coming Spring. |
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The Cosmic Hum

Joined: 09 May 2003 Location: Sonic Space
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:44 am Post subject: Re: where are all the uni jobs? |
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mr. positive wrote: |
I've been watching the job boards the past few months and I've been a bit surprised at the lack of university jobs that have been advertised for this Fall. Seems like very few places are hiring, most of them outside of Seoul, and the pay at the places hiring in Seoul is mostly laughable.
Anybody got any idea what's up? I thought Fall was the more major of the two main hiring seasons - if this is the case, the showing this Fall doesn't bode well for the coming Spring. |
Actually, the university school year starts in March, so the main hiring season is in January-February.
Though there is always a heap load the first weeks of March when last minute plans change. |
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mr. positive

Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Location: a happy place
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:27 am Post subject: |
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huh... I guess I was misinformed about the big hiring being in Fall then - and gladly so! |
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jackson7
Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Kim Jong Il's Future Fireball
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:46 am Post subject: |
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Most good universities (defined by pay, location, and working conditions) start accepting apps for fall positions in late March or early April, and are done interviewing in May. March positions are more numerous, and are often sought during late September early October, with interviews occurring in November, and sometimes into early December. Anything else is usually desperation due to someone backing out or leaving (or getting busted, or injured...).
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luckylady
Joined: 30 Jan 2012 Location: u.s. of occupied territories
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:35 am Post subject: |
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mr. positive wrote: |
huh... I guess I was misinformed about the big hiring being in Fall then - and gladly so! |
no, you weren't misinformed - you misunderstood.
the hiring is in the fall (Oct-Nov) for the spring semester. |
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mr. positive

Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Location: a happy place
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:08 am Post subject: |
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luckylady wrote: |
no, you weren't misinformed - you misunderstood.
the hiring is in the fall (Oct-Nov) for the spring semester. |
No, I got that part. I'm not sure where the breakdown was, but I'm glad to have it straight now. I was fortunate to get one of those fairly good last-minute university jobs this past February, but want to get a better one if possible next Spring. |
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Seon-bee
Joined: 24 Jan 2003 Location: ROK
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:23 am Post subject: |
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How do you get one if you don't have 2 years of previous university experience? |
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mr. positive

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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:09 am Post subject: |
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It's a TESOL teacher training program, not for-credit classes, unfortunately. That's the part I am a bit concerned about for the future. |
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soyoungmikey
Joined: 29 Jun 2009
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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There are lots of uni jobs posted all the time on this site alone and the ones posted on the uni sites.  |
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Nemo
Joined: 28 May 2006
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Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 2:46 am Post subject: |
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Plenty of uni jobs on this site still, and it's the end of July |
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