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[Kuval]

Every recruiter I talk to is saying the same thing.

I'm a male, I have no prior experience, I have my BA and that's apparently not enough to teach in a place like Busan or Seoul. I've been searching for a few months now and I cannot ever seem to get in touch with anyone about getting any of these jobs.

The recruiters I talk to begin to appear to apply for them, but then shortly after- they seem to disappear and the job prospect has vanished- on to the next school.

What is the story here?

[Gorf]

They want you to sign with the school they want you to, because they want to make as much money as fast as possible.

There's no recession and there's plenty of good AND bad jobs to be had. The onus is on you to wade through the muck that pays the recruiters lots of money.

[cappy00]

I'm pretty much in the same exact boat my friend. I actually had a GEPIK job in a city near Seoul as late as July. At the last minute, even after I had my VISA confirmation number, I had the rug pulled out from under me and I was told that the school lost the funding to hire me. I had an interview lined up for a school yesterday as well as one today and both of them cancelled an hour before the interview saying they found someone else already in Korea.

I'm kind of out of ideas at this point. I was planning on teaching at a public school this September, but it's looking more and more dismal. I really don't want to wait until February and jump through all the immigration hoops all over again either. Ugh.

[fezmond]

i'm a male with a BA and not north american. they told me the same lies when i started applying back in 2008.

'have you heard of masan - it's great'....

'i only want seoul or busan'

'there are no jobs at all in seoul. every school is completely full. you must take the masan job'

click.

apply directly to schools, use craigslist, keep using recruiters but don't trust a word of what they say. good luck

[Weigookin74]

Use another recruiter. But, that said, there are more young Americans here because of the recession in the US. So, you will have to be less picky now compared to before.

[Guajiro]

[Kuval]

[fezmond]

[waynehead]

The best way to find jobs in Seoul or Busan for people with limited or no experience is, if you can afford it, to get your documents in order and fly over here to hit the pavement. As long as you're relying on intermediaries you're going to be at their mercy when placing you.

[Kuval]

As well, I'm not super picky on the location. I want to work in the northwest- which includes areas like Suwon, Incheon, Ilsan, and around Gyeonggi... but they say there is nothing there.

[isitts]

[Kuval]

[isitts]

[Skippy]

I love it when ever somebody has a hard time in finding a job, they blame something on the Economy. Well it is a little true. The are many factors from a multitude that effects the market.

A thought just came to me. The problem with many people who can not find jobs is they are fishing. The add some bait to the line and through it into the lake. Then wait and hope for a bite. When nothing happens it must be the lake is empty.

People need to learn to hunt. Sending out resumes and checking with recruiters can only take you so far. If you can, best advice is to get out from behind the computer. Go look. Knock on doors. Talk to everybody about leads. Go back and back again.

Well not a option for the OP. You need to stop waiting for replies. Go out there yourself using the Internet. Learn the process yourself to get an E2. Join a multitude of facebook groups and forums. Network....
Consider calling yourself. Some money with Skype and you could call recruiters and schools. Phone calls are a little harder to ignore then one email in a bunch of emails. Find out what you think is hampering your search. OK you are not in Korea. But if you know everything to do and have everything needed and all that needs to be done is a contract and them send a plane ticket. Done.

Good Luck

[iggyb]