| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Zackback
Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: Kyungbuk
|
 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:48 pm Post subject: Were you ever totally relieved a school didn't hire you? |
 |
|
In our never ending quest for a good job there have been many disappointments.
I was wondering though if you were turned down by a place or places only to look back and be thankful about it because the current job you have now have is so much better than those that rejected you could ever be. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
JustinC
Joined: 10 Mar 2012
Location: We Are The World!
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I don't consider a school unless I've had an offer, otherwise I'm either too busy looking for work or working. Yes probably I could've got a worse job elsewhere - I've certainly had them! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mnjetter
Joined: 21 Feb 2012
Location: Seoul, S. Korea
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Kind of, but it was a publishing company looking to hire an editor, not a school. I actually got a tentative offer for hire, but a previous editor decided to come back to the company at the last minute, and they gave preference to seniority. Then I shopped around more and got my current job. Just as I was about to sign the contract for my current job, another editor position opened up at the same company, but I turned them down because I was more interested in my current job. I would probably have enjoyed being an editor, but my current position is really something special and I feel that it fits me perfectly.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:07 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Nope |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
greene
Joined: 11 Dec 2008
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:35 pm Post subject: |
|
|
yep
2 months ago I got rejected for a high stress job in gangnam. all hope was lost.. was headed back to America. snagged low stress job making 300k/month more in a location I much prefer (mokdong) at the 11th hour
keep the faith |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
|
| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 8:10 am Post subject: |
|
|
| greene wrote: |
yep
2 months ago I got rejected for a high stress job in gangnam. all hope was lost.. was headed back to America. snagged low stress job making 300k/month more in a location I much prefer (mokdong) at the 11th hour
keep the faith |
Even if you have to go home, keep the faith and keep applying when you can afford to go back. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
|
| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 7:27 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I was rejected one particular job due to my lack of Korean language skills and because I had ESL experience on my resume (was an editing job).
The thing is, you have to explain your Korean ability when applying. I didn't lie and was still asked to come in. As for the ESL experience, the ignorant old foreign hag got hung up on that and completely neglected the four years of more recent editing experience.
I imagine that job would have sucked. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 6:46 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Zyzyfer wrote: |
I was rejected one particular job due to my lack of Korean language skills and because I had ESL experience on my resume (was an editing job).
The thing is, you have to explain your Korean ability when applying. I didn't lie and was still asked to come in. As for the ESL experience, the ignorant old foreign hag got hung up on that and completely neglected the four years of more recent editing experience.
I imagine that job would have sucked. |
I wonder if this also applies to EPIK in some sort of way. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
