Korean Job Discussion Forums

[augustine]

A buddy of mine got in with the JET program and got sent to some super tiny fishing village way up north famous for lacquerware or some crap like that. He said there was only one other foreigner, some girl who he said he was basically forced to date out of a lack of options. He kept a blog so I'd check it out every now and then... it looked like a sad year or two.

[Janny]

Post JET....find another job in Japan. Once you're there it's easier. You can job-hunt and face-time before your visa expires.

Or go somewhere else like Hong Kong. Not Korea. It's a disappointment, unless you're a young dude who likes to drink / pick up girls / socialize. That's really the only up-side situation for the foreigner. Or get rid of serious debt fast.

Yeah, those two reasons are all I can seriously consider about Korea.

Have fun in Japan!

[jvalmer]

Korea ain't that filthy. But if you compare it to Japan it is quite messy, but I would not use the word filthy to describe it. It's more chaotic with its garbage. Kind of like what you'd see after the county fair rolled through town.

[ippy]

Jet would give you enough surplus cash, free time, and resources to fly home and get everything done and still have way more than enough cash left over for setting up back in korea. Dont sweat it. Go with JET and if you find its not for you, sometime around january get your fbi criminal check done (easy enough from japan just takes a while), then get the docs apostilled (send to a mate or one of the companies that do it all for you), then bish bosh, off to korea. Jet is awesome. Youll never feel so mollycoddled and looked after in all your life.

[wishfullthinkng]

[Waygeek]