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juskajo
Joined: 29 Oct 2007
Location: Daejeon
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 Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:31 pm Post subject: EPIK Chances these days... |
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I've got an English BA, 6yrs PS exp, 120hr TESOL cert, F-6 visa... I worked for them in 2008/09.
Am I a shoe-in, or has it become ultra-competitive? If so, what am I missing? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:14 am Post subject: Re: EPIK Chances these days... |
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| juskajo wrote: |
I've got an English BA, 6yrs PS exp, 120hr TESOL cert, F-6 visa... I worked for them in 2008/09.
Am I a shoe-in, or has it become ultra-competitive? If so, what am I missing? |
An E2 visa application and the willingness to move to wherever they want to send you.
Just apply in person at your local elementary schools.
10 resumes at 10 neighborhood schools and your chances run to about 100%. Play the game with EPIK and your chances fall off dramatically.
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Hokie21
Joined: 01 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| A big question...have you gotten older and/or less attractive since you last taught here in 2009? |
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Redstanggt01
Joined: 08 Sep 2013
Location: Florida
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| Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:38 am Post subject: |
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| I think that if I were in your shoes, I'd go for a masters at this point and find better work in ESL. Maybe an international school would work best for you. |
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maximmm
Joined: 01 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: EPIK Chances these days... |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| juskajo wrote: |
I've got an English BA, 6yrs PS exp, 120hr TESOL cert, F-6 visa... I worked for them in 2008/09.
Am I a shoe-in, or has it become ultra-competitive? If so, what am I missing? |
An E2 visa application and the willingness to move to wherever they want to send you.
Just apply in person at your local elementary schools.
10 resumes at 10 neighborhood schools and your chances run to about 100%. Play the game with EPIK and your chances fall off dramatically.
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Wow - really? So, you are suggesting people come to Korea to look for a job in person? Also, applying to 10 elementary schools in person leads to a 100% odds of being hired. Seriously? TTompatz, I suggest you stick to giving advice regarding the hagwon situation, I do think you have a legitimate knowledge in that field, but public schools? You are seriously out of the loop and giving rather loopy advices.
Cheers. |
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creeper1
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:23 pm Post subject: Re: EPIK Chances these days... |
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| juskajo wrote: |
I've got an English BA, 6yrs PS exp, 120hr TESOL cert, F-6 visa... I worked for them in 2008/09.
Am I a shoe-in, or has it become ultra-competitive? If so, what am I missing? |
And that ladies and gentlemen is an example of why you should only choose TEFL are a career of last resort.
Talk about career progression.
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 5:01 am Post subject: Re: EPIK Chances these days... |
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| maximmm wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| juskajo wrote: |
I've got an English BA, 6yrs PS exp, 120hr TESOL cert, F-6 visa... I worked for them in 2008/09.
Am I a shoe-in, or has it become ultra-competitive? If so, what am I missing? |
An E2 visa application and the willingness to move to wherever they want to send you.
Just apply in person at your local elementary schools.
10 resumes at 10 neighborhood schools and your chances run to about 100%. Play the game with EPIK and your chances fall off dramatically.
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Wow - really? So, you are suggesting people come to Korea to look for a job in person? Also, applying to 10 elementary schools in person leads to a 100% odds of being hired. Seriously? TTompatz, I suggest you stick to giving advice regarding the hagwon situation, I do think you have a legitimate knowledge in that field, but public schools? You are seriously out of the loop and giving rather loopy advices.
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No, I am NOT suggesting that people come to Korea to look for work.
The OP is on an F6 (married to a Korean) and ergo... IN KOREA already.
Hit up the schools in his neighborhood.
He is an easy hire for an elementary school (minimal paperwork (just the MOE registration) and no visa issues).
Skip looking at EPIK (the GPOE may be a viable option if he lives in Gyeonggi-do); apply at their office in Jowon-dong (Suwon) - 2nd floor, policy division office.
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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Seoul and Gyeonggi do schools offer a great chance to hire individually or in person. The rest of Korea, you apply to EPIK, the POE for the province you want to live in, or through a specific recruiter. Schools rarely hire individually. You belong to the local city or county education office and not to the school as you do up north.
If you have your documents ready, a good resume, and a good appearance, you might be able to go to the main ed office in that capital city and apply for a job. You may have to be flexible in terms of location and when the opening is. Contracts do start and finish in the middle of the semester. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:27 am Post subject: Re: EPIK Chances these days... |
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| maximmm wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| juskajo wrote: |
I've got an English BA, 6yrs PS exp, 120hr TESOL cert, F-6 visa... I worked for them in 2008/09.
Am I a shoe-in, or has it become ultra-competitive? If so, what am I missing? |
An E2 visa application and the willingness to move to wherever they want to send you.
Just apply in person at your local elementary schools.
10 resumes at 10 neighborhood schools and your chances run to about 100%. Play the game with EPIK and your chances fall off dramatically.
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Wow - really? So, you are suggesting people come to Korea to look for a job in person? Also, applying to 10 elementary schools in person leads to a 100% odds of being hired. Seriously? TTompatz, I suggest you stick to giving advice regarding the hagwon situation, I do think you have a legitimate knowledge in that field, but public schools? You are seriously out of the loop and giving rather loopy advices.
Cheers. |
Actually for a person with experience working in Korea, a F-visa and the qualifications of the OP, applying in person in Korea can be far better and lead to a far better job.
So, on this one ttom is bang on. |
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ironclad80
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
Seoul and Gyeonggi do schools offer a great chance to hire individually or in person. The rest of Korea, you apply to EPIK, the POE for the province you want to live in, or through a specific recruiter. Schools rarely hire individually. You belong to the local city or county education office and not to the school as you do up north.
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Wow, I didn't know this was possible! I live in Gyeonggi. Can I just mail my resume/photo directly to schools in my city and if they're interested they can contact me? |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:44 am Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
Seoul and Gyeonggi do schools offer a great chance to hire individually or in person. The rest of Korea, you apply to EPIK, the POE for the province you want to live in, or through a specific recruiter. Schools rarely hire individually. You belong to the local city or county education office and not to the school as you do up north.
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Wow, I didn't know this was possible! I live in Gyeonggi. Can I just mail my resume/photo directly to schools in my city and if they're interested they can contact me? |
Well, go in person if you know which schools need a native speaker or ask around. Check Daves and Waygook. Some schools on one site or the other will post a need for a replacement teacher. Email your info in. If you hear of a specific school by word of mouth looking for someone, perhaps you can apply in person or maybe go and ask at the POE. Wear a shirt and tie, shave, smile, all those soft skills, etc. |
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ironclad80
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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Well, go in person if you know which schools need a native speaker or ask around. Check Daves and Waygook. Some schools on one site or the other will post a need for a replacement teacher. Email your info in. If you hear of a specific school by word of mouth looking for someone, perhaps you can apply in person or maybe go and ask at the POE. Wear a shirt and tie, shave, smile, all those soft skills, etc. |
Well I've never seen a public school advertise directly, by that I mean giving out their full name on a public forum. I thought they usually just work through recruiters. I don't know which Elementary schools in my area need a teacher. I work at a middle school now, and my principal knows lots of other principals but they're mostly only middle school and high school principals and she said none of them mentioned needing a teacher.
I was thinking of mailing (hard copy, no email) an application package, resume/photo/cover letter/references letters to every school in my area.
Like ttompatz said above, if you contact 10 schools, odds are at least 1 of them are looking for a teacher beginning in March. [/quote] |
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