Korean Job Discussion Forums

[wonkavite62]

Are public school/university jobs in Korea doomed? Is this government going to end them for good? Or is there some light at the end of the tunnel, some point after which things will greatly improve?
I suspect the present Korean government is applying economic Austerity to education. The Korean people will be glad in 2017-for the chance to vote in someone better.

[EZE]

[YTMND]

This is just congestion of the masses.

With competition, more people are trying to get a job. So, what do the rich do? They distance education from people who are not rich.

Children of rich people:

1. will have schools to go to taught by foreigners.
2. will be taught in smaller groups.
3. will have qualifications then to get a job instead of others.

Think of it like going to a concert or fancy restaurant. The VIP seats are being taken, and the rich don't like it. By removing us, it makes the whole "boat" weaker. The rich are not going to stop their children from learning from foreigners though.

When the upper middle class in Korea run out of money to send their children to schools which do have foreigners, then we will see complaints and government intervention. Right now, Korea has too many cooks in their kitchen, too many chiefs.

Give it time to rebound and then there will be empty jobs. Look at the exchange rate now, it's gone up 15% since the big drop around 2008.

http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=USD&to=KRW&view=5Y

[ttompatz]

For the near future, programs in elementary schools will, for the most part, be maintained at current levels. Requirements will continue to rise and salaries will remain stagnant.

PS jobs in middle and high schools will end (where they haven't ended already).

Hagwon jobs will continue at or near current levels for older students (test prep courses will be common).

English kindy will continue without significant changes.

Uni jobs for those who are qualified will still be there; forget about "conversation" type classes taught by undergrads or those with unrelated BA/MAs.

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[Chia Pet]

[thegadfly]

[creeper1]

LOL a doomed future!

You'd be forgiven for thinking that.

However you;d be mistaken for thinking so.

These forums are overly pessimistic and the reason is a mischievous poster known as "world traveler" who posts every bit of bad news he can find while trolling the internet.

The reality is that TEFL in Korea is a growing and very lucrative profession for foreigners to get into.

The future is so bright I have to wear shades.

[World Traveler]

[YTMND]

My bro up in the hill did some killing. Goodbye turdburglar Jang Song Thaek.

[edwardcatflap]

[creeper1]

The EFL market in Korea is massive and outshines all it's neighbours. If it didn't why would they offer

- prepaid airfare
- free accommodation
- PS offering settling in allowance
- the highest salaries in East Asia

Money is thrown in all kinds of ways at us foreigners.

There is a drive to use English as a medium instruction for other subjects at universities - that's my justification for saying the field is growing.

If there were any problems in the market you would see some of these goodies being removed. Fact is they are standard in 90% of contracts.

[GENO123]

Teaching in Korea is broken. Salaries have not gone up in 13 years. University tuition is actually going down.

[World Traveler]

[Stan Rogers]

Another dooms day thread. These "end of the line for English" type threads have been appearing on this site for years. After all the dire predictions over the years, nothing has changed.

[World Traveler]