| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
|
 Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:45 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
[quote="edwardcatflap"]
| Quote: |
| From ads I've seen on subways, the BC in Seoul seems pretty aggressive about marketing themselves as a place to study English. |
I'm surprised, I've never known the British Council to be aggressive about advertising as they generate most business by word of mouth. I've never seen an ad on the subway. Out of interest, what are they plugging as their usp?
The subway handles were turned into BC ads stating BC as the place for studying English. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 8:51 pm Post subject: |
|
|
[quote="edwardcatflap"]
| Quote: |
| From ads I've seen on subways, the BC in Seoul seems pretty aggressive about marketing themselves as a place to study English. |
I'm surprised, I've never known the British Council to be aggressive about advertising as they generate most business by word of mouth. I've never seen an ad on the subway. Out of interest, what are they plugging as their usp?
The subway handles were turned into BC ads stating BC as the place for studying English. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
|
| Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:17 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: |
The British council may soon be abolished, btw.
|
The BC is made up of several different departments, some of which are funded by the foreign office and some of which will have their budgets cut by around 15%. The Teaching centre and exams department in Korea make huge profits, mostly on courses and IELTS, and will presumably continue to expand as long as they continue to do so. The Telegraph's really gone down hill by the way, I thought I was reading the Mail |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sakruk
Joined: 17 Jul 2010
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 3:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Utter nonsense, from a nonsense paper. The BC teaching stuff makes its own money and is a business in its own right. It doesn't have any government funding. Anyway, the Telegraph got it wrong and even the stuff that does get funded will continue.
As for the metro handles, that must have been someone else. it wasn't the BC. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 3:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: |
| The BC teaching stuff makes its own money and is a business in its own right |
Strictly speaking it's a non-profit making organisation registered as a charity. Although some centres make a profit, or a surplus as they prefer to call it, that surplus is used to fund centres and projects where a strategic presence is thought desirable but there's little commercial opportunity. E.g. the work they do in North Korea or the centre in Iraq. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 4:38 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Tamada wrote: |
| Stating the obvious but.....you MUST have a British passport to work there. |
This is completely untrue.
I know Irish, Canadians and South Africans working there. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 4:40 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| youtuber wrote: |
| I am guessing that now would not be the ideal time to apply with 500,000 civil servants in Britain getting the axe recently. |
Working as a teacher for the British Council in Seoul is not a British civil service job. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Home sweet home
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:51 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Does anyone have any new info on what's it's like to wok at the BC in Seoul? Thanks! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:36 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I know people who work there now
The good - salary, housing allowance, flight and luggage allowances, comprehensive medical insurance, chances for promotion and diversification and holidays (though not as good as the best universities)
The bad - 24 contact hours, mandatory kids teaching, Friday/Saturday or Sunday/Monday weekends, paperwork. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Home sweet home
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:51 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Thanks so much. Any idea what the salary starts at? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Home sweet home
|
| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:08 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Thanks |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
watergirl
Joined: 01 Jul 2008
Location: Ansan, south korea
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Hi..
The salary link above is dead. So, is there anyone that works for Seoul's British council that knows the salary range?
Actually, they are now hiring, but are extremely vague on working hours, vacation times, and salary.
Can anyone fill me in one this?
And, the job ad states that BC teachers in Korea are not on a Korean visa...can anyone specify what this means..? Do they only hire F visas then, or are the BC teachers on a completely different visa altogether?
Thanks. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:22 pm Post subject: |
|
|
You can get the information from the website but here it is anyway
Basic Salary
The monthly Korean Won salary is within the range of 1,654,330 to 2,084,428KRW and the Sterling salary is from within the range of 555.51GBP to 687.95GBP.
plus accommodation
The Council will pay up to 15 million won key money (deposit) and a monthly accommodation allowance of 914,760 won (+130,680 won for employees with children) on the employee's behalf
BC teachers are on an E2 visa like everyone else, as far as I know |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
