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Jackhammer96
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 Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:19 am Post subject: GEPIK position in the country side. |
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Ive been offered an interview for a GEPIK position in Yeoncheon a very rural place. I told my recruiter that I dont think im interested cause it was too rural. Now I dont know cause he told me how GEPIK positions are in high demand.
What do you guys think? Do you think it would be a good position? Does anyone know anything about Yeoncheon? |
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goat
Joined: 23 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:07 am Post subject: Re: GEPIK position in the country side. |
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| TJ85 wrote: |
Ive been offered an interview for a GEPIK position in Yeoncheon a very rural place. I told my recruiter that I dont think im interested cause it was too rural. Now I dont know cause he told me how GEPIK positions are in high demand.
What do you guys think? Do you think it would be a good position? Does anyone know anything about Yeoncheon? |
It should be perfect cause your writing looks very rural. |
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Hokie21
Joined: 01 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:20 pm Post subject: Re: GEPIK position in the country side. |
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| TJ85 wrote: |
Ive been offered an interview for a GEPIK position in Yeoncheon a very rural place. I told my recruiter that I dont think im interested cause it was too rural. Now I dont know cause he told me how GEPIK positions are in high demand.
What do you guys think? Do you think it would be a good position? Does anyone know anything about Yeoncheon? |
Beggars can't be choosers TJ. |
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I work in the countryside and I love it. I actually prefer it to working in the city. Just be sure that it is not too rural. You will want to make trips to the city now and then. My rule is that I must be able to get into Seoul in an hour. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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My rules are;
public transport with access to somewhere larger - access within 1/2 hours.
Access to a homeplus within an hour.
Access to a costco within two hours.
A local fitness centre - access by bike 15/20 ins.
Other wise, its not really that bad. Korea isnt that enormous, youre always going to be near something or other. |
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yfb
Joined: 29 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| You're still looking for a job after all this time? Just take it, get a beater car from another foreigner if necessary, and enjoy the fresh air and quiet villages. GEPIK jobs are at a premium nowadays anyways with the cutbacks. |
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Patong Dong
Joined: 06 May 2003
Location: On Nut
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeoncheon is quite rural. I had a friend who went there his first year in Korea. After three months the novelty had worn off and he was staying in Seoul most weekends. He decided to stay another year because his school moved him to the Jihaeng station area of Dongducheon. That was tolerable but still not the greatest area. Yeoncheon isn't on the subway, but there is a special tourist train that runs up that way. Otherwise it's a bus from Dongducheon. A key question would be where is your housing? |
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Patong Dong wrote: |
| Yeoncheon is quite rural. I had a friend who went there his first year in Korea. After three months the novelty had worn off and he was staying in Seoul most weekends. He decided to stay another year because his school moved him to the Jihaeng station area of Dongducheon. That was tolerable but still not the greatest area. Yeoncheon isn't on the subway, but there is a special tourist train that runs up that way. Otherwise it's a bus from Dongducheon. A key question would be where is your housing? |
Dongducheon isn't in the countryside. It's an urban area with horrible air. It is surrounded by leather factories. Easily the worst air I've observed in Korea. It should be avoided at all costs. I used to visit an Army friend up there and my eyes would get itchy the moment I stepped outside the train station. Hardly a place to be recommended.
Yeoncheon isn't far from Dongducheon, and is accessible by public bus. It takes about fifteen minutes to get from there to the train station in Dongducheon. Then just take the train into Seoul. (The air quality in Yeonchon is much better than Dongducheon, but far from good.)
The only good thing about Yeoncheon is that you can pop into Dongducheon for a meal in a Western environment. There's a number of Western-style restaurants there frequented by soldiers (there's a US base there). But you wouldn't want to live there. Do your boozing there then jump back on the bus to Yeoncheon.
I've yet to meet anyone who has ever had a good word to say about Dongducheon. Yeonchon, however, is tolerable and it is not particularly difficult to get into Seoul on a Friday night.
My advice is to go there this weekend, have a look around, then jump back on the train to Seoul. It's realy not that far. And if you have a friend's place in Seoul where you can crash on the weekend it's definitely doable. |
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