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Weigookin74
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 Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| aq8knyus wrote: |
| Chaparrastique wrote: |
| aq8knyus wrote: |
| You can go to their website and get their monthly and yearly reports. Admittedly the last time I checked was 2012, but I think there are like 500 more UK E2 visa holders in Korea than there were in 2008. |
Between 2008 and 2012 the total number of E2 holders increased nationwide, so its hardly surprising that brits increased by a tiny fraction along with them. The % of UK E2 holders is still miniscule however.
In any case the OP is talking about 2014 not 2012. Two years can make a difference. |
2014 won't be released until after December, but I am pretty confident that it will show a larger number than 2008 and 2012.
You are right though that UK E2s are very much in the minority and even in 2012 they were only just over 2000.
Although I don't think it is because the jobs are not open to Brits, it is just a fact that teaching in Korea is a different thing for Brits than it is for Americans and Canadians.
We don't have the same student loan repayment pressures as our payments are proportionate to what we earn. We also do not get pension money back and the exchange rate means that Korean won doesn't really go as far in the UK.
Obviously low tax, cheap cost of living and no rent means you can save more than you could in a regular low paying job in the UK. However, a bog standard teaching job in Korea pays very little when calculated into pound sterling.
For Brits, going abroad to teach is more about wanderlust and leaving the grey little island for a few years. As such Korea just isn't high up on the list and with very little financial incentive it is no wonder. |
Bolded. I hope you Brits aren't just partying hard while you're here. You should be saving much of your salary and sending it home. Do you really want to spend the next 20 or more years of your life losing 20% of your salary or whatver amount they take off, especially if London is as ridiculously expensive as I've heard. Better to save and then pay it off once you go home and tell the student loan association to eff off and get out of your life and pockets. Not having the same pressure as us North Americans can be a curse in the long run if you go home and have to "face the music". Add a future wife and kid to expensive living costs and paying 20% or whatever of your pay out will suck big time.
Send the money home each month and let it pile up in your British bank account to pay it off later. |
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aq8knyus
Joined: 28 Jul 2010
Location: London
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 6:07 am Post subject: |
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Bolded. I hope you Brits aren't just partying hard while you're here. You should be saving much of your salary and sending it home. Do you really want to spend the next 20 or more years of your life losing 20% of your salary or whatver amount they take off, especially if London is as ridiculously expensive as I've heard. Better to save and then pay it off once you go home and tell the student loan association to eff off and get out of your life and pockets. Not having the same pressure as us North Americans can be a curse in the long run if you go home and have to "face the music". Add a future wife and kid to expensive living costs and paying 20% or whatever of your pay out will suck big time.
Send the money home each month and let it pile up in your British bank account to pay it off later. |
It is always prudent to save your money, so I do not disagree on that point.
However, for English and Welsh students repaying loans just isn't that burdensome. We are certainly not losing anywhere close to 20% of our monthly salary to loan repayments.
In fact for an average earner with a post-1998 loan the amount taken every month would be 30-50 GBP. Nobody wants to see that money leave their pay packet, but considering the job that is paying for it was probably advertised as 'graduates only' you just have to accept the minor loss.
In fact the advice is even if you have the money, don't try and pay off your loans early. The repayments are so low that you could earn more saving your cash in a top ISA for those with a post-1998 loan.
Example:
"Recent graduate Ivor Gudjob has £10,000 of student loan debt, now at 1.5%. He's debt free and has £5,000 saved up. His choices are putting the money towards his loan, or saving it in a top cash ISA at 2% tax-free.
Easy calculations show that repaying the loan saves him £75 a year but saving earns him £100 a year so he's £25 better off." |
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mandrews1985
Joined: 12 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:28 am Post subject: Re: hiring British teachers in Korea ? |
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| jodie1903 wrote: |
Is it really that difficult for a British male teacher to find a job in Korea?
I'm looking for a job in Busan but nearly all recruiters say schools won't even look at my resume or even consider interviewing me because they are looking to hire a North American teacher, preferably female.
This is my first time teaching job and I've been looking for work since May. |
Hi Jodie,
I was in Daegu, Korea from March 2011 to July 2013. I was 1 of 11 teachers at my academy of which 9 were North American only 3 were females. In the area I lived there were no other Brits. Everyone I met seemed to be Americans or Canadians.
By time I left the academy we had downsized a little (due to shrinking numbers of elementary students) to 9 teachers of which 7 were Brits and 2 were North American with only 2 females. As for the area of Daegu I was in, it seemed to explode with Brits, Aussies and Kiwis.
I don't know the situation now over a year on, but during those years the sheer number of Brits I bumped into seemed to exponentially increase. I think the biggest problem you are facing is 'Busan'. Restricting your location to the most sort-after city will definitely be detrimental to your search!
I'm going to PM you a British recruiter that helped me get to Korea.
Good luck! |
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