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[caniff]

Care to explain why?

[basic69isokay]

[fustiancorduroy]

[PRagic]

Depends on exactly what type of job you're asking after. For entry level jobs at hagwons, even the age of the students will matter.

For young kids, places these days tend to want young, female, and inexperienced workers. The shadier the hagwon, the more emphasis on 'inexperienced' as they'll be looking to bilk a clueless newbie for anything and everything. That, plus K moms may want to see some female teachers. If they can't get them, they'll opt for young, inexperienced males. Pretty much the same thing for any shady or budget conscious hagwon. Hagwons tend to be reflexive rather than proactive. If they see a successful place with a load of young, good looking teachers, they might want to try to duplicate that perceived magic pill.

As a previous poster suggested, better hagwons teaching older kids, or teaching target content, will more than likely emphasize in-country experience, type of degree, and professionalism. They're not looking for back packer types here with a party priority.

Univeristy jobs? Depends on the university, but most places will initially seek people with in-country experience, or at least univeresity ESL teaching experience somewhere, backed up by a degree in a related dicipline. For better jobs, the competition beefs up and certs plus professional activity may help you out. But, again, they'll get what they can when they can get it. Better jobs tend to 'get known' in the local expat teaching community, though, so while they may not be at SKY universities, the competition for these jobs will be pretty intense.

[Hatcher]

For hogwans, it is appearance... looks... sex appeal...

Unis hire by education, experience... nothing else.

[Roman Holiday]