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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Brooks wrote: |
My schedule last fall:
Monday - western Kanagawa - one hour plus walk up that steep hill
Tuesday - 1:45 minutes to Yokohama - two trains plus a bus that could be late
Wednesday - Going to Itabashi - sardine express, Odakyu plus Saikyo 1:15 minutes
Then go to Shinjuku ku - take two more trains for another class (dispatch)
Thursday - same as Monday
Friday - no work
Saturday - no work
Sunday - no work
Just get paid when you teach. 250,000 yen a month max, but can be less.
13 years of experience matters little. |
The figure of 250,000 yen a month is what was quoted back in the early 1990s. Korea isn't the only country where ESL wages have been frozen stiff for years. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Cost of living goes up, working hours go up, standards go up (meaning more hoops to jump through and expensive and time consuming qualifications to get), yet wages stay the same (meaning adjusted for inflation they go down so much). It's depressing. |
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creeper1
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:20 am Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
b) stay at the entry level and compete with all the blond haired, blue eyed beauties as you age your way through life (but there is a firm glass ceiling that you will always be looking through),
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In Korea there are essentially 3 kinds of jobs _ hakwons, public schools and universities.
The first two are entry level and there was recently a thread about how university jobs are going down the tubes. apparently.applicants face sexism, racism etc even for these positions as well.
Its not at all clear that investment in further qualifications is a wise move. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:11 am Post subject: |
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I don't remember specifically stating "in Korea" in my post.
IF you have the qualifications there ARE options beyond entry level EFL jobs.
Universities have NEVER been a decent option unless you were legitimately qualified.
Public schools, in spite of the crap from co-teachers, were always a decent option for entry level teachers (BA or BA+TEFL cert).
Hagwons have always been a poor choice and only suitable for "gap-year" travelers.
Move out of the entry level jobs.
Consulting, editing of educational materials, write your own books, language assessment and examination services (₩25-50 million per year (part time)).
International school staff (₩40-80 million won per year (salary + benefits)).
Educational administration (₩50-100 million won per year (salary + benefits)).
Start your own school (sizable investment but the sky's the limit for earnings and yes, it can be done).
IF you have been in this game for more than 5 years and have done nothing to upgrade and move up then the finger for your stagnation points directly back at yourself.
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