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Troglodyte
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PRagic couldn't have said it any better! But I know looking at all these recruiters can be a little daunting, so here is a mini-rundown of my experience:
I literally put my application out there to any organization I could find/responded to as many recruiters on Dave's as I could manage/ posted my resume on Dave's. And I got a TON of responses, but here are the main ones I dealt with.
RBI recruiting: I really wanted to use them because they specialize in the Pusan area, but they never got back to me until I posted about not hearing from them on Dave's. Within 24 hours, they sent me one single offer to a hagwon for split shift hours and the worst pay I had been approached with (1.9m). However, many people have used them and had nothing but good things to say, so I guess maybe it's a 50/50 shot.
ACE Recruiting: ACE found me the job I am pursuing. ACE sent me some really great offers from some pretty good/decent schools. So there is nothing unprofessional about them. But they are not the "warm and fuzzy" kind of recruiters. So if you can deal with people who are strictly business, this company is pretty good.
People Recruit: These people are very nice, wonderful people but they do sometimes send offers from some really not reputable hagwons. Like, I said, they are super friendly and supportive, so if you use them, make sure to do your homework and follow up on the school. Definitely ask for a current foreign teacher's email and try and dig up a past employee via facebook or google or something.
Park English: Again, strictly business. They may deal outside of the Seoul area, but only sent me Seoul jobs. Not a bad thing, just not necessarily in the areas of Seoul I had ideally wanted to be. In my opinion, they are nice people, but pushy. And sometimes don't listen to what you want very well. You have to be assertive here.
Appletree: Mediocre. I didn't work with them because they did not send me jobs that appealed to me. But I have heard good things from other people. I have also heard bad things.
OK Recruiting: Same as Appletree. They are probably a very efficient company, they just did not have anything that appealed to me.
PlanetESL: The very first place I applied. Jiyeon is nice, but takes a while to get back to applicants. And seems pretty disinterested unless all documents are in hand.
Star Teachers: I can never say enough good things about this company. The man who helped me, Dexter, was so unbelievably nice and patient. He worked very hard to find just the right fit for me. I initially took a job offer through him, but it fell through because one of my documents was not correct and I had no time to prepare another. Dexter is attentive and responds to emails very quickly. He usually calls/emails once a day to check in. Some people have said they did not have a good experience through Star Teachers when they dealt with a female recruiter who works there. Just as for Dexter by name. He is hands down the most positive recruiter I have worked with.
I know this was really long, but I hope it helps you a little bit as you begin your job hunt  |
Hi I'm Jiyeon at PlanetESL. We care about what teachers think about our service and try to improve. I apologize if it took a while to get back to you. It may happened long time ago when FBI check took much longer than now. Now all teachers use electronic CRC prints, so we do our best to find a job as fast as we can that meets preferences of teachers. All the best. Jiyeon |
It took you 2 years to respond to this post. OH, you are fast! |
Just imagine how long it USED TO take them before when they had to deal with slow FBI checks. Now they've got it down to a mere 2 years. |
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planetesl
Joined: 04 Aug 2013
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| tophatcat wrote: |
| planetesl wrote: |
| LHolter wrote: |
PRagic couldn't have said it any better! But I know looking at all these recruiters can be a little daunting, so here is a mini-rundown of my experience:
I literally put my application out there to any organization I could find/responded to as many recruiters on Dave's as I could manage/ posted my resume on Dave's. And I got a TON of responses, but here are the main ones I dealt with.
RBI recruiting: I really wanted to use them because they specialize in the Pusan area, but they never got back to me until I posted about not hearing from them on Dave's. Within 24 hours, they sent me one single offer to a hagwon for split shift hours and the worst pay I had been approached with (1.9m). However, many people have used them and had nothing but good things to say, so I guess maybe it's a 50/50 shot.
ACE Recruiting: ACE found me the job I am pursuing. ACE sent me some really great offers from some pretty good/decent schools. So there is nothing unprofessional about them. But they are not the "warm and fuzzy" kind of recruiters. So if you can deal with people who are strictly business, this company is pretty good.
People Recruit: These people are very nice, wonderful people but they do sometimes send offers from some really not reputable hagwons. Like, I said, they are super friendly and supportive, so if you use them, make sure to do your homework and follow up on the school. Definitely ask for a current foreign teacher's email and try and dig up a past employee via facebook or google or something.
Park English: Again, strictly business. They may deal outside of the Seoul area, but only sent me Seoul jobs. Not a bad thing, just not necessarily in the areas of Seoul I had ideally wanted to be. In my opinion, they are nice people, but pushy. And sometimes don't listen to what you want very well. You have to be assertive here.
Appletree: Mediocre. I didn't work with them because they did not send me jobs that appealed to me. But I have heard good things from other people. I have also heard bad things.
OK Recruiting: Same as Appletree. They are probably a very efficient company, they just did not have anything that appealed to me.
PlanetESL: The very first place I applied. Jiyeon is nice, but takes a while to get back to applicants. And seems pretty disinterested unless all documents are in hand.
Star Teachers: I can never say enough good things about this company. The man who helped me, Dexter, was so unbelievably nice and patient. He worked very hard to find just the right fit for me. I initially took a job offer through him, but it fell through because one of my documents was not correct and I had no time to prepare another. Dexter is attentive and responds to emails very quickly. He usually calls/emails once a day to check in. Some people have said they did not have a good experience through Star Teachers when they dealt with a female recruiter who works there. Just as for Dexter by name. He is hands down the most positive recruiter I have worked with.
I know this was really long, but I hope it helps you a little bit as you begin your job hunt |
Hi I'm Jiyeon at PlanetESL. We care about what teachers think about our service and try to improve. I apologize if it took a while to get back to you. It may happened long time ago when FBI check took much longer than now. Now all teachers use electronic CRC prints, so we do our best to find a job as fast as we can that meets preferences of teachers. All the best. Jiyeon |
It took you 2 years to respond to this post. OH, you are fast! |
It simply is because this post showed up on Google in 2015. When I see teacher's post, I do respond to acknowledge it. If you would like to raise any complains because you used our service in the past and have experiences, yes you can also contact us directly as well. [/quote] |
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trueblue
Joined: 15 Jun 2014
Location: In between the lines
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| Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 11:38 am Post subject: |
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Remember the days when all you needed were a diploma and transcripts?
You could apply one day, and then two weeks later be in Korea, followed by a visa run.
I wonder...if Korea (and I am sure this has been asked) went head on the same direction as China, concerning the airfare policy (which I think is crap), would folks take the risk of going, or returning to, Korea? |
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