Korean Job Discussion Forums

[big_fella1]

I just saw an ad for YBM where they insist on full documents from people regardless of visa status or length of stay in Korea.

I'm wondering if they insist on the same documents on their Korean (born and citizen) hires?

I know Busan Office of Education didn't insist on any documents from my Korean wife to work in a Hagwon, but insisted on the full load from me.

[Unigwont]

So?

If you don't like their policy, vote with your feet and work elsewhere.

Assuming you are not also a Korean citizen, you are a foreigner, and not entitled to the same legal protections, in all cases.

This "worldview, we should be treated equally everywhere, without discrimination" is a load of crap, IMHO. They don't know you. They don't know if you were a child molestor back home, or a rapist, or a radical islamist.

[big_fella1]

[Coltronator]

That is interesting, my wife had to get her Canadian Degree translated and notarized for the BOE when she was applying around. Maybe that was because of the foreign education or just the employer's request.

[Unigwont]

[goat]

[big_fella1]

Yes I'm highly uneducated, I only have 2 masters degrees.

I would have no problem with supplying the aforementioned documnents, however the majority of pedophiles in Korea are Korean, the majority of criminals in Korea are Korean and to my knowledge since the end of the Korean war, all terrorists have been Korean. Why doesn't YBM adult hagwon require these documents from Korean staff for every country they've lived in if adults are in danger from pedophiles??????? Perhaps we should be submitting a dictionary with applications as well. Everyone with a non A Korean visa has submitted a home country criminal record check to get their visa and doing break and enters in L.A. are difficult when you live in Korea already.

You claim someone ran off with 5 million, they're pathetic. The only loan I couldn't get in Korea was a mortgage, because you know the way foreigners put down 40% deposit and then take their apartment home???????? My credit limits are significantly higher than 5 million in Korea yet I still pay my bills despite living at home. I also paid out my car loans before leaving Korea even though my Korean employer ripped me off for almost 5 million.

I don't see any big problem in Europe despite immigration except for a few bad apples out of millions, but funny how you ignored Canada, Australia, and New Zealand none of which are perfect but are highly successful migrant countries.

Finally if you are Korean and you hate migrants and globalisation you are very lucky, all you have to do is move north.

Coltronator was that for hagwons or public schools?

[Coltronator]

Hagwons, big chain.

[Unigwont]

[PRagic]

The long and short of it is that, yes, Koreans usually have to provide proof of a criminal background check. This is provided by the Korean police.

Degrees earned in Korea are easily verifiable, and as Koreans don't need to have docs to satisfy immigration requirements, the bar is set lower in terms of providing third party verification.

Korean also normally have to submit their employment history, verified via documentation provided by previous employers. There's a certificate form that all employers are required to provide, one form for current employment verification, and a different one for past emplyment verification.

Even if you're on an F-visa, meaning that you, and by extention your potential employer, won't have to go through the immigration process, they'll still probably want to see verification of degrees and criminal background check. Depends on the place. They can request whatever document their little hearts desire.