Korean Job Discussion Forums

[marista99]

My feeling on this is that when people post about job openings who never contribute to this forum for any other reason (i.e. the OP who has only had 2 total posts), they are just trying to take advantage, and to avoid the $75 fee (which I really think is quite a reasonable amount to ask considering how many people visit this site and read the job postings).

Long-time posters who mention job openings and say "PM me for details" are less likely to have their posts deleted, because it's pretty clear they're not really a recruiter or school owner, that they have legit experience with the school, and that they're willing to provide advice and be involved in the community here--not just post for their own, or their school's, personal gain.

The Job Info Journal is not really there to post job openings either. It's there for people to post their experiences about the school. Sure, maybe this current opening will be filled soon, but there might be another opening in a few months or a year, and people who are applying for it will be able to go to the job info journal and say "wow, this guy had a good experience there. I don't know him, but at least there is someone out there who has good things to say about the school."

[oneiros]

[marista99]

So what counts as an ad? Is an ad only "Post available! 2 million won, shared housing, great area of Seoul, no split shifts or Saturdays. Email [email protected] if your interested!"

Or is it an ad if a long time member, who is therefore most likely a legit poster, says "I'm leaving this awesome job in September, hint hint"?

I'm not saying we need two sets of rules. But I am saying that long time members who have posted a lot have more credibility. That's just the way things are. If you'd been going to the same bar every day for 10 years, and one day you asked the bartender to let you pay for your drinks tomorrow, he'd probably say okay, I know you're good for it. Whereas if someone came in off the street who'd never been there before, had 10 drinks and then said "I'll pay you tomorrow", that wouldn't go over as well. If someone's been around longer, you have experience with them and thus you are more likely to trust them.

[fidel]

[prosodic]

Fidel, that's very wise.

[oneiros]

[fidel]

Thanks

[Aglamesis]

Wow. I am amazed at the response to my post. It has been almost 8 years and i did a search for my old hakwon to find some info about it. This post came up in the search. I had completely forgotten about it. In fact, i don't even remember reading the discussion that it spurred. haha. I don't think i ever got any emails from it so i never looked back.

I don't know if any of the responders will even see this. Maybe my original post should have gone into a different section, but i don't know if i even knew about that at the time. I spent one year in Korea and returned to the US, even though i regretted not staying longer. I felt very lucky to find a good school and was genuinely trying to leave an opening for people that wanted a contact for that school in case they had questions. Now that i read the original post, i agree that it could have gone either way. I could have been a recruiter trying to attract teachers (not very convincingly). But in those situations i think anybody searching for a position that is interested should just send an email. I think in most cases you can gauge by the response if the person is honest or is trying to sell something. What's the harm?

cheers

i wonder what my other post was...

[litebear]

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