Korean Job Discussion Forums

[mindmetoo]

I've got two women friends who are both translators. They're always looking for new work. And they come across a lot of English editing/writing jobs that need a foreigner. These are obscure job ads that might easily pass by the casual "gotta get out of the hakwon cycle of violence" job seeker. So they're always forwarding me these ads when they find them. I like my hakwon job, mind you. It pays 2 mil a month for 4 hours of work a day. I appreciate that. I'm not sure I'm willing to work 8 hours a day in a suit and tie for marginally more cash. Theoretically I only want to be in Korea long enough for me to appreciate how easy I had it back in North America. But, hey, if something really plum did come along, I'd jump.

One of the translators did hook me into a nice side project where her and I are creating English/Korean transcripts of TV shows for some Korean publish company. They supply the shows via an FTP site in AVI format. I can sit in a Starbucks with my laptop and headphones, do transcripts of American TV shows, drink coffee, and earn 30K won an hour. Sweet.

So yeah. Make friends with Korean translators and buy them sushi from time to time. It pays off in the long run.

[kelly]

Now something like that would be interesting, I love teaching but really need a break, editing or something along that line would be great, might have to look into it

[rapier]

Korea appears to be very limited, for jobs for foreigners. I hope things open up more in the future:

[FUBAR]

[Gollum]

[J.B. Clamence]

I see things all the time where foreigners would have been needed, like bad subtitles on TV and in movies, and like the sign at a spiffy brand new train station in Daejeon that says "Go Out" instead of "Exit". It would be an interesting job to be the resident "Ask the Foreigner" as long as the hours weren't too long.