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toomuchtime · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject: Sealed transcripts, anyone?

What are you folks doing with the recent requests from schools for sealed transcripts as part of the application package?

"REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
- Current resume and cover letter
- Copy of undergraduate and graduate diplomas
- Set of official, sealed undergraduate and graduate transcripts (mailed to us directly from the university)
- Copies of personal data pages from your passport and current visa (if you are currently teaching in Korea)
- 2-3 recent letters of reference
- 3 passport sized color photos taken recently
- All documents should be submitted no later than June 24, 2005

Documentation should be mailed to:
Cheon Myeong-ho
Sungkyun Language Institute
Sungkyunkwan University
300, Cheoncheon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 440-746, South Korea
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 82-31-290-5231 "

I think it's pretty bogus. I still send copies, and am fully prepared to deliver the real goods if/when I'm hired. But now I'm wondering if not providing them from the get-go might damage my chances of getting the job in the first place.

TMT.

Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

It's not bogus. It's not the school, it's Immigration. You can't apply without them. It's a new law. Sorry, Charlie.

Scroll down and look at the Yonsei, Wonju campus ad:

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

I've just ordered 30 copies from my uni.

I think asking to get them mailed directly to your prospective employer from your uni is asking a bit much: time consuming for a start. presenting them in an unopened, sealed and postmarked envelope should be sufficient.

Are all the schools asking for them to be sent directly to them from the uni, or is it just this one? because its becoming a bit impractical now...I mean it takes up to a month to arrive.

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

One thing's for sure... don't send them a darned thing until you know you have the job.

I can just see the schools and recruiters wanting to take advantage of this one -- thinking they can lock you in.

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

This could be interesting. I know of at least two Canadian uni's that will not mail out transcripts to a third party.

whats next? an original copy of your degree in a sealed envelope with a DNA encoded microchip?

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

I half wonder if immigration isn't licking their chops at the prospects of nailing teachers and fining them for working early before the transcripts come in the mail.

harryh · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: south of Seoul

Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

toomuchtime · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:05 pm Post subject:

So the Sungkyunkwan University job was posted today, and the closing date is June 24. They expect that sealed transcripts from universities abroad are going to be there in nine days? I'm really having a hard time with this requirement. What's wrong with applying with copies, and sending the originals if one gets the job? The K. gov't has really gone overboard here.
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toomuchtime · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:10 pm Post subject:

Okay then, check this ad out: http://www.eslcafe.com/jobs/korea/index.cgi?read=16443

Kyungpook National University
please submit the following:
1) Resume w/cover letter and photo (please mention where you saw this advert)
2) Copy of your passport page w/photo
3) Copies of all degrees & transcripts
4) Three (3) letters of recommendation (personal and/or professional)

Now this is reasonable.

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