Korean Job Discussion Forums

kevinst · Joined: 10 Jun 2003

I am currently 36 years old. I would like to know if my age could present a problem in working in such a place as Korea. I have been reading several posts that stated if a person was born before 1970, they will have a problem obtaining a job in Korea. However, on the bright side, I look as if I am only 23 or 24 at the oldest. Very Happy

Thanks for your time and responses,
Kevin aka "The Old Man"

desultude · Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 8:45 pm Post subject:

There are three out of eight teachers in our program that are in their fifties. One is in his late forties. The youngest is 29.

It is a university program and most of us have M.A.'s.

whatthefunk · Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Dont have a clue

I think the age that most Korean people stop hiring foreigners is around the time of death.
It shouldn't be a problem.

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

until you just cant take it anymore!!

Clutch Cargo · Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Location: Sim City 2005

My school has a couple of teachers in their 50's. I'm 35 and teach kindies and sometimes question my sanity level when I accepted the job.

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

perhaps you are too old to work in korea when (or perhaps SNAFU, so no bother)...
-you use your cane to discipline students, lose your balance, and break your hip
-getting irate enough to cause naughty little johnny to cower has you clutching your chest and fumbling for those little nitro pills to jump start your seized engine
-you prefer just to look at korean women, not touch, and they look best in hanboks
-the Korean Pension Scheme deductions look good to yuh!
-no-one is bothered that you hold little girls on your lap, in fact the mothers think it's charming
-the kids' mothers sit on your lap and tell what they'd like for Christmas
-your boss isn't bothered you appear at work fifteen minutes before classes start. the boss is simply thankful you didn't die in your sleep
-you start to think about being buried in the flower bed mound outside the hagwon, and give such instructions to the boss -you stop thinking about a family and having kids of your own. in fact, you stop thinking about sex altogether
-you get a hanbok and stroll around on the weekend with your cane, smoking, back crooked
-kids screaming in class doesn't bother you. you just turn down your hearing aid

kevinst · Joined: 10 Jun 2003