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Passing through · Joined: 06 May 2006 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Hi All,

After much soul searching I have decided that I am going to bow out half way through my contract with a hagwon in Seoul and go home.
In doing this I am liable for half my airfare and half the recruiter's fee (as it is pro-rated on how long I have been here).
My question is: how much is the recruiter's fee likely to be?
It might not be an issue because another teacher was fired from his job here and not asked to pay the recruiter's fee back but I would like to have at least a ballpark figure of what to expect.
Thank you.

VanIslander · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 1:29 am Post subject:

after working at my last hagwon for three years i asked how much it cost them to recruit me and they said 800,000 won

i then said i'd help them find a new teacher for when i leave, "no problem", asking for no money (i could have, but getting a killer good reference letter was enough for me!)

rates probably vary with the recruiter involved and may have changed over time

RachaelRoo · Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Location: Anywhere but Ulsan!

My director recently informed us that if we sign another year contract, he will give us the recruiting fee of 1 200 000w.

BigBuds · Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Location: Changwon

On average a recruiters fee is 1,000,000 won but lately with the shortage of teachers many have been charging 1,200,000 won or even higher.

Aussiekimchi · Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Location: SYDNEY

800 is cheap more than 1200 is too expensive
does your contract state that you must repay the fee?

CoolTeach · Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Location: Back in the USSR

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Passing through · Joined: 06 May 2006 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Passing through · Joined: 06 May 2006 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

If you're a white, good-looking NA female it's quite possible that your boss paid more for you than if you're a South African or Kiwi.

Aussiekimchi · Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Location: SYDNEY

If you are in Seoul it is possible that your boss paid less.
Many schools in Seoul will pay as low as 700 000. We don't have any schools in Seoul that like paying more than 800 - 1000.
Some recruiting firms charge as low as 500.
Who was your recruiter?
Surely you know.
Like all the recruiters, I am sure he has been at the school checking up on you, taking you out for kalbi and striving to create a sound working environment that you are happy in. I am sure he has tried to keep in contact with you after he received his fee.

Oh wait, this is Korea! Maybe you have no clue who he is.