Korean Job Discussion Forums

[chloe]

Are there any sort of noticable hiring preferences in S. Korea? As in male, female, age or nationality?

[crazylemongirl]

Female, North American, young, blonde hair, blue eyes, thin, pretty. Education degree added bonus!

[Hotpants]

Kindergarten - female teachers
Elementary-High school - best candidate goes
University - dare I say males tend to be prefered (what do others think?). I think recruiters for unis are won over by an authoritive Westerner in a good suit
Business classes - students will definitely have a preference for a male as the 'teacher' but a female for eye-candy - females are absolutely not treated seriously by male students in a business English class
A hagwon out in the sticks - anybody goes

For as long as there is a teacher shortage here, in fact, you'd have to be extremely aesthetically challenged not to get taken on somewhere...

[Aussiekimchi]

Kindergarten - female teachers
Elementary-High school - best candidate goes
University - dare I say males tend to be prefered (what do others think?). I think recruiters for unis are won over by an authoritive Westerner in a good suit
Business classes - students will definitely have a preference for a male as the 'teacher' but a female for eye-candy - females are absolutely not treated seriously by male students in a business English class
A hagwon out in the sticks - anybody goes

For as long as there is a teacher shortage here, in fact, you'd have to be extremely aesthetically challenged not to get taken on somewhere...

Spot on, though I am not sure if unis use recruiters...wish they did!
Nth American females are golden in Korea.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[jmbran11]

I teach business English full-time for a company, and I've had nothing but respect from my students (so far). I've had 4 women students out of around 100 total students in 6 months. It may be because I work for a company that actually has female employees, managers, etc. , or because I'm more educated than my students, or just because they don't want to get in trouble for being jerks.
And, I'm a not-particularly-attractive female.

[princess]

[Aussiekimchi]

Well, I am female, NA, blue eyes, thin and pretty. But I don't have an education degree and I am not VERY young(early 20s). It's not so easy to get a job here. Maybe 4 years experience and not being in Korea at the moment is making getting a new job tougher. I'm a good teacher, too. I stayed 2 years at my last school and they wanted me to stay a third year. Some schools just don't want to pay airfare. That's why I think they'd rather hire someone already in Korea, regardles of looks or whether you are male or female.

I simply just cannot believe this.
If your description is true, you are golden..something is amiss.

[princess]

[dreamscape]

[esetters21]

I am neither blonde or female. As a matter of fact, I have a shaved head and tattoos and am in my 30's. I had absolutely no problem securing multiple contract offers (at both hagwons and public school). I was even approached to teach SAT prep. Maybe I am an exception to the norm, but I personally had no problems securing a good position. I do have prior teaching experience, however. Maybe that is the key. As far as the Geography comment, that is what my MA is for.

[andrew]

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