Korean Job Discussion Forums

[lastat06513]

This topic is just out of pure curiosity...

What is truly needed to start?

The only thing I can see is needed are;

1. Telephone
2. FAX machine
3. Computer
4. Scanner
5. A partner who can speak Korean who can go to the schools to speak to the director/ principal and who can speak English to talk to the teachers already working there.
6. A database of people willing to work in Korea (and if it were me doing it, I would personally do the degree verification and ask the person to do the background check and submit it prior to the start of employment)
7. A database of schools looking for teachers.

Is there anything truly and honestly missing from this list?

All input is greatly welcomed....

To be honest, if people are looking for recruiters to help them find jobs, then I think there should be more westerners recruiting alongside the Koreans.
Hopefully, the foriegner has some experience as a teacher in Korea and knows the conditions expected for foreign teachers to accept. And who can help out with information every step of the way before and during the period of employment

I know it sounds like a "Jerry McQuire" kind of dream, but if people are serious about making a difference and possibly getting out of the teaching business, this might be the way to go....

[Dan The Chainsawman]

Selling your soul to satan is a good start.

[laogaiguk]

[lastat06513]

[Muffin]

I know of one reputable recruiter in the UK who I approached when I was looking for work. She herself worked as a teacher in Korea for four years before setting up the business.

I didn't get my job through her in the end as I got it through a PM on this board. She still gave me lots of useful advice and sent me links to Korean language websites and so on.

If she can do it, I am sure you can, how hard can it be?

That said, she did seem to be putting in 7 day weeks which I personally wouldn't want!

[Ron Stevens]

in the recruitment business generally literally anyone can set up shop, of course having the network of contacts on the employers side along with an ability to attract candidates are the two key things

the posters quip about selling your soul is quite accurate as well

i worked for a couple of years for a global american hr consultancy/recruitment company best practice, highly reputable blah blah basically the notion of ethics was highly fluid dependant upon the whims of the client

actually probably i could understand and deal with the discriminatory practices of hakwons moreso than say a large bank or multinational telco

essentially recruitment as an industry is less HRM than sales and the profile of the successful recruiter would be not disimiliar to someone working in real estate. most people working in the business for a variety of reasons are also extremely time-stretched. for these reasons combined with the ethical/moral contradictions, its very difficult to consistently meet expectations on the candidate side.