Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Alias77]

I've been scanning through the forum for several days and although I've learned a good deal, I'm still uncertain about the hiring route. Thanks to many posts by experienced teachers who know the ropes, I have learned some of the finer points regarding contracts, deceptive practices, etc.

Currently, I'm using a small and relatively new recruiter from Canada, founded by teachers with several years experience. I have been very happy with their efforts until I realized (via forum posts), that recruiters are generally $$ driven. I also noticed a giant chunk of information about negative occurences that the recruiter hasn't seen fit to mention, aside from shying away from people with negative attitudes. (I'm sure they don't want to frighten people like me away upfront) I have found the sticky regarding recruiters and scanned through it. I wouldn't say my confidence in the recruiter is gone, but I am much more aware of the state of things after finding Dave's. I turned down the first two offers they presented. The first was in a smaller city than I wanted, the second because the school was part of a chain with a widespread semi-sour/mediocre reputation - although that particular location had no specific complaints.

I'm starting to get edgy, because I was really hoping to land a position by the beginning of October and I haven't received any offers this month. My first point of confusion is from my interview with the recruiter. I was asked if I was using any other recruitment agencies, which I'm not, and it was suggested that doing so would be "bad". I'm expecting some of you to say that its okay to use multiple recruiters - I just want to know if there actually is some negative aspect to doing so, other than affecting the recruiter's cash flow.

My second point of uncertainty lies in using the Korean Jobs listing, or effectively self-promoting to find a job. The more I read, the more cautious I become. I certainly want to stack the odds in my favour for a positive experience in Korea, but I'm freezing up on whether I should be pro-actively job searching myself or allow an experienced recruiter to handle it.

[kat2]

Use as many recruiters as you want. Just don't send any documents to any of them until you have a confirmed job that you are definitly taking and the school has signed on to have you come aboard. Many of htem will ask you to send docs before you are hired.

[Novernae]