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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:51 pm Post subject: Public school jobs in Gim hae / Busan? |
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Is it possible to apply for these jobs without dealing with a recruiter?
I am interested in doing this next year, but I don't want the hassle of dealing with some idiot recruiter who says things like, "Busan only hires female teachers", or "There are no jobs in Gim hae, you have to go to Masan or Changwon".
Is there any way I can deal directly with the school board or city hall?
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kat2
Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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I recently got a public school job in a suburb of Busan. I used a recruiter though. They were great and will help you. www.kimnjoe.com I worked with Amy. You can trust them to only give you the jobs you want.
I don't know how to cut out the recruiter for these jobs. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| kat2 wrote: |
I recently got a public school job in a suburb of Busan. I used a recruiter though. They were great and will help you. www.kimnjoe.com I worked with Amy. You can trust them to only give you the jobs you want.
I don't know how to cut out the recruiter for these jobs. |
You can apply directly to the local office of education. Busan is independant of the Provincial office because it is one of the "special cities" in Korea.
You will have to have a cover letter and resume that is bilingual so it can get past the front desk. They will usually follow a contract similar to those of EPIK or GEPIK depending on who your contact is.
You can also apply directly with the school(s) in your neighborhood if your cover and resume are bilingual. I have been asked on several occasions by different school boards how they can find FTs without going through the crapshoot of hoping for an EPIK teacher. Many, many are looking and just don't know how to find a FT. |
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bosintang
Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Location: In the pot with the rest of the mutts
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:37 am Post subject: |
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Just go through a recruiter, it's the easiest route for both parties. The recruiter is just a headhunter, nothing more; don't expect them to be anything more.
Stress that you want to work directly for a Board of Education in whatever area you want to work in, and not for a hagwon, not an afterschool program, and not for a dispatch company supplying teachers to public schools (if they even exist in Korea). |
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Horangi Munshin
Joined: 06 Apr 2003
Location: Busan
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I wouldn't write off all recruiters. I was offered a public school job in Kimhae through a recruiter, but it was an after school program and the contract I received through email was worse than a horrible hagwon contract! Another recruiter I talked to said to beware of job offers for Kimhae public schools.
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I'm very happy with the public school job I got through Kimnjoe.
Mine is just outside Busan but I have a car so commuting is not a problem. The Kimnjoe guy negotiated a cut back in my office hours to compensate for the commute, plus I get more pay than working in the city, more vacation than the standard EPIK contract too. Class sizes are small because of the schools being in the countryside. I work for the area Education board. |
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