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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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FEMALE. but every recruiter I've talked to told me the same thing. That finding a morning shift is hard. So far I've gotten about three job offers and they are all 2-10, so I had to decline. I'm thinking if I don't get one by next week, I might have to compromise.
1-7:30 shift sounds great to me too. As long as I can finish up by that time, it's good.. but I've never heard of that shift  |
Ah, too bad my school isn't hiring right now. They'd hire you just to balance the heap of testosterone that is the seven dudes that work there. There may be an opening soon, I'll PM you if it comes up. |
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carleverson
Joined: 04 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Instead of looking at hours, look at days. Work a lot on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Then, you have Friday through Monday to negotiate a day off. 3 days is more than enough time for someone in Korea. |
HAHA...Good luck finding a hogwon that will offer that kind of flexibilty.  |
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carleverson
Joined: 04 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
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I've known a fair number of people who have worked this schedule, and most seemed to fall into a zombie world of waking up at noon every day and going to bed at four or five in the morning. I think it tends to be a better schedule for light drinkers who can keep themselves busy during the day. If you do like to party it ends up being a bit too easy to get your drink on every night. Simultaneously, you have limited time after leaving work prior to public transportation largely shutting down, which kind of limits you to sticking around your home area except for Saturday and Sunday.
I would never work such a position, as I'm 90% sure I would fall into the aforementioned zombie mode, but it's great for some people (particularly those who want to take morning classes). |
Yeah, that's the main problem why I don't want to work that kind of shift even though I don't drink.. it's been soo hard to find another time though.. I don't mind teaching Kindy but I heard that most of those positions are given to white people =[ and I'm Asian.. =/ |
Male or female? Asian male (non-Korean), I'd imagine it would be difficult. Asian female, on the other hand, might well trump a white male for a lot of schools. I know my school has had a hell of a time finding women to fill its positions, and kindies overwhelmingly prefer women. |
Yeah, nothing creeps out Koreans like a hairy fat old guy trying to teach kindy...very very creepy... |
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nellehehe
Joined: 08 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
| nellehehe wrote: |
FEMALE. but every recruiter I've talked to told me the same thing. That finding a morning shift is hard. So far I've gotten about three job offers and they are all 2-10, so I had to decline. I'm thinking if I don't get one by next week, I might have to compromise.
1-7:30 shift sounds great to me too. As long as I can finish up by that time, it's good.. but I've never heard of that shift |
Ah, too bad my school isn't hiring right now. They'd hire you just to balance the heap of testosterone that is the seven dudes that work there. There may be an opening soon, I'll PM you if it comes up. |
Thank you very much =] |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| koreatimes wrote: |
| Instead of looking at hours, look at days. Work a lot on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Then, you have Friday through Monday to negotiate a day off. 3 days is more than enough time for someone in Korea. |
HAHA...Good luck finding a hogwon that will offer that kind of flexibilty. |
Actually, it is possible. The OP is female, and being female is a huge advantage in the ESL job market. Look at this job. Really good salary for only 20 teaching hours per week. And it is only for four days per week. If it didn't say "Female teacher only", I'd be hopping on it myself.
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- Location : Songpa in Seoul ( near Ogeum st. )
- 100 min per class and there are 3 classes in a day
- Working hours: Mon,Wed,Thu - 2-10pm ( 3 hours prep time included: 2-5pm ) / Sat - 1-8:20pm ( 4 days in a week)
- 20 hours teaching in a week
- No, of foreign teacher :1
- vacation : 2 weeks paid vacation - 3 times in a year / 1 week paid vacation at once in a year / New year (January 1st.) / Lunar new years holiday / Korean thanksgiving day (Chuseok) / summer vacation (3-4days )
- Teachers should work during other Korean national holidays, if the holiday is Mon, Wed, Thu, or Sat.
- Student type : Middle- High school students only
- Housing : single housing or housing allowance (500,000won)
- Pension, Severance payment, Medical insurance, Airfare will be provided
- Writing corrections needed for students
- Salary: 2.3-2.5 or + ~ mil won ( depends on qualification and negotiable
- Female teacher only |
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koreatimes
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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| koreatimes wrote: |
| Instead of looking at hours, look at days. Work a lot on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Then, you have Friday through Monday to negotiate a day off. 3 days is more than enough time for someone in Korea. |
HAHA...Good luck finding a hogwon that will offer that kind of flexibilty. |
Shift the days around. Instead of Saturday and Sunday off, you take Monday and Tuesday off. It is quite likely you will be able to get more time off during the week if you work a lot on weekends.
It all depends on the school's schedule. I could bring up my past but what is more important is the here and now. Hagwons are having a problem with getting students it seems. So, it would be more likely that they would offer a lower salary for less hours until they get more students.
Based on this, I would still look at the days but for a different reason. Then, when more students sign up, you either take on extra days or work more on the already scheduled days. |
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3DR
Joined: 24 May 2009
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:52 am Post subject: |
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| It kind of sucks sometimes knowing that you really can't do anything during the day. You might think that you can just wake up at 9 or 10 and do stuff, but in this city you need a lot more time than that to get around and take care of business. You also dread having to go to work later, and then you're always really tired at the end of the work day. You wake up at 12 instead, go to work at 2 and then when you get off everything is dead, closed and dark. It's kind of like being a vampire. |
I work a schedule like this (but get off at 9 on Fridays) and this assessment is correct. Counting down the days until I'm finished (2 months and 12 days)..never again. |
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morningsoju
Joined: 20 Aug 2011
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:39 am Post subject: |
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| i worked 2-10 for awhile and its not too bad. i actually like it better than the 8-5 shift. however, a 10-7 job would be the best! |
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mohair_blues
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:20 am Post subject: |
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| doing things or activities in the morning on a 2-10pm job, you either need to inject yourself with caffeine the whole day or have super stamina |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I jumped straight from a boonies PS job where I had to get up at 6am to catch a ride in with another teacher to a 2-10 hagwon. I kept waking up early (7am), usually in bed by 11 or 12. I felt fine with that schedule and had time to do things in the morning. I would have preferred a job with shorter days but I couldn't find one in the week I had to look. |
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carleverson
Joined: 04 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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2-10 pm is a horrible schedule...People who can't see that are being defensive and are IN DENIAL.
EVERYONE is out working during the day while you have the stress of knowing you have to teach for 6-8 hours straight. Everyone gets off at workby 5-7pm and are socializing / dining on their free time while you're stressed out teaching. When you get off work, everyone is getting ready for bed. LOSER SCHEDULE. |
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cayce23
Joined: 19 Mar 2010
Location: Gwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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| I hate it. I work 1:30-10:30. It doesn't matter how many classes I have in a day, 9 hours is horrible. I get off too late to go anywhere or get any food that's not pizza or fried chicken. I go home, make dinner, and maybe get to bed at 2. Then I wake up at around 10 and have about 3 hours to kill before I have to walk to work. It leaves no time in the week for hobbies or personal freedom. |
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alwaysgood
Joined: 15 Aug 2011
Location: Changwon
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I worked 2-10 my first year. It was alright for me. For one thing, I was already used to working later than that as a waiter in the US. I was still in the college mindset where I enjoyed going out to drink after work sometimes. 10:30 is a great time to show up to the local bar, especially when other people are working the same schedule, and if you stay out until 2 or 3 in the morning you can sleep in all morning.
On the other hand, some days I only saw sunlight on the way to work. I prefer working mornings now. Anything is better than a split shift or working more than 8 hours a day though. |
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