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ghostshadow
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Saxiif wrote: |
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| A contract is still a contract |
 I wish someone would tell wongjangnims this  |
Why are you stuck at a small hagwon where the wongjangnim is King? |
Were not are.
I was a stupid newb. |
We all have been there, some of us even more then once, lol. But we keep on learning. |
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Clutch Cargo
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
Location: Sim City 2005
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| Is there some way of finding out if the paperwork has begun to be processed or not, without contacting the employer? I recently had to change my plans after signing a contract and it would suk if I'm barred from getting another E2 for a year. Any links etc? |
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manlyboy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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My boyfriend and I have been offered a contract at a school is Busan but it seems like they want us to sign quite soon. We kind of want to explore more options to see if better opportunities might come up.
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Pushing you to sign soon is a big red flag IMO. Good schools hire new teachers reasonably well in advance. When a school pushes you, it's usually because someone bailed before the scheduled finish of their contract. And teachers are not likely to bail if they're on a good thing.
I almost took what looked to be a fairly good offer from a hagwon on my first day of job hunting, but held out because 1) they wanted me to sign straight away and 2) I'd promised myself I wouldn't take the first thing that came along (as I'd done twice before). A week later something better came along. |
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manlyboy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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Ahhhhhhh....still working out how to use the quote button  |
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ghostshadow
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:27 am Post subject: |
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My boyfriend and I have been offered a contract at a school is Busan but it seems like they want us to sign quite soon. We kind of want to explore more options to see if better opportunities might come up.
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Pushing you to sign soon is a big red flag IMO. Good schools hire new teachers reasonably well in advance. When a school pushes you, it's usually because someone bailed before the scheduled finish of their contract. And teachers are not likely to bail if they're on a good thing.
I almost took what looked to be a fairly good offer from a hagwon on my first day of job hunting, but held out because 1) they wanted me to sign straight away and 2) I'd promised myself I wouldn't take the first thing that came along (as I'd done twice before). A week later something better came along. |
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Well isn't it always the case that something better can always come up? It always seems that way...
I do agree with the red flag if they need a teacher right away, you might want to be careful on that... Did the school need to hire you right away because they needed to fill the spot right away? If so then try to think why... when is the hire date? |
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manlyboy
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Well isn't it always the case that something better can always come up? It always seems that way... |
Yeah. If you have no experience and only bare minimum qualifications, you'd better not be too choosy. However, if you are experienced and relatively well qualified (and not a greedy bar-stud), what you're looking for is more than likely to come along sooner rather than later. |
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lazymaisey
Joined: 12 May 2004
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| ghostshadow wrote: |
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My boyfriend and I have been offered a contract at a school is Busan but it seems like they want us to sign quite soon. We kind of want to explore more options to see if better opportunities might come up.
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Pushing you to sign soon is a big red flag IMO. Good schools hire new teachers reasonably well in advance. When a school pushes you, it's usually because someone bailed before the scheduled finish of their contract. And teachers are not likely to bail if they're on a good thing.
I almost took what looked to be a fairly good offer from a hagwon on my first day of job hunting, but held out because 1) they wanted me to sign straight away and 2) I'd promised myself I wouldn't take the first thing that came along (as I'd done twice before). A week later something better came along. |
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Well isn't it always the case that something better can always come up? It always seems that way...
I do agree with the red flag if they need a teacher right away, you might want to be careful on that... Did the school need to hire you right away because they needed to fill the spot right away? If so then try to think why... when is the hire date? |
They wanted us to sign right away because they had a few more teachers interested in the position. They also told us that we'd be better suited for the positions because of the nature of our degrees. The hire date is for September 30th which isn't too bad at all. We've signed and we think we'll stick with it because it seems like it'll be a good place and school for us as we're just starting out in ESL teaching. Thanks for all the input though, it helped us in making a decision. |
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