Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Return Jones]

[just because]

[just because]

To Return Jones,
Sorry to hear of your troubles but perhaps the position was filled and it is true the standard of jobs being offered has stagnated at best in the last little while but there are still jobs ith Mon-Fi, block shift, single housing nd good money..I found one easily enough and couldn't be happier..

The problem with these jobs is that once somebody is there they don't leave easily and these kind of jobs are not advertised very often as the person leaving will usually try to set a friend up with the job..

So the result is what you see is the crappier ones being advertised(as with all industries) so make some more connections and see what you can get....




I suppose i am just little peeved with people blaming recruiters for all of their troubles when in reality a lot of the time it is the natives speakers own ineptitude, incompeatnce and naievety that are the major problems...

[Grotto]

Recruiters, used car salesmen, scum of the earth, sort of a theme running through it.

Recruiters are fine as long as your expectations end once you get the job....the vast majority of recruiters simply refill their bloodbank from the next boatload of newbies who walk unsuspectedly into the slaughterhouse....often times led there by the Judas goat who has told them stories of how wonderful the place they are to work is going to be.

I have yet to meet anyone who has had a 'good' recruiter for two years running...what sounds good to a newbie often doesnt sound very good to someone with some experience under their belt!

[jinju]

Recruiters have on goal. Put a warm body in a school and collect the dough. To do that they will do what they can: lie, cheat, intice you with a nice job and then try and get you to sign a shite job. They will lie to you about a school's problems because they want you to sign up. Perhaps not all of them are like this but the vast majority are.

[laogaiguk]

[Return Jones]

[Homer]

I would say that a good recruiter can be very useful to a newbie.
After you have experience in country however and know the ropes...why use a recruiter at all???


Use your skills and knowledge and the fact you are already living in Korea to find a job.

Also, about those good jobs that were mentionned in this thread, just because may be right. I know that one of my former employers never advertised online for jobs. He relied on two recruiting methods: contacts from his current teachers and select ads in universities back in Canada and the US. He offers excellent conditions, higher pay and some other benefits but wants something in return. He advertised online once and regretted it when he received an avalanche of applications from people who did not read the job ad beyond the hours and the pay (i.e. they did not read the qualifications required).

[dbee]

Ya, I'd be tempted to think that it's just an extension of the Korean way of doing business.

Someone finds something that makes money and then every man and his dog jumps on the bandwagon. I've been screwed over by every contract I have signed in Korea through a recruiter. I deal only with the school themselves now. But I don't think that is an option that's available to every newbie out there.

I guess it cuts both ways too though, there are some awesomely stupid teachers out there. I've always said that there should be some standards out there for people to abide by. But then there isn't - so I guess it's up to every individual to decide what they think is fair and isn't.

[k_shearman]

[Homer]

k_shearman,

You do realise of course that there are quite a few recruitment agencies run by westerners in Canada and the US?

Does your "they are utilizing their 50 words of English" theory work with them too?

[k_shearman]

No i was referring to Korean recruiters. Legit operations run in western countries are probably good for the newbies (my husband used one his first time out). But for the life of me I could never understand why someone who had been here for more than five minutes would use a recruiter for their second or third job here.

[chessmaster9000]

As I said earlier, recruiters are Trolls. Recruiters are bonafied cracksmokers. Recruiters have fu**** so many newbies, that they have destroyed the foundation of trust. They are notorious for participating in illegal activities. There are no reasons whatsoever people should trust any recruiter. They are probably funneling money into North Korea for their Nucler Program, or they could be smuggling Thai food into Japan. Either way, they are scum at the base of a toilet. They are filthy little commie pikno liberals.

[Homer]

[jacl]

Some days they shed their skin. They don't all shed their skins on the same day.