Korean Job Discussion Forums

[sirius black]

[ontheway]

[daisydew]

yes, in hindsight I should have chosen a different title, but ive posted before with a couple of other questions and didn't get much response so I decided to go with something bolder since i need to find a job sooner rather than later.

okay, say i just go ahead with a job in a good location but only 2 weeks vacation (which i'm fine with, i just was worried about this wedding in thailand, july 3rd i believe) does anyone know if there is a set calendar school year like in the states?

im not gonna say that i'm upset that people jumped all over me about my posting (i wrote it in a frenzied state and apparently don't know the 'rules' here) but there are a lot of us newbies here that could use a little hand holding

i've been on here a while, but just recently decided to take the plunge to come here. a lot of us could gain a lot from others' advice, especially if it's done in a warm inviting way. although i know that's not what korea is about, but hey that's why we're all on here right? b/c it allows us to connect. unless some of you are here just to show off all of your massive amounts of korean knowledge b/c this is the only place anyone would pay attention to you...

[daisydew]

one other thing i wanna say, although it doesnt really matter, is that i didn't come here to make a ton of money or pay off some student loans. i made plenty of money back at home, so here i'm actually taking a major paycut. i'm here to experience living in another culture, to get to know more about where my mother comes from, to learn korean better (can read/write and understand some, but my vocab is minimal) and to travel around korea.

so although it sounds like i'm some kind of lazy bum who doesn't want to work a lot, i'm here to do something that, in my opinion, is a little more important than just making money. but hey, what do i know? thanks for all of your helpful responses though. i truly do appreciate it, no matter what the tone it was delivered in.

[kardisa]

[edwardcatflap]

[ThingsComeAround]

Well, daisy

if you can manage to wait it out (seeing as how you are so incredibly wealthy) and find a job here after your sister's wedding, that would be much better in the long run.

Starting a job and 3 months in taking unpaid leave (which is what it will be) isn't best.

Hope that helps

[ttompatz]

Back to answer the questions posed by the Original poster.

Early July is EXAM time and you are unlikely to get a break from anywhere if you are a teacher.

The vast majority of hagwans tend to have really short breaks and minimal vacation time broke up so that they don't have to close the school.

Public schools will typically break from about the 3rd week of July to the 3rd week of August.

Universities have longer vacations but I assumed that you do not have a related MA and/or experience so would therefore be unlikely to obtain a university post and definitely wouldn't get one this late and IN Seoul.

Again, as reiterated in my first post in your thread your best choice would be to take a position in some mom/pop hagwan and leave at the end of June (the day after payday is good).

Return to Korea at your convenience and start work in another hagwan.

You have never mentioned if you are actually qualified to work in a PS (or are interested) so I didn't get into that as an option.

Other options on an F4 would be to work in a non-teaching related field. Try EBS if you are younger and even a bit pretty.

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[Juregen]

[PatrickGHBusan]

[shifty]

[sirius black]

Not sure how wanting to work less hours translates into less quality or indicates less quality? If anything, less working hours can help ensure better quality and more energy into a job.

So, if you're a hard worker and you want less hours does that automatically mean you won't work as hard?

Funny thing is if ANY job back home offered a 30 hour work week instead of a 40 hour work week for the same pay people would be lining up for it and no one would think that anyone applying for such jobs are slackers or have a bad work ethic.

Bottom line is oftentimes Ive seen here in Korea that if you have a reputation for being a good teacher, you can find jobs easier and on occasion jobs find you because you're known as one. People who leave a good place want to be replaced with someone good and will ask around for the rep of a good teacher. Bad ones or those that seem like they are here only to get drunk and party get passed by even by their friends. Great to hang out with them but you wouldn't want them near your kids.

[siwawalter]

haha, all day vacation, but broke if you have to cover rent.