Korean Job Discussion Forums

[boatofcar]

I recently filled out an application for SMOE, and checked that I've been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, which I take medication for. Given the stigma Koreans have about mental illness, should I not have mentioned it? Could this keep me from getting hired?

[superacidjax]

I wouldn't mention it. It's not anything they can physically "test" so there is no way they could find out. It's really none of their business.. Also, the standards of mental illness diagnosis are different here in Korea. They do not use the DSM diagnostic criteria and therefore you might be admitting to a disorder that isn't actually what the Korean view of that disorder is.

[boatofcar]

My concern is that I already mentioned it on the application...and it's not anything that keeps me from working-I've been a teacher in the US for 4 years. I just hope they don't see that and automatically throw my application out.

[Ozabout7or8]

Knowing the way things go in korea you should have posted that question before you sent the application and I (and alot of others) would have said not to say anything if you can at all get away with it.

You never know what kind of fickle decisions can get made in the ROK.

[dogshed]

[boatofcar]

I haven't sent them anything yet, thankfully. I just filled out the application and sent it to the Footprints recruiter. I just hate that I might have ruined my chances with one of the best places to work in Seoul

[Ozabout7or8]

Just be careful that you don't apply twice for the public school jobs because they have announced that they will $hitcan any application that is received more than once through multiple channels.

[Atavistic]

Self Medical Check form.

Do you have any health problems?

I think, "poly cystic ovarian syndrome, cold induced urticaria, Raynaud's disease."

I write, "None known."

Doctor appointment in Korea.

Doctor asks, "So, how is your health?"

I say, "I feel good. I exercise 5 days a week, taekwondo, soccer, don't smoke."

"Any mental problems?"

Visions of wanting to rip people's legs off to beat them with it a la OLD MISS DIARY style dance in my head.

I say, "Nope. I'm happy in Korea."

That's how you do medical things in Korea.

[philipjames]

I also take a daily pill for anxiety and I've had no problems. My Korean doctor filled out my health form and said that with the pill I was fine. No problem.

[Sody]

[cbclark4]

I left the door to the barn open.

Do you think the horse might gey loose?

cbc

[Yu_Bum_suk]

Just hope your anxiety is well under control if you're gong to be teaching Korean kids.

[kingtout]

[boatofcar]

[butlerian]