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[TomM]

Dear all,

Can anyone please help clear up some confusion for me.

Basically I am ready to come to Korea to teach, I have a 3 year UK bachelor degree and I am eligible for a standard E2 visa.

My girlfriend who wants to teach in Korea has completed 2 years of a BA degree (she dropped out after 2 years to care after a relative). She also has a HND. I have read conflicting reports about her eligibility to apply for teaching roles, some recruiters state a 3 (sometimes 4) year degree is absolute minimum criteria to be able to teach. I have read of some positions available on a 2 year degree.

Has anybody had any success in obtaining a role on a 2 year degree? We would preferably want to be in the same school (thus meaning we can share accommodation). However, the same city would be just as suitable for us.

Many thanks in advance.

[ttompatz]

[TomM]

Great stuff,

Many thanks for your response.

We have seen a recruiter www.planetesl.com and they have some positions available.

We're hoping to come over with a job in March.

Are there many positions available on these 2 programmes?

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Harpeau]

Be very wary of recruiters doing whatever it takes~ even lying~ to get your butts over here. They get paid per head. Make sure that she is legit or you will be very dissapointed.

All the best to you.

[TomM]

Many thanks for your kind words,

I'll be approaching recruiters with a degree of trepidation. I only hope for my girlfriends sake we can find her a job (legitimately).

The smaller salary isn't too much of an issue.

Just hope there are some jobs in Busan for us when March comes around.

[hannah85]

hi. im new here on this forum and i was also interested in a teaching position in Korea for A.A. degree holders. If you find out more information, i'd greatly appreciate it if you could give me some 411 as well. I saw very few job posts floating around the internet for A.A. holders but the pay seems to be extremely low.

Thanks in advance!

[EuroFunk]

The GEPIK internship program allows 2 year degree holders (or people who have completed at least 2 years of college) to get a teaching job in Korea. TALK also has the same requirements, the only difference being TaLK elementary schoolers, and less hours (18 compared to 22), while the GEPIK internship allows middle school/high schools.

keep in mind these are public schools, no hoggies. I'm in the market for the internship hunt as well and so far I'm doing alright.

[marlow]

EPIK has level 4 for 2 years of a degree finished. You won't get a job in a city, and the pay is 1.5M per month, or if you will, 7 dollars per hour.

[hannah85]

yea i was disappointed to see that the pay was 1.5M per month. T_T I was hoping i'd take the risk and go ahead and teach privates.

I had 2 other questions, if anyone knows anything then i'd appreciate any info. I heard theres a certain visa that allows people to teach privates legally (i think it was an F something), is that true? My parent's were born and raised in Korea but I was born and raised in the U.S. does this have anything to do with me qualifying for a different type of visa other than the E-2?

sorry to the thread opener for going a bit off topic!

[marlow]

[subicslugger]

GEPIK does offer positions for those holding a 2 year degree. The program however seems to have stalled as there was very little interest from 2 year degree holders and most of these position were left vacant.

GEPIK has now given the full budget for a regular E-2 teacher to all of the schools that were only given budgets for the internship program.

As of right now, it is still possible to get a position with GEPIK holding a 2 year degree, but the program is dying fast.

[rooster_2006]

Is there any rule that says you MUST arrange your public school job through EPIK/GEPIK? I don't actually know, I'm just curious.

The immigration officer I talked to said that all elementary/middle/high schools are fair game for me if I have two years of college (or 1.5 years of college and 0.5 years of Korean language institute). Do I actually need to get a job through EPIK/GEPIK to do those?

I speak good Korean and make a good first impression with 원장님. So is it absolutely essential that I go through GEPIK? That way I could just put on some nice clothes, make some phone calls, get some 면접, and land a job in no time.

[EuroFunk]

[rooster_2006]