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PeterDragon
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samd
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| Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:02 am Post subject: |
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I would say that if you have to ask on this forum, then you're probably not that well equipped to be a recruiter.
If you don't speak Korean, and don't have any connections that will lead to a business partner, then what would you have to offer to a recruitment agency to convince them to hire you? |
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Yesterday
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Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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| Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:16 am Post subject: Re: I want to be a recruiter. How do I find a business partn |
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I've been researching recruitment for several months now, and I think it's something I want to do.
As far as I can tell, it's pretty much impossible to recruit unless you're partnered with someone with a Korean business license and the ability to speak Korean fluently or near-fluently when dealing with the schools.
What's the best way to find such a partner? Is it possible to "cold call" local recruitment agencies and offer them my services? has anyone else had experience with this? |
I am a foreigner - a teacher (8 years) and also have been a part-time recruiter for over 6 years.
I only do recruiting (part-time) on the side - for companies wanting to place teachers into Public schools.
And even part-time - often starts off with early morning phone calls, heaps of email to sort through, constant bargaining with teachers and late night phone calls.
Trust me - as a Foreigner who may not speak Korean - you should not even be thinking about becoming a Full-time recruiter.
The legalities are difficult (getting yourself a business license/visa etc) and recruiting foreign teachers may seem easy to you - however - there are always problems...
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trust me - they don't need you and they don't want you...
They already have many, many applications from teachers each day - and what they do is sort through the emails - pick the ones that look good, set up a meeting with those teachers and either employ those teachers or place them into schools.
Trust me - the rest of the applications are just discarded - so there is no shortage of teachers - they don't need someone like you to find the teachers for them - they already have enough teachers -
they just need to negotiate with teachers who may not have all their documents, are too fussy/demanding/greedy, and/or just don't seem suitable.
They don't need your services for that - and it�s not something I recommend getting into - as you may have noticed from this board - Foreign teachers in Korea are a mixture of unusual people.
However, if you still think you can do it - for sure - go ahead - but don't quit your day job - because you will need the money from your day job to pay the rent and bills.
Then problems DO occur - when a teacher who you thought was a lovely, talented, smart teachers turns out to be a criminal, gets caught taking drugs, or just acts badly at school - the blame all gets put back onto you - believe me - Immigration calls you in to investigate you - when they catch a "bad" foreigner - who did something bad - as you were the recruiter - you also get in trouble..
Then, sometimes - the teacher has problems as the school (even though half the time - the teacher is causing the problems) - and they blame everything on you - for giving them the job.
Sometimes - as a recruiter it�s a lose-lose situation.
p.s. � do you want to wear a suit everyday? |
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PeterDragon
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