PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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If you have a degree in another dicipline, there are other possibilities here. I know foreign profs across the board, from math to education to physics and economics, and everything in between, who have great jobs here in Korea. There are also some fantastic non-language teachers at Korea's better foreign schools at the primary and secondary levels.
If your question pertains strictly to non TEACHING jobs, then there are still opportunities, but they are few and far between: editing (financial or newspaper), finance (with the right schools and certifications/experience), law, journalism, translating, chef/cook, rock and roll band member...hell, I've seen people knitting crap and selling it on the streets!
Couldn't say the same 10 years ago, and perhaps some of the people doing some of the jobs they do here aren't 100% legal, but there are definitely a LOT more options than there used to be. The thing to remember is that Koreans don't look at us here the same way we look at them in our home country. In N. America and W. Europe, it's 'come on in and make a go of it. If you make it, hats off to you.' We compete with people coming in and, like it or not, they're in the same game we are. In Korea, anyone here should be working here to help Korea win it's stuggle against the rest of the world. We're here to make them better. Period. Make no mistake: in most Koreans' minds, it's still very much 'us against them', which is why we are perpetually asked, 'Why do you want to be in Korea, anyway, when you could be in your country?' |
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