Korean Job Discussion Forums

[DaeguKid]

I am curious about this part of the industry here in Korea...I have a stable job, have no intentions on going anywhere but I wonder how do people end up here?

The recruiters back at home! They tell anyone on the phone whatever they want to hear, or maybe I am wrong? How much does a recruiter get paid if their recruit finishes the contract? What is the average finders fee? I noticed the larger chains run their own part of that business....but by how much so?

As well, in your opinion, if you have 10 teachers, how many would finish the contract?

Your first year in Korea is hard. New world, different language, the whole nine yards...but for me, even when my first job here was junk, I know I always did my job and did it well....what makes it hard for one to finish their first contract or any contract for that matter? Is it housing? Pay? Bonus? What makes ones first contract here suck....and to counter that, what makes it good? Your insight on this would be greatly appreciated about this industry and what makes it go around....

thanks
DK

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

Good money, but no matter what you do you're always going to be painted as the bad guy, simply because ESL teachers in Korea, new or old, hate the fact that someone of their own culture is making more money than them. Your pleased clients will send you thankful emails; your pissed off ones will slander you on the Internet.

Advice: don't try to be anyone's babysitter for the commission (they'll skip no matter what), and be discerning. Be really discerning.

[StAxX SOuL]

I understand that recruiters get paid around 800,000W - 1,200,000W per recruit� I'd personally stagger my fees with clients depending on their spec and make sure I took them for the full 1,200,000W when I had a youthful blonde, blue-eyed Canadian or American chick... probably take about 800,000W for a guy with a British accent... there�s a rebate period in there, so if someone skips the recruiter has to replace them with a suitable candidate or forgo / refund the payment�

As a corporate headhunter and recruiter in UK, I can imagine recruiting ESL Teachers would be ridiculously simple knowing the methods and sales we learn in the corporate markets� I had spoken with a couple of friends about taking our corporate experience to Korea and spending a couple of years developing something of this nature that spanned Asia wide, and ultimately globally...

It's not happening right off the bat, but maybe...