Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Hollins Gal]

Do you resent the criminal record check?
While I appreciate Korea's security concerns, I think asking for an apostilled unsealed rap sheet is an affront. Why can't theyrun a background check themselves if they are so suspicious? That would answer their security concerns and not insult perfectly innocent ESL teachers.
Meanwhile I know a school in Anseong where the headmistress spent time in the penitentiary and the male Korean teacher (who also happens to be the laziest human being I've ever met) likes to hold the little girls and give them passionate wet kisses until they're able to squirm away.
As someone who has never had so much as a traffic ticket, I call on the foreign population of South Korea to rise up and protest the requirement that we provide our own background check.
At the very least prospective employers should provide us with their rap sheets, and certainly let us know if there are child molesters among the Korean faculty.

[T-J]

I think that everyone that wants to protest the unfair hoops they have to jump through should vote with their feet or shut up. Obviously the feeling of persecution didn't outweigh the benefits of accepting employment here, so why are you now crying foul? Or perhaps you were the one that got dragged here kicking and screaming against your will?

[Adjumas Cheekbones]

And the award for most ridiculous thread goes to...

Mine cost $20 and ten minutes of my time beats letting the paedos join the long list of foreign losers and fat people in korea

[the oak llama]

you need a criminal background check to teach kids in the US. Even to work with kids in any capacity really.

an apostille is kind of a pain, but necessary to show that the document is legitimate.

YOU are applying to work for THEM. The burden of proof is upon YOU to show that you will be a good employee. Just like any other job. It is your responsibility to get your background check, just like it is to show someone a resume or a letter of recommendation.

You are offended because people suspect you are a criminal? It's almost like you're an ethnic minority...weird.

[cruisemonkey]

[Gillian57]

You know, of all the things to whine about, this is not one of them. When MY son was in school, I sure as heck was glad that HIS school did criminal records checks! Am I offended that I need one? Hell no!

The argument that "They don't need one, so why do I?" argument doesn't hold water either. There are a ton of things here in Korea that I don't have to do, that the Korean teachers do have to do, should THEY whine and complain?????

Geesh, sometime I wonder about the emotional maturity of some people.

[tob55]

The CBC comes with the territory. Required by the immigration office. This issue is being discussed at length in one of the stickies on visa concerns. You might place a thread to discuss this there. I doubt you will find a lot of people sympathetic to your poll or your complaint.

Here is the link to the other thread

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=149579

[winterfall]

Don't know what country your from. Any job you take is going to require a criminal check and a drug test. Universities check black lists before they admit students. It's how the world works.

[OiGirl]

To get a criminal record check in the US, you go to the local police station.

I resent that immigration won't look at my CRC because I'm not on an E2.

[The_Source]

I don't resent the idea of having a criminal background check.

I resent HOW Korea requires us to obtain a criminal background check.

I resent having to order my background check from the US and having to wait over 1 month for it to arrive in Korea.

I resent having to re-submit a background check from the US, despite not having been back to the US since the last time I submitted a background check.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Scouse Mouse]

[lifeinkorea]

Let's have background checks every month, you can never be sure who is in a sleeper cell masquerading as an ESL teacher.

[some waygug-in]

Just wait till they demand hourly temperature checks and monthly medical exams like a certain hagwan in another thread.