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niftyness · Joined: 05 Jul 2009

my recruiter seems to get testy when i ask him informed questions (from reading the forums) anyone else experiencing this?

it just seems like he wants someone he can take for a ride and it really irks me. I would talk to another recruiter but I don't want to seem difficult.

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oftenadrift · Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Location: South Korea

Recruiters are a dime a dozen. Ask your questions and if they don't like it, too bad. Worst they can do is ignore you (no loss there). You're looking to sign a year of your life away, and being informed is really important. That is not being difficult, its being smart.

A decent recruiter will expect your questions and answer them. I recommend using a couple different ones until you find a match. Just remember a lot of the shadier recruiters WANT you to be ignorant, and take you for a ride. If something seems weird/too good to be true/suspicious, trust your gut.

niftyness · Joined: 05 Jul 2009

thanks often! Do you think you can PM me so I can ask you a few more questions?? Surprised

oftenadrift · Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Location: South Korea

Can you ask here? I haven't posted enough on this account to PM yet. I have been much more of a lurker for years Smile

kiknkorea · Joined: 16 May 2008

If a recruiter can't deal with people in a decent way, they are in the wrong business.

By all means, get a different recruiter if this one is hostile like you say. Perhaps they don't really know that much themselves about the job, so they feel uncomfortable when you ask questions. That's their problem not yours!

You've consulted them about making a huge commitment to move and spend time working in a foreign country. Of course you have questions. They have to know that and be willing and able to assist you. If that's too much to ask, then look at another recruiter.

Best of luck!

bluethree · Joined: 20 May 2009

Yeah I just had the same thing happen to me. One of the recruiters I was talking to got testy and demanding when I didn't reply in less than a day about a hagwon job. I told him that, while I was sorry for not getting to him sooner, I felt the tone of his message was very rude and I wouldn't feel comfortable working with him anymore. In response he outright said "Fine, I don't care about you, get a job on your own".

Thankfully this doesn't seem to be the norm - I've had some recruiters not reply to me or whatever but nothing like this. As others said, there are plenty of other recruiters out there and you're bound to find a decent one eventually.

lifeinkorea · Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Location: somewhere in China

Back in 2007, I had a recruiter line me up with my first possible hagwon job. She was very nice and answered all of my questions. Then, on a Friday, she emailed me, "A travel agent will send you an email about your flight details".

I get an email the next day as she stated, but in the email it asked for my credit card number. LOL, I never heard from them again.

Justsurfin12 · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:53 am Post subject:

niftyness · Joined: 05 Jul 2009

who is your recruiter? i want HIM!

PigeonFart · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

I hate dealing with middle-men....especially korean ones and their korean business manners (or lack of). I've had my fair share of rude recruiters. One told me to "drop dead." What an ignorant *beep*.

Why don't more schools do their own advertising? It would be so much better to have the 2 interested parties deal with each other (i.e. employeer, and potential employee).

The school could put a good job advert on Daves (ok it might cost them) or Craigs List or WorknPlay website...with a link to a YouTube video showing school and accomodation. They could give standard info on job condidtions and location.

The school could make one BIG pre-prepared email with lots of FAQs/attachments/photos/more detailed info/standard contract that they could instantly send to any potential email enquiry. This would ensure rapid self-selection of those who are genuinely interested in an interview. So the school would know that anyone who requests an interview is pretty much 90% interested in the job.

I've had phone interviews with schools (arranged by useless recruiters) that i ended after only a few seconds once i heard about their basic job conditions. What a waste of time for me and the school! The recruiter has an interest in not keeping us informed, they want us to talk to the school so that the school thinks the recruiter has lots of teachers on its books. Well its a bloody waste of time. Cut out the middle man thats what i say. But its up to the school to get up off its ass and make some effort.

SFValley · Joined: 18 Jun 2009

Justsurfin12 · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:28 pm Post subject: