Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Kevtron]

Just kinda curious what all us foreigners often wear for our uni gigs? Back home as a GTA I wore whatever I wanted, and I remember some profs being pretty casual, while others wore suits.

Here I see most of the Korean faculty wearing suits, and it seems that a many of the foreigners adopt a slightly more casual approach.

[cdninkorea]

Suit, no tie. Most of my co-workers are less formal though.

[bluelake]

Twenty years ago, after I returned to Korea to teach university, I always wore a suit and tie; they were my work clothes. Over the years, I became quite a bit more casual, although I still dress nicely. Although I no longer wear a suit and tie (except for special occasions), I generally wear nice slacks and shirt. If it is my day-off or out of my teaching hours, I might be a bit more casual when I visit my office.

[grunden]

I think the better educated you are, the less you have to
dress up. For those with online degrees, better dress up

[yingwenlaoshi]

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Might as well all be Ding Ding Dang.

[earthbound14]

I wear jeans, chino pants, or suit pants with a nice silk (read: Rayon) or coton dress shirt (never a short sleeve....I prefer to role my sleeves, I hate those poncy short sleeve dress shirts), nice silk tie (I hate cheap Korean ties, especially the pink ones with sparkles). In the fall and winter I wear a suit jacket (wool) with a cardigan or v neck sweater (hey, it's cold). I don't wear dress shoes, I wear a nice pair of full leather shoes or my motorcycle boots.

I'm not a big fan of Korean office attire, talk about attack of the effeminate clones. Not that being effeminate is bad, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a sure sign of that. It's just that Korean business men dress like gay guys without the added benefit of style.

[tzechuk]

I teach Business, and I am the dept. chair, so I go in suits. I am also relatively young and a woman, so I need to power dress to ...uh.. make me look a bit older and hopefully people will take me a bit more seriously...

On my off days and I go to my office, people think I am one of the students...

[Kevtron]

[tzechuk]

[Kevtron]

True. It's fun a bit, and it does get a bit old. That's also the main reason I feel that I need to dress up. I do not want to look like a student when I'm teaching.