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nschornak · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Location: Seattle, WA

Just curious if anyone has gone through this agency. I tried the search function so as not to repost but it wasn't working. They seem pretty put together but I can always use second opinions/ experiences... Also are there any recruiters out there that people just rave about?? Thanks all for any info.

electricbarbarella · Joined: 05 Aug 2009

I've been working with them for about three weeks. They are very nice and speak flawless English (at least the one I'm working with), however they don't seem to have very many jobs available at the moment. I need to get moving out soon!

I put my name in at two other agencies just to be safe. Wink

shazo · Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Location: Chicago

They were nice enough, but they wanted me to send my documents to them before they had even started the job search process. That forces you to take a job through them. Really didn't like that, so I decided to use another recruiter (or three).

Gnawbert · Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Location: The Internet

nschornak · Joined: 07 Aug 2009 Location: Seattle, WA

Do you have a web address for adventure teaching??

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

Park English spams everyone with the photos and far too much of what I'd call personal information of teachers who have applied with them.

If you don't mind having your photo and information about you mass e-mailed to people which can include other teachers, immigration officials (no proof of that, but it would be theoretically possible), and possibly YOUR SCHOOL you may already be working with, then you may want to give it some consideration.

Tjames426 · Joined: 06 Aug 2006

Park English does have jobs open. They just do not have positions in Seoul.

They have at one Cheongju city position needing filled on September 1st.

rayne · Joined: 05 Aug 2009

sokocanuck21 · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Location: Ansan

I am one of the lucky ones who receives those spam emails.
It shows 10 or 15 photos of teachers, along with their name, age and where they're from.
Very odd to say the least.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

I almost posted an example once, but decided I'd be perpetuation a bad thing.

It's pretty awful, IMHO.

SweetTea · Joined: 14 Jul 2009

My experience with them has been good, so far (it's only been 3 weeks on the job). The other foreign teachers working at my hagwon in the Seoul metropolitan area have not been cheated (but this hagwon is new and has been open for less than a year). I have found out that I do not like working with middle schoolers. I am kind of stressed out but I guess it's part of the job. I have an F-4 visa. The recruiter's English (I spoke to Lena) was good and they put me in touch with an American who was working for Park English and had taught in Korea before.

Smee · Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do

rayne · Joined: 05 Aug 2009

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

I don't have so much of a problem with the webpage, but spam e-mailing schools and other teachers with so much personal information attached to photos is downright bad.

Smee · Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do

Maybe "resume photo" was the wrong term. I mean that people think these photos are appropriate to send when applying for jobs. It's a sad indictment of the Korean English industry as well that these are the photos schools expect from "teachers."