Korean Job Discussion Forums

[willamangiro]

I've only just started applying for jobs teaching in Korea, and ive noticed that the deadlines for most of the public school applications seem to have passed. Are there any public school jobs that can still be applied for? I dont mind working outside of a major city.

Any help would be awesome. Thanks in advance.

Will

[Oliver]

Yeah, I think the deadlines for the educational boards have passed. You might be able to find a school who are looking for a teacher through a recruiter. Though many schools do want experience, especially those near seoul.

I've heard that there are a high number of applicants for jobs this year, especially from the UK.

[Deep Thirteen]

There are still positions, and there probably will be even into the year. Just have a look at the job board. Talk to a recruiter of your choice.

[sheba]

Yep job board. Ive seen some very recent advertisements for public school positions.

[Nuggets]

got a reply from 'footprints recruiting' today and they said they have 10 smoe positions allotted to them. I gave up a gepik position (esl planet) so there's one more out for grabs. Public schools want either experience, certification, or an educational degree before they'll consider you. If not, you'll have to go for a hagwon like Avalon who takes newbies all the time. Gave up one of those two when my smoe position fell onto my lap last week. Best of luck!

[nomad-ish]

anyone can get a public school position as long as you meet the E-2 visa requirements of korea (degree from an english university in one of the seven designated countries).

[air76]

It is nonsense saying that all public schools require certification or experience...I don't work at public school (thank god) but EVERY SINGLE public school teacher I know in Korea started with not one day of teaching experience and not a single one of them studied education or have any kind of certification.

Public school jobs open up all year long, people are always doing runners, or smaller country schools are getting their first foreign teacher, or teachers have to quit for one reason or another, and then you have the teachers leaving at the end of their contract who took the job last year or the year before at an off-cycle time.

If you tell all of the recruiters that you'll take a public school job anywhere in the country, you'll be in Korea in 2-3 weeks time, or as soon as you can get your paperwork together.

[Nuggets]

[broken76]

Pretty much jobs through public school boards are closed. Some schools choose not to receive teachers from the school boards and will look independently and will have positions open. Overall though the competition is extremely high so if this is your first year teaching and you have no ESL certification it's going to be difficult finding anything.
GEPIK right now has 5 applicants for every position. I know of public schools literally receiving 30+ resumes for their single position so it's definitely not an easy thing for a new teacher to get a position at a public school.