Korean Job Discussion Forums

[ritter]

Hello Forums Universe!
I�m looking to come back to Korea and I�m hoping some of you out there might assist me with my job search. I want to do as much as I can to ensure I�m signing on for something with good conditions and semi happy teachers.
I worked for a year in Seoul at a so-so school. No horror stories, just managers that were jerks and my vacation days being on random Tuesdays spread over the year.
My second school was something much more difficult to deal with (like being threatened to not get paid when my boss was having a bad day and so on) so I left after 6 months.
I know there are happy working folk in Korea. I�d like to be one of them.
If anyone has any leads on openings, school names to look into, etc. please let me know.

Thanks a bunch<3
C

[VanIslander]

My first three years in Korea were at a great little hagwon in Okpo, Geoje Island. The couple who run it are fantastic and I never, ever had a moment's trouble with them. They even pay pension.

The one-foreign teacher hagwon is hiring now (I just found out) and if I had known beforehand, and hadn't just gone through the process of getting a new E-2 visa in another province, I would have probably snapped it up and returned there for another year.

I love those guys. I've posted tons on Dave's about my happy three years in Okpo.

Whomever gets that job won't have to lose a night's sleep over anything. A good hagwon is golden and it's a good hagwon.

[World Traveler]

[kinerry]

[sheba]

[ritter]

Gee, that's super helpful guys. Thanks for the island tip tho

I sorta had my heart set on Seoul, I tried quiet island life the second time around. Things got really boring and small once beach season was over.

Schools in the big city anybody?

[Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida]

Try YBM.

[eschoonard]

No comments... just listening!

[air76]

What you need to do is talk to a couple of the foreign teachers at the school before you sign...if the recruiter won't give you telephone numbers for current teachers then avoid the school. While there is a tiny chance that a foreigner would tell you that a school is great when it's really crap, either because they are afraid their boss will get angry and take it out on them or maybe their boss offered them a commission to say that the school is good, the odds are that most people will give you honest info.

I think that a lot of people think that it's either Seoul or rural town....there are a lot of mid-sized cities in Korea where you'll find plenty of foreigners, foreign bars, and so on. Any city with over 250,000 people will certainly at least have a foreign community of 100 or so....and that's not even counting the 600-1,000,000 range cities like Jeonju, Daejeon, Cheongju, etc. Personally, I think that living in a town of 200,000 is perfect in Korea, there are enough foreigners there that you can still choose your friends, but few enough that there is still a family feel to the community.

[daddy daycare]

try jungchul academy in siheung.....

hahah

what a joke

[longlivetheclash]

The school where I teach is looking for a new native English teacher. It is a very good hagwon located in Jukjeon (Yongin/Bundang). Please contact me for further details... 010-2595-0197 or e-mail: [email protected]