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Good Will Riker
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 Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:49 am Post subject: Contacting schools DIRECTLY without the help of recruiters. |
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Have any of the teachers here tried contacting the schools that they want to interview with directly without the aid of recruiters?
What methods have you used in going about doing this in the past in order to land interviews and teaching jobs at private or public schools here in Korea? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:36 am Post subject: Re: Contacting schools DIRECTLY without the help of recruite |
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| Good Will Riker wrote: |
Have any of the teachers here tried contacting the schools that they want to interview with directly without the aid of recruiters?
What methods have you used in going about doing this in the past in order to land interviews and teaching jobs at private or public schools here in Korea? |
If you are in Korea AND you have a resume + cover letter done up in English AND Korean then there is no problem walking into the schools in the area you wish to be in and dropping your resume off.
10 resumes will land you at least one or two interviews.
20 will land you a job for sure.
If you are NOT in Korea and /or do not have connections here then you have about the same chance as a snowball in hades of landing a decent job without using a recruiter.
Why not use a recruiter? They cost you nothing and they have connections that you won't have. You are unlikely to land any better deal without one.
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mssinmymind
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| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Is anyone willing to post contact info for the recruiter they used ?? Im not asking for you to "bash" bad ones or "promote" the good ones, because I realize that is considered taboo on Dave's. If you had a good experience with your recruiter and would recommend a "newbie" to use the same, could you please post some contact info ??
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Oliver
Joined: 19 Apr 2008
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: Contacting schools DIRECTLY without the help of recruite |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| Good Will Riker wrote: |
Have any of the teachers here tried contacting the schools that they want to interview with directly without the aid of recruiters?
What methods have you used in going about doing this in the past in order to land interviews and teaching jobs at private or public schools here in Korea? |
If you are in Korea AND you have a resume + cover letter done up in English AND Korean then there is no problem walking into the schools in the area you wish to be in and dropping your resume off.
10 resumes will land you at least one or two interviews.
20 will land you a job for sure. |
As far as Gyeonggi-do and Seoul are concerned, isn't it the case that more and more schools are opting to go to SMOE and GEPIK headquarters for their Native English Teachers? Is it still possible to approach individual schools with a resume? If so, when would be the best time to do so? In preparation for the March and September semesters?
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Why not use a recruiter? They cost you nothing and they have connections that you won't have. You are unlikely to land any better deal without one.
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True, IF you can find an honest one. A dishonest one can do you wrong and leave you in a very bad place. |
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balzor
Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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| mssinmymind wrote: |
Is anyone willing to post contact info for the recruiter they used ?? Im not asking for you to "bash" bad ones or "promote" the good ones, because I realize that is considered taboo on Dave's. If you had a good experience with your recruiter and would recommend a "newbie" to use the same, could you please post some contact info ??
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I am using Korvia and they have done everything I've asked of them including waiting on my slow ass to get documents sent in. |
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maingman
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Location: left Korea
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Oliver
feb/ march best, IMHO |
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longlivetheclash
Joined: 08 Aug 2009
Location: Bundang/Seoul
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| 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] |
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longlivetheclash
Joined: 08 Aug 2009
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| Sorry. My e-mail address is [email protected] |
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LexusNexus
Joined: 05 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:42 am Post subject: Re: Contacting schools DIRECTLY without the help of recruite |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| Good Will Riker wrote: |
Have any of the teachers here tried contacting the schools that they want to interview with directly without the aid of recruiters?
What methods have you used in going about doing this in the past in order to land interviews and teaching jobs at private or public schools here in Korea? |
If you are in Korea AND you have a resume + cover letter done up in English AND Korean then there is no problem walking into the schools in the area you wish to be in and dropping your resume off.
10 resumes will land you at least one or two interviews.
20 will land you a job for sure.
If you are NOT in Korea and /or do not have connections here then you have about the same chance as a snowball in hades of landing a decent job without using a recruiter.
Why not use a recruiter? They cost you nothing and they have connections that you won't have. You are unlikely to land any better deal without one.
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ttompatz,
Thanks for the info. I've been reading you for some time and I appreciated it. |
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Whitey Otez
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: The suburbs of Seoul
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Here's the thing about Korean culture: introductions are incredibly important here. Guys don't just walk up to girls and awkwardly ask them out; they require a third party to introduce them so they have an arm to sock when things go south.
Recruiters do the same thing. A foreigner imposing himself on a school from afar causes the hairs on the back of a director's neck to stand up, no matter how awesomely qualified a teacher may be. Recruiters are simply a necessary part of the process. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:06 am Post subject: |
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| longlivetheclash wrote: |
| 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] |
What's the name of this hagwon? |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:06 am Post subject: |
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Is it still possible to approach individual schools with a resume? |
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If so, when would be the best time to do so? In preparation for the March and September semesters?
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Probably after the semest1er begins. No foreign teachers can result in much panic.
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| Whitey Otez wrote: |
Here's the thing about Korean culture: introductions are incredibly important here. Guys don't just walk up to girls and awkwardly ask them out; they require a third party to introduce them so they have an arm to sock when things go south.
Recruiters do the same thing. A foreigner imposing himself on a school from afar causes the hairs on the back of a director's neck to stand up, no matter how awesomely qualified a teacher may be. Recruiters are simply a necessary part of the process. |
Not true in all cases. Plus, many schools are wary of dishonest recruiters. |
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