Korean Job Discussion Forums

[grant gerstners]

Maybe this is not the best thread to ask this.

I have been a volunteer tutor for adult immigrants on Saturday mornings since last September (December off) and have enjoyed it very much, and given thought to teaching English oversees somewhere.

I have all the documentation I need to work in Korea: diploma, passport, cbc with apostille. Yet something in me hesitates.

I am not new to spending time abroad. But the longest I have lived abroad is 3 months, and that was in Europe.

So I wonder if I could/should go do a volunteer stint first.

Can anyone recommend a volunteer organization in South Korea where I could get my feet wet teaching English? Perhaps at an orphanage? Ideally some place where they'll give me a roof over my head and food to eat.

Thanks.

[ttompatz]

[Steve_Rogers2008]

just jump into it.... go with EPIK or other PS system... it aint rocket science.... and please dont be one of the bleeding heart social worker types out to save the world... that routine gets old fast....


and avoid LotteMart on some Spring days.... that's when the Mormons seem to come out like wasps at the ESL crowd.... good thing I caught John Candy in SPLASH pretending to be a Swede with minimal English skills... and a desire for porn.

[bocceman]

speaking from prior experience, there's a world of difference between teaching while volunteering and while being paid.

if you want to teach, then by all means just trying getting a paying job first. they're plenty of openings here all the time.

[sesyeux]

my time volunteering in cambodia was awesome.
however, as lots of directors are informing me, there is a lot of difference between that and being a fully paid up ESL teacher in korea.
sometimes the kids had to miss classes for 6 weeks to afford a $1 photocopied textbook, i don't know how relevant that is to korea and it's current economic status..
but i'm glad of the experience, it was incredible. if you can, do it.