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triple50
Joined: 06 Jul 2010
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 Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:19 am Post subject: How long does it take to find a position? |
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| I just started submitting my information to recruiters about two weeks ago and am hoping to start teaching in Korea by early September. Is this reasonable? I'm very open to the children's age that I teach and if its a public or private school. I would really like to be near Seoul but will even compromise on that. As I'm very new to all this I would really like to know what people's experience is on how long it took to find a position. Thanks |
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recessiontime
Joined: 21 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:20 am Post subject: |
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I was physically in Korea 2 weeks after getting hold of a recruiter. You might want to consider getting one.
maybe. |
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SeoulNate
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
Location: Hyehwa
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:31 am Post subject: |
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I hate to say it, but it depends on appearance and age.
If you are white and <30, then you will have about 100 job offers in a week. If not, it will take a little longer.
If you are open about where you work, as you claimed, it wont take long even if you look like the stay-puff marshmallow man. |
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triple50
Joined: 06 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| I'm a black man and was worried that might be the hold up. I've sent my information to many recruiters over the past 2 weeks but have yet to get any offers. I have my BA and masters degree so I figured I would be an attractive candidate and things would move faster. Well I guess all I can do is wait. Thanks for the replies. |
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SunDevil Dre
Joined: 07 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| triple50 wrote: |
| I'm a black man and was worried that might be the hold up. I've sent my information to many recruiters over the past 2 weeks but have yet to get any offers. I have my BA and masters degree so I figured I would be an attractive candidate and things would move faster. Well I guess all I can do is wait. Thanks for the replies. |
Have you had any phone interviews with recruiters? That usually happens before they send your info to schools. If you have all of your documents ready and a degree in English or Education, or TEFL certificate, I think recruiters will give you higher priority. |
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wjf1
Joined: 14 Apr 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:39 am Post subject: |
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| I think you could get a job instantly if you have all your visa documents in place. Although to be fair I have no idea how much of a factor skin colour is over there. I'd hate to think that is the reason you've received no job offers. |
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CSlinguist
Joined: 11 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| triple50 wrote: |
| I'm a black man and was worried that might be the hold up. I've sent my information to many recruiters over the past 2 weeks but have yet to get any offers. I have my BA and masters degree so I figured I would be an attractive candidate and things would move faster. Well I guess all I can do is wait. Thanks for the replies. |
Hi there I wanted to give you my experiences thus far. I am a half black and half Spanish woman and I have a BA in Linguistics/ Psychology and I have been studying Korean for 4 years. I think that race matters a good amount because I have been searching for a position in Korea since May and have only recently been successful in getting job offers (in areas that are mad rural and small and def not in areas close to Seoul). My case in point is my friend who is white and female and got offered a hagwon gig in Incheon in under a month. Her major is not lingustics or English (which are most desired by schools) and she doesn't speak Korean except for a few phrases and words.
However, Hagwon's are, in my opinion, not really interested in whether you will be a good teacher or not, they just want someone who looks in their opinion (and the opinions of the tuition paying parents) REALLY American (i.e White, Blue eyes, Blond hair, thin, attractive). So you might get the raw end of the deal in terms of location if you go the hagwon route (which I wouldnt personally recommend doing).
In my opinion I feel like going for public schools via GEPIK/ EPIK/ SMOE is safer because these programs are government run and provide a little more job security (i.e they, most of the time, cant just fire you because they feel like it, which hagwons do alot it seems)
But overall I know of some Black people that are working in Korea now and it may be a little more difficult to score that position you're looking for but if you're patient and a little flexible it'll happen.  Hope that helps! |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| If you're willing to consider a smaller city, you can get placed. The strangest I've seen was a black Ugandan working in a hagwon in a city of 200,000 somewhere near Daejeon or Daegu (not sure). He spoke english with a heavy accent but somehow manged to get a job. |
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SunDevil Dre
Joined: 07 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| CSlinguist wrote: |
| triple50 wrote: |
| I'm a black man and was worried that might be the hold up. I've sent my information to many recruiters over the past 2 weeks but have yet to get any offers. I have my BA and masters degree so I figured I would be an attractive candidate and things would move faster. Well I guess all I can do is wait. Thanks for the replies. |
Hi there I wanted to give you my experiences thus far. I am a half black and half Spanish woman and I have a BA in Linguistics/ Psychology and I have been studying Korean for 4 years. I think that race matters a good amount because I have been searching for a position in Korea since May and have only recently been successful in getting job offers (in areas that are mad rural and small and def not in areas close to Seoul). My case in point is my friend who is white and female and got offered a hagwon gig in Incheon in under a month. Her major is not lingustics or English (which are most desired by schools) and she doesn't speak Korean except for a few phrases and words.
However, Hagwon's are, in my opinion, not really interested in whether you will be a good teacher or not, they just want someone who looks in their opinion (and the opinions of the tuition paying parents) REALLY American (i.e White, Blue eyes, Blond hair, thin, attractive). So you might get the raw end of the deal in terms of location if you go the hagwon route (which I wouldnt personally recommend doing).
In my opinion I feel like going for public schools via GEPIK/ EPIK/ SMOE is safer because these programs are government run and provide a little more job security (i.e they, most of the time, cant just fire you because they feel like it, which hagwons do alot it seems)
But overall I know of some Black people that are working in Korea now and it may be a little more difficult to score that position you're looking for but if you're patient and a little flexible it'll happen. Hope that helps! |
I'm black too and just started applying like the OP, so I appreciate the insight on your search(even though it's a little discouraging  ). |
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shostahoosier
Joined: 14 Apr 2009
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