Korean Job Discussion Forums

[nenarodri]

Good evening everyone,
I recently applied to the GEPIK program using Korvia and have begun to exchange emails with a recruiter named Sarah Yang. I was hoping someone here might have heard of her. I looked up her name on the Korvia website but it doesn't give me much information except for her contact info.
I appreciate the help.

Thank You
Beatrice

[wiganer]

My experience with Korvia was that I was lined up to get a PS job with them when one of their recruiters (Juno Suh) rang my nasty, vindictive bitch of a co-teacher who told them a great big pile of shite about my abilities and work ethic and then I was placed on the KFTRA blacklist without my knowledge or even without asking my side of the story.

To cut a long story short, I ended up getting hold of my blacklist file and after threatening Korvia, KFTRA and my old co-teacher with legal action - my file was removed, if it wasn't for the fact that I am in China - I would have persued legal action regardless.

So - to any teacher who has contacted Korvia for a job and ended up getting frozen out of the Korean job market. The same probably happened to you. I wouldn't trust Korvia as far as I could throw their office building. (Henry Oh is a bigshot in KFTRA)

[ThingsComeAround]

Interesting. I had a good experience with them, however unfortunately the recruiter I used is no longer with the company. (I met her had she is a really sweet girl, hope she is on to bigger and better things ^^ )

[notinKS]

I had nothing but wonderful help from them. I started the process in February and emailed my recruiter once or twice a week until I left in June. She would email back within a day or two at the most. I had Joyce Kim...not the same person, but I wouldn't be surprised if you would have just as much luck as I did.

[shostahoosier]

[TheresaTheresa]

I like Joyce at Korvia - very professional.

[Donkey Beer]

They offered me some jobs and flaked when I used them.

[jaybert06]

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[Slowmotion]

I had Henry Oh. He's a Korean-kiwi who is fluent in Korean and English. He helped me land a good job at a public school and I'm still at that very same school.