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austrian123
Joined: 15 Oct 2010
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 Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 5:02 am Post subject: A couple of Questions about teaching in Korea |
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1) Is it true that the esl market is saturated? I know a Canadian gyopo who landed a teaching job at a hagwon with no prior experience and received 2.8 million + benefits and housing. This was about 1.5 - 2 years ago. Based on reading some comments on this board from people complaining that they can't find jobs, I was wondering how this gyopo got it so good.
Having said this, what is the expected starting salary for a gyopo with no prior experience these days?
2) I live in Canada...where the air is clean and land is spacious with grass and trees. Will I be able to cope with living in Korea where there are no grass and trees and where living conditions are crowded and the environment is polluted. Will I be able to cope? |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 5:14 am Post subject: |
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| There are lots of trees here, just no grass to be seen whatsoever. As for the air, I really don't think it's much worse than any other major city around the world. |
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sulperman
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:00 am Post subject: Re: A couple of Questions about teaching in Korea |
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| austrian123 wrote: |
2) I live in Canada...where the air is clean and land is spacious with grass and trees. Will I be able to cope with living in Korea where there are no grass and trees and where living conditions are crowded and the environment is polluted. Will I be able to cope? |
Everyone has slightly different ideas about your #1. What everyone will agree upon is that it is not as ridiculously easy to get a job as it once was. I still, personally, think it is pretty easy as long as you present yourself well. Far easier than any job back home that is. Saturated? No. Competitive? Still, not really. Can you pick and choose from job listings like in the past? Maybe not.
As for #2- you can answer this better than anybody else. Do you start to hyperventilate when you cant go walk in the forest after a few hours?
Naw, but really, nature is everywhere here. You can take the subway a short ride from ANYWHERE in Seoul to mountains for hiking. And if you aren't in Seoul, nature is surrounding you. Don't let that worry you. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| 2) I live in Canada...where the air is clean and land is spacious with grass and trees. Will I be able to cope with living in Korea where there are no grass and trees and where living conditions are crowded and the environment is polluted. Will I be able to cope? |
They do have grass and trees in Korea you know....
As for space, it depends where you live in Korea. If you are unable to deal with congested crowded cities, best steer clear of big cities in Korea. |
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thegadfly
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:07 am Post subject: |
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OP,
You won't be able to cope. Stay in Canada. |
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