Korean Job Discussion Forums

[dkteachlife]

Is Gepik all done hiring?
Are there a lot of Hoagwons looking?
When is the natural cycle of contracts ending and beginning?
Do they mostly follow the school year?
March & September?

[ttompatz]

[Ramen]

it's not as hot as it use to be.

[emmahearst]

I think they are hiring in late April, but you can get your paperwork started.

[northway]

[emmahearst]

There's private and public, they hire at different times. Plus there are tons of agencies and recruiters out. Just make sure you get your part ready and you'll get hire, think positive.

[bobbybigfoot]

Temperature: warm.

There are jobs. But fewer and fewer good ones.

More hours, less earning power.

It's an employers market.

[Junior]

[ttompatz]

[kmt36]

New to this site. Appreciate all the wonderful posts filled with insights, experience and knowledge.
Sometimes I noted people can be a bit harsh but overall I am so glad to have found this site.
I'm learning a lot as I decide my next steps to teaching in Korea
Enjoy a great day and happy belated Valentine's Day all.

[bobbybigfoot]

[earthquakez]

Tompatzz - you're the 'go to man' on the Korean side of the cafe. For real. The advice you gave me to pass on to a distraught person was just what was needed for them.

But I think that while Junior expressed it in a sweeping way, the ESL market in Korea IS plunging to new lows. Experienced people with cvs and resumes that have it all over young uns who have just graduated from North American/South African/Irish unis and have never worked in any type of teaching let alone English are, as we speak, being rejected for teaching in Korea.

When the expressed aim of an employer is to get an English teacher yet so many who actually did teach English or do that in some capacity even if they are not a certified English teacher but have the record, are being told no, no, no to any half decent job then there is something wrong with the market. I've talked on another thread about how my circle of friends and acquaintances are telling me for real that their friends and acquaintances can't get anything - and those people have more than what it should take to teach English in Korea. I've mentioned how I've met people like that.

I heard (AGAIN) just last night of experienced (and not necessarily 40 or over) foreigners who have looked for work for some months and not found it. They've been messed around by recruiters, blocked from getting considered for positions in Seoul or another city, even ones like Daegu, becaue they are 'old' which apparently includes anybody in their 30s in a lot of cases, and have been told that if they want to work then maybe they'll be tossed a scrap like a job that pays 2 million to 2.1 million won and has kindy classes in the morning plus other classes going on after hours.

This is a stinker of a job market for many people who er, can teach and have taught English. Recruiters are getting arrogant in ways I have never heard of before during my time in Korea. They are making ridiculous demands in tune with the ridiculous demands of exploitative employers.

[Weigookin74]

[mattdemers]

If you want a job, you'll get one. Easy. (Unless you're of dark skin or very unattractive. Sorry, not my rules).

[Junior]