Korean Job Discussion Forums

[BoholDiver]

I am on the job hunt and I sort of like it. Except for one thing: Recruiters.

I freakin' hate recruiters.

Here are some of the things going on these days:

1. Not reading my resume. I ask for a certain thing: age of students, location, time frame, etc. They offer me something way out of left field.

2. Not replying to mails but then continuing to send me regular updates of available jobs. Well dude, if you don't want to work with me, stop sending me crap.

3. Not reading mails. I got one last week and I replied with a few questions. No response. A week later, the identical introduction e-mail came again.

I am starting to get bolder and more snotty when dealing with these jerks. I just got a text message a minute ago offering me this job:

Duck Jeong In?? 1-8 pm, 1.8 million. I messaged to him 'Not a chance'.

Some other dude did #3, I told him to read my mail and answer my questions before contacting me again. No response. I guess he wasn't able to place me immediately and make a quick buck so he wasn't interested.

#2 has happened recently with a certain recruiter whose initials are DK. The guy is a clown, I don't want to do business with him.

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[marsavalanche]

1.8? I've never even seen that on the job board or from recruiters..... can anyone link me too this?

I've never seen anything under 2.0.

Yea some recruiters are bad, some are good. Thing is, right now they are giving you the jobs no one wants. So I'm assuming you're being flexible with them (which is not the way to go about it) or it's your first year in Korea so they're trying to hustle you. Either way, be firm, and the good recruiters will send you the good jobs.

[BoholDiver]

I got the 1.8 offer by text. I can believe they'd do it, but not to an F-2 teacher.

There is a job on worknplay right now that is offering 15,000 an hour for book editing. That's even lower than phone teaching.

[jrwhite82]

Bohol - I tried using a bunch of a recruiters, but all the hagwon stuff I found out there is CRAP. Does your family have any connections? That's probably your best bet.

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[PatrickGHBusan]

Recruiters...the never ending debate!

Basically use them for what they are: middle men who have access to a large pool of job offers. They save you the time it would take to sift through all the job adverts.

It can be frustrating but they are kind of unavoidable when you lok for work in Korea.

Still, if you have been in Korea for a while, you should technically be able to find a job without recruiters through the people you know and because you know the place pretty well.

As for recruiters, remember that most of them deal with the entry-level teaching positions and that the market is flooded with applicants who are fresh grads looking for work. If you are experienced and looking for more, applying for these jobs puts you at a disadvantage because the employer in an applicant flooded market will take the fresh grad over you 9 times out of 10 for that entry-level job (ex: PS job).

So what you need to do is reasearch the market, make contacts and apply in places that look for experience and are willing to pay for it, usually those places do not use recruiters all that much...

Good luck.

[Junior]

[marsavalanche]

[BoholDiver]

It's better than the TALK program. Other than that, I have nothing good to say about it.

[cyui]

Wait, untill the day you're "not a chance" becomes a "go to hell"

You WILL then realize just how bold u really have become.

[BoholDiver]

If this continues, I will be there in a week or so.

Am I the only one who thinks offering jobs via text is crass?

[cyui]

No. Send a "go to hell" text back.

[wylies99]