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techselector
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 Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:19 pm Post subject: do employers worry about grades on transcript? |
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hello everyone, quick question:
do employers in Korea generally worry about your grades on your college transcript? i'm an excellent student now, but i left my previous institution with some less than stellar grades. I have a few F's on there. nowadays i'm cranking out a 4.0 semester GPA nearly every time. just hoping my past doesn't hold me down with regards to my career in ESL abroad.
my general impression is that it's not very important. if i've got a degree that may meet most employer's requirements. thoughts? by all means correct me if i'm wrong. |
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Knucklehead
Joined: 06 Jan 2008
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nope,
the transcripts aren't for your employer, anyway. They're for immigration. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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The apostilled diploma is for immigration. Any required transcripts is for the employer. Employer's probably give them some consideration, but not as much as the host of other superficial things that are looked at, like good looks, a succesful interview, being lucky enough to have been hired by a decent hagwon at your previous hagwon or public school  position, or for Americans your a really cool guy so you have plenty of good recommendations . |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:45 pm Post subject: Re: do employers worry about grades on transcript? |
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| techselector wrote: |
hello everyone, quick question:
do employers in Korea generally worry about your grades on your college transcript? i'm an excellent student now, but i left my previous institution with some less than stellar grades. I have a few F's on there. nowadays i'm cranking out a 4.0 semester GPA nearly every time. just hoping my past doesn't hold me down with regards to my career in ESL abroad.
my general impression is that it's not very important. if i've got a degree that may meet most employer's requirements. thoughts? by all means correct me if i'm wrong. |
Some employers care. They will ask for transcripts and check your subjects, grades etc. Most will not.
Immigration no longer requires transcripts. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:26 am Post subject: Re: do employers worry about grades on transcript? |
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| ontheway wrote: |
| techselector wrote: |
hello everyone, quick question:
do employers in Korea generally worry about your grades on your college transcript? i'm an excellent student now, but i left my previous institution with some less than stellar grades. I have a few F's on there. nowadays i'm cranking out a 4.0 semester GPA nearly every time. just hoping my past doesn't hold me down with regards to my career in ESL abroad.
my general impression is that it's not very important. if i've got a degree that may meet most employer's requirements. thoughts? by all means correct me if i'm wrong. |
Some employers care. They will ask for transcripts and check your subjects, grades etc. Most will not.
Immigration no longer requires transcripts. |
The vast majority of schools and recruiters won't even read what courses you took. |
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techselector
Joined: 17 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:40 am Post subject: |
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as i suspected, but good news nonetheless.
thank you all for your replies.
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| or for Americans your a really cool guy so you have plenty of good recommendations |
young_clinton i didn't quite catch your meaning there, care to elaborate? |
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Heisenberg87
Joined: 08 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| techselector, I second your concerns my gpa was less than stellar |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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When I got my interview at my awesome hagweon that I'm working, my boss didn't even considered about my university grades. He was more concerned whether I was a Catholic or Protestant and whether I could understand Korean or not.
You'll be surprised, there are a lot of hagweon franchises that worries about your religious affiliation than your old grades. It's a fortunate fact that I love my church and my workplace!  |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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| NohopeSeriously wrote: |
When I got my interview at my awesome hagweon that I'm working, my boss didn't even considered about my university grades. He was more concerned whether I was a Catholic or Protestant and whether I could understand Korean or not.
You'll be surprised, there are a lot of hagweon franchises that worries about your religious affiliation than your old grades. It's a fortunate fact that I love my church and my workplace! |
True. The other things they like to ask about are:
-Are you single?
-Do you know Korean food?
-What do you think about Korean women? (Seriously, I've been asked that at more than one interview.)
Seriously though, the photo attached to your application will be scrutinized a LOT more than your transcripts. |
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Heisenberg87
Joined: 08 Jan 2012
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| How about public schools? I'm working on applying to both GEPIK and EPIK. It seems like they request the transcripts AFTER the position is offered. Would they reject the offer after seeing a GPA that is less than a 3 overall? |
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fosterman
Joined: 16 Nov 2011
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| Troglodyte wrote: |
True. The other things they like to ask about are:
-Are you single?
-Do you know Korean food?
-What do you think about Korean women? (Seriously, I've been asked that at more than one interview.)
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this is so true, I now answer like this because the truth only opens up more questions.
Are you single? NO.
do you know Korean food? yes, I don't like it, it's to spicy.
What do you think about Korean women? I don't think anything.
they are not my style. |
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