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LTeach
Joined: 12 Jun 2012
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 Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:17 pm Post subject: How to Apply Directly to Hagwon |
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| Do you have any advice on how to apply directly for a teaching position at a hagwon for a first-time teacher? Where would I go to find these hagwon jobs? Right now I am in the United States. Would I need to be in South Korea first in order to apply if I am not going through a recruiter? I am experiencing HORRIBLE frustration with recruiters at the moment because abstolutely NONE are getting back to me after I've sent in my applications. One did have the courtesy to tell me jobs are slow at this time, which I can understand, but seeing as I already have my apostilled degree and criminal background check, I don't have time to fool around. I hope to start work around mid September or October and I am getting anxious. |
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viciousdinosaur
Joined: 30 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Recruiters are not getting back to you because there aren't jobs right now. If the past you could visit a hagwon and possibly land a job, but I know for a fact that no hagwons in my area are hiring right now. You'd be wasting your time. It hagwons want people they'll place an ad or enlist a recruiter. Simple as that. You knew it was a risk when you ordered your documents. |
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LTeach
Joined: 12 Jun 2012
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes I knew it was a risk - I don't need a lecture. I am wondering if hiring will pick up again soon? Or will I most likely have to wait another year? |
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Dodge7
Joined: 21 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I suggest trying to find something in your field of study. Did you even test the job market back home? |
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LTeach
Joined: 12 Jun 2012
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I want to teach in Korea. End of story. I am asking if I am screwed for a year? |
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gdn35
Joined: 15 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I think August is perhaps a bad time because of holiday etc. Wait a few more weeks and you might find something. Keep persisting and you'll find work, don't give up. It might have been a risk ordering your documents but if you keep looking and keep pestering recruiters etc you ought to find something. |
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viciousdinosaur
Joined: 30 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I want to teach in Korea. End of story. I am asking if I am screwed for a year? |
You are only screwed because you want to be screwed. Your stubbornness in insisting on Korea is screwing you.
Will hiring pick up again in the short-term? No. The sagging job market is a result of low-birth rate, stagnating wages, inflation, public school cut-bucks, and a growing number of 국미의 배우자 and 교포 in country. Korea is becoming similar to Japan's market. I think in a few years we can expect to see the end of airfare and housing in Korea. There are only downward forces with nothing coming up to create growth. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:42 am Post subject: |
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August can be a slow hiring season.
If you have all your documents in hand as you said and are not making overly unrealistic demands, you should be able to land a Hakwon job in Sept or Oct.
You will most likely have to work through a recruiter because most Hakwons prefer to hire recruiters to sift through the mountain of applicants.
What kind of recruiters did you try?
What did you ask for in terms of placement, location, salary, ect?
As for what Dino said, the market in Korea is maturing and morphing into what it became in Japan in the late 1990s. It is also currently a clear employers market due to the high number of applicants. The Middle School / High School job cutbacks will not help as that will release some teachers who are already in Korea for the already in-demand Hakwon market.
Bascially be patient and make sure to present yourself properly and have reasonable demands. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:12 pm Post subject: Re: How to Apply Directly to Hagwon |
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| Do you have any advice on how to apply directly for a teaching position at a hagwon for a first-time teacher? Where would I go to find these hagwon jobs? Right now I am in the United States. Would I need to be in South Korea first in order to apply if I am not going through a recruiter? I am experiencing HORRIBLE frustration with recruiters at the moment because abstolutely NONE are getting back to me after I've sent in my applications. One did have the courtesy to tell me jobs are slow at this time, which I can understand, but seeing as I already have my apostilled degree and criminal background check, I don't have time to fool around. I hope to start work around mid September or October and I am getting anxious. |
You can't.
By and large, hagwans use recruiters because the average hagwan director doesn't speak enough English to read a resume and do an interview.
Unless you can read, write, speak and understand Korean your chances of landing a job in a hagwan directly while you are abroad are slim to none.
If you can read/speak Korean then just do a quick search through naver and you will find all that you seek.
Flying to Korea will have the same results as back home for your average newbie. You still need a recruiter and you lose the airfare (hagwans won't pay for your ticket to Korea and a visa run to Japan).
Public schools have done their hiring for the fall term.
Hagwans won't be hiring till they see their enrollment numbers after the summer holiday.
Patience.
If you are in a rush, look to China. They are starting their fall term now and there are lots of openings. Shop around and you can find jobs with similar benefits and while the pay packages are lower, so is the cost of living so in the end you have the same potential SAVINGS at the end of your year.
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