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tintinus.
Joined: 21 May 2012
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 Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:15 am Post subject: Homeless in Seoul |
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Am currently statying in Guest house in Seoul, I have applied to 10 recruiters but have heard nothing back. Can not go home as I do not have enough money to live back home.
Really stuck. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:21 am Post subject: Re: Homeless in Seoul |
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| tintinus. wrote: |
Am currently statying in Guest house in Seoul, I have applied to 10 recruiters but have heard nothing back. Can not go home as I do not have enough money to live back home.
Really stuck. |
Got connections, start pounding the pavement.
Flew in on spec then better case a wider net.
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CrikeyKorea
Joined: 01 Jun 2007
Location: Heogi, Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:33 am Post subject: |
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| Legally you can't be here without an on-going ticket. Plus there are heaps of random jobs here and there for people that need them, plus an endless supply of 7-730am business classes that pay around 50000 per hour... |
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Kepler
Joined: 24 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:50 am Post subject: |
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The OP has a history of posting horror stories. One example:
"I worked for a private school, got fired, went to work for another school for three weeks, they then fired me. I found out that the previous employer had cancelled my Visa. I am now working at the new school and they are wondering about my visa status."
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?p=2797705&highlight=#2797705 |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| CrikeyKorea wrote: |
| Legally you can't be here without an on-going ticket. |
Legally you can be in Korea as long as you have a valid stamp in your passport. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| Kepler wrote: |
The OP has a history of posting horror stories. One example:
"I worked for a private school, got fired, went to work for another school for three weeks, they then fired me. I found out that the previous employer had cancelled my Visa. I am now working at the new school and they are wondering about my visa status."
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?p=2797705&highlight=#2797705 |
Short history, too. 8 posts, all similar stories. Either the OP is incredibly unlucky, teaching is not his or her thing (or maybe Korea's not the right place of him or her), or it's a put on. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:58 am Post subject: |
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| 12ax7 wrote: |
| Kepler wrote: |
The OP has a history of posting horror stories. One example:
"I worked for a private school, got fired, went to work for another school for three weeks, they then fired me. I found out that the previous employer had cancelled my Visa. I am now working at the new school and they are wondering about my visa status."
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?p=2797705&highlight=#2797705 |
Short history, too. 8 posts, all similar stories. Either the OP is incredibly unlucky, teaching is not his or her thing (or maybe Korea's not the right place of him or her), or it's a put on. |
I vote for "it's a put on".
No one is that unlucky or that dumb. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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how can you not find a job?
On all the local (area) pages I use for info., there are usually at least about 4 jobs a week being posted.
Do as Tompatz said and cast your net about a bit instead of coming on here and...
I really cant believe youre trying hard enough. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| CrikeyKorea wrote: |
| Legally you can't be here without an on-going ticket. Plus there are heaps of random jobs here and there for people that need them, plus an endless supply of 7-730am business classes that pay around 50000 per hour... |
Perhaps you could expand on this a little for us? |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
how can you not find a job?
On all the local (area) pages I use for info., there are usually at least about 4 jobs a week being posted.
Do as Tompatz said and cast your net about a bit instead of coming on here and...
I really cant believe youre trying hard enough. |
For every job being posted you have about 20 or more people applying for it. The OP is going to have to apply for a ton of those jobs before landing one and they are usually short time non permanent jobs. Another thing if you are putting on the years it's going to be a lot tougher. The OP is going to have to find out where the Hogwans are and hit the streets. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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No. Theyre not. Theyre mostly full time positions for people here who are looking to transfer (at least the ones in Daegu/Busan are anyway...). And if the OP starts applying for them, he/she may be one of the 20 or so people who gets the contract.
Last time I changed jobs, it took me 1 day to find a new position because I went nuts applying for everything (and wasnt being a job-snob).
Dont make excuses for the OP. Mollycoddling people in this situation will only encourage them. He/she needs to get their finger out if their money is dwindling. He/she didnt even ask for any advice anyway - just came on for a bit of a moan. That sounds to me a bit like self pity- nothing pragmatic there. |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:12 am Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| 12ax7 wrote: |
| Kepler wrote: |
The OP has a history of posting horror stories. One example:
"I worked for a private school, got fired, went to work for another school for three weeks, they then fired me. I found out that the previous employer had cancelled my Visa. I am now working at the new school and they are wondering about my visa status."
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?p=2797705&highlight=#2797705 |
Short history, too. 8 posts, all similar stories. Either the OP is incredibly unlucky, teaching is not his or her thing (or maybe Korea's not the right place of him or her), or it's a put on. |
I vote for "it's a put on".
No one is that unlucky or that dumb. |
Not that unlucky, I agree..
But I've met a few who really are that dumb.
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tintinus.
Joined: 21 May 2012
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 4:53 am Post subject: Much appreciated |
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| Thank you for you advice, I will keep trying. And teaching probably isn't my thing. I think Korea is a little sexist actually. This time round is definately not so good. |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:00 am Post subject: Re: Much appreciated |
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| tintinus. wrote: |
| I will keep trying. |
Nowadays if you need a job quickly (ie in under 3 months), you'll have to be repared to accept just about anything.
We're talking split shift kindy hagwon in a village in the provinces for 1.9M.
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| And teaching probably isn't my thing. |
We all know its largely a farce in Korea. But yeah, you have to get good at playing the game to be competitive.
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| I think Korea is a little sexist actually. |
I'm guessing you're a male over 35?
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| This time round is definately not so good. |
I've been trying to warn away people from coming here for the past 2 years, despite the exagerators on here claiming there are jillions of jobs available.
Korea has tanked! Its basically over. Unless you are prepared to accept poor conditions. |
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