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[Faminista]

Long story short, my Hagwon agreed to terminate my contract early. Finished nine months out of the twelve. This was a little over a year ago. I recently interviewed for a position in Korea that aligns perfectly with my education, skills, and abilities, but I turned it down because I ended up receiving a better offer here (United States). However, the offer I accepted has a contract length of ten months, so I'll be in the wind again starting next summer. My interest was piqued by the offer from Korea -- it was significantly more than I made as a teacher when I was there -- and when my contract is finished come next summer, I'd like to start looking for similar positions.

So my question is this: Has anybody had an identical situation? Would an employer there question why I left before the full term of my contract? Should I even bother referencing that work experience or would I be better off leaving it off my resume entirely?

[midwesty8]

Faminista, were you able to find something in Korea again? I have a similar experience. I didn't finish my last contract and would like to go back to Korea, preferably public.

My question is should I just leave off my previous experience? If I were to get an interview w a public school would they be able to find out about previous experience?

[MiXX]

Just leave it off or make up some experience.

I did both. On top of quitting early I also bailed on a new phone contract.

I came back to Korea no problem. I dont recommend the phone deal as it has caused complications. But nothing to major.

[ren546]

It depends on how the 9 month contract ended. I left after 9 months, too, but in my case it was because I was going back to graduate school. My employer was pretty understanding and still agreed to write a reference letter explaining why I left, and that it was on good terms.

To avoid nit-picky questions, just put years (e.g. 2010-2011) instead of actual months on your work experience line.