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[wonkavite62]

Well, here I am again, looking to return to the Land of Morning Calm. I have all my E-2 visa docs. ready. I may try for public schools again but that will require more docs. I got a letter of recommendation from the last public school job, last year.
But my concern is about my resume. Lets backtrack to 2001. I was a very new, somewhat naïve, ESL teacher and I was offered a job in a small hagwon. Bad move, because the boss then fired me after 5 months, as he did with all western staff. He told me so. So I know.
I decided to leave it off my resume. Would it be a problem? It wasn't a problem with the public school, although immigration asked me to confirm that I had been at the hagwon. But would it be an issue if I applied for hagwon jobs now?
I fear that if I include the 5 moths in 2001, it will make my job search too difficult. What do you think?

[Chimie]

I'm sure leaving off 5 months of job experience from 15 years ago is not going to sink your ship.

I mean, do you even have the contact information for the school? Are those people still in charge? Would they even recognize your name? Are they still alive?

[GENO123]

Hogwon might not even exist now. No one will care.

You are giving the hogwon job way too much respect.

[wonkavite62]

The application process nowadays, especially for public schools is so complicated that I ended up getting the impression that the slightest error, the slightest omission or irregularity would lead to my application being blocked. Of course the recruiters are adding to the problem.

[bossface]

My first job was back in 2006 and I got canned after 3 months. It was at a hagwon that has a pretty awful reputation on this board. Other than the job that I got immediately after getting canned, I've never included that job on my resume. Why would I? I flipped burgers in high school, that isn't on my resume either, and that was at a much more reputable institution than my first hagwon.