Korean Job Discussion Forums

stevieg4ever · Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Location: London, England

Hope anyone here can help and share their opinions.

I am facing a predicament. I want to return to Korea for the spring intake this year for a public school position. I am waiting from one recruiter to hear back on a couple of jobs but I am less than confident about these, but I should hear about them this coming Thursday. Another recruiter is telling me to send all my documents over to him now, including a signed contract (for GEPIK) without the salary grade or school name filled in. Additionally he only has the county of the school and wont disclose the name of the school.

After I get my visa he wants me to come over and then things will be 'finalised'.

I am in a dilemma as to what to do. The recruiter is definitely shady: his email bounces emails back to me; his English is generally suspect; a lot of the information on his job descriptions is flat out wrong (especially to do with locations). He says he needs me to do all this because there isn't enough time remaining. I am almost resigned to a rural GEPIK location anyway so im not concerned about that so much but i am concerned about the salary; I should be on 2.3m but, even though I have copies of my employment certificates, I think he will try and strike me down. He also says my airfare will be reimbursed but, again, like everything I have no guarantees except his word.

The whole deal sounds shady and I am highly suspect. The fact I am even asking is kind of ridiculous but Iust wondered what people here thought of all of this and if this is common practice and it is looking increasingly likely that it is either this or I miss the intake altogether and re-apply in the summer.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

stevieg4ever · Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Location: London, England

Thanks for all that Ttompatz, I appreciate it.

wonkavite62 · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Location: Jeollanamdo, South Korea.

Thanks to Ttompatz, who is as thorough as ever. If your recruiter is not on his list, you might want to wait till after Thursday, before you decide. Try to find some legitimate reason/excuse why you can't e-mail your documents till Friday. It is true that Thursday in Korea will start earlier than Thursday in Europe or North America. If you are in the U.K. it's a 9 hour difference. You might say you are going to e-mail your documents this week (Thursday, in the UK), but try to urge the other 2 employers to give you their verdict before 5 p.m. on Thursday, Korean time. Explain that you really NEED to know if you have either of those two jobs, because another recruiter is calling you. Tell them today, so that they know your situation. Perhaps a Skype call might help?