Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Derrek]

Well, according to my recruiter friends, it's really tough to find teachers to work all of the camps being offered this summer.

Some camps are getting pretty desperate, the way it sounds. If you are thinking of signing up for a camp at the last minute, you MAY be able to get some extra cash incentive if you push for it.

I am guessing that the reasons for lack of teachers are:

1. Immigration crackdown scaring off teachers from doing these illegally, where they would have chanced it in the past. Of course, the camps started looking TOO LATE, as usual, so there isn't time to get the legal paperwork done.

2. Too many teachers working Public school jobs, without a long enough summer break to work a camp, have depleted the work pool.

3. Several "mega camps" by places like Yonsei are sucking up as many as 50 foreign teachers per camp.

[inkoreaforgood]

[JongnoGuru]

[Gollum]

[JongnoGuru]

[Grotto]

[Derrek]

[Grotto]

Ahhh that makes sense then.

Makes me laugh though.

Korean 1. Gee lets do a summer English camp. We can make good money doing that.

Korean 2. Hey thats a great idea.

K1. Okay we can hold it here, it will run from AugX-X we will charge lots of money.

K2. Excellent we are all ready for it then.

K1. Lets sign up the students and get the money(small voice pipes up from out of the blue...wont you need an foreigner) Hmmm naaahhh we can get one no problem we will worry about that later.

Time passes

K2 Hey the camp starts in two days.

K1. yup we got 5 groups of 10 students signed up all paying 400,000 won for the 2 week camp. Thats 10,000,000 for me and 10,000,000 for you.

K2. excellent

K1. So did you get a FT?

K2 No I thought you did

K1. ahh no problem we can get a FT no problem they are a dime a dozen.

camp arrives no FT, parents angrily demand money back

K1 and K2 drown sorrows in bottles of soju.

Hey next year we should have a bigger camp that way we can make even more money

And the cycle repeats

[Derrek]

Check out this camp. They have desperately called me 3 days in a row, and I have flat-out said "NO" to them every day. Why? Because you are expected to be there ALL DAY, stay overnight, and essentially "work" all day, but are only paid for working 5 hours!

GIVE ME A EFFIN BREAK!!!!!!

Just how stupid do some Korean bosses think we are??? This one is in Pyungtaek. They have an identical camp on Jeju, but for 2 weeks worth of pay for this same scheduled hell. I calculated the hours. IF you are getting the full 900,000 won because you have an E-2 already, you're making about 10,000 won per hour because you are at this camp 14.5 hours per day! You teach about 5 hours, but really do you think you'd be doing NOTHING the other hours??? For a Korean boss??? HAHAHAHHA!

If they paid me 2 million for one week, AND made it legal, I'd consider it.



Pyungtaek Camp: 1 week (July 24-Aug.30)
Location: Pyungtaek University
Payment: $700 + 200,000 won additionally
(in case of E-2 visa)
Start on Jul. 24 afternoon and end on Jul.30
morning.


Here is the camp schedule:

Daily camp schedule:

07:30 checking unit campers�� rooms for
roll call
- 07:50 taking unit campers to Cafeteria
- 08:00-08:30 Breakfast with unit campers
- 08:30-08:50 checking unit box & preparing the
class
- 08:50 moving to unit classroom with campers
- 09:00-12:00 English class (break: 09:50-10:00 /
10:50-11:00)
- 12:00 taking unit campers to Cafeteria
- 12:00-12:30 Lunch with unit campers
- 12:30-14:00 Free time
- 14:00 Meeting at the activity place
- 14:00-17:00 camp activity
- 17:00 taking unit campers to Cafeteria
- 17:00-17:30 Dinner with unit campers
- 17:50 taking unit campers to the unit
classroom or small assembly


- 18:00-20:00 evening class
- 20:00 moving to dorm
- 20:00 staff meeting
- 21:00 roll-call at every room
- 22:00 checking unit campers�� rooms

[just because]

[Derrek]

[StephPoet]

I tried all summer to get a camp job, and never got one. I'm in the U.S. though.

Next year I'll be in SK and my friend wants a summer camp job so he can earn some money and visit me...any tips on getting him a job? I'm thinking if I directly mention him to my school (if they do it) or others in the area that'll help? We definitely want to do this. He has a good job in the U.S. during the year but is off summers and winters. Thanks!

Steph

[Derrek]

If he works hard, he'll make enough to pay off his $1,500+ RT plane flight to Korea from the USA.

That's what it's costing to go to the Midwest USA, anyway, this time of year.

[Zenpickle]

Summer camps?

I'm having a tough time finding foreign teachers for a regular teaching job. And I'm offering single housing with a separate living room, etc.

geez...

(gripe, complain, grumble)

[JongnoGuru]