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Teufelswacht

Joined: 06 Sep 2004
Location: Land Of The Not Quite Right

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:14 pm Post subject: Best paid part time job is teaching foreign language

I found the following article in the paper today.

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Best-paid part-time job is teaching foreign language

June 10, 2005 �� Being adept at a foreign language seems the easiest way for Koreans to make quick money at a part-time job because learning English has long been popular among locals hoping to lift their employment prospects.
According to Albamon.com, a part-time job listing site, the highest-paid part-time jobs are indeed in foreign language teaching. By contrast, clerking at convenience stores or fast food chains pays less than half what the teachers get.
The portal said foreign instruction positions paid an average 8,936 won ($8.90) an hour, according to an analysis of 112,621 jobs recently advertised on the site. Next most profitable were private tutors, at 7,783 won, followed by art and sports instructors at 6,895 won.
Survey representatives and promotional event girls were also big earners, with hourly wages of 6,701 won and 6,638 won.
By contrast, the lowest-paid positions were at local fast food chains and convenience stores, with averages of 3,299 won an hour. That was just a bit below the 3,332 won for both gas station and car wash attendants and the 3,367 won for theme park crew members.
Overall, the average wage for part-time jobs advertised on the job portal site was 4,027 won, down from 4,224 won last year.
Customer service, survey and publicity representatives ranked higher on the wage list, at about 5,000 won per hour. On the lower end, at about 3,500 won per hour, were jobs in sales, production lines and construction.
Apparently, the demand for part-time jobs is up because of the youth unemployment rate, which has been hovering at more than 8 percent.
"Positions that require certain expertise and knowledge, such as teaching and customer representative work, have better wages, while routine service jobs don't," an official at Albamon said.

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200506/09/200506092149195809900090509051.html

mindmetoo

Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject:

Wow. This kind of flies in the face of RR's perma suggestion that foreign hagwon workers are under paid. Most of us get paid 20,000-25,000 won an hour based on a contracted over time rate.

komtengi

Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject:

I reckon room salon girls get more as a part time job

lastat06513

Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:16 am Post subject:

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I reckon room salon girls get more as a part time job

Not particularly...They are given a cut (a small cut) of the profits.
Same with prostitutes,

Alot of these girls are in it to pay off old debts, so that pay the pimps for lending them money.

I was offered a job once at a "host bar" in Ansan. The job entailed "entertaining" Ajummas. The hours were from 1am to 6am and about 80,000 won per table. I was guaranteed 5 million won a month.
But it didn't pan out because wanted someone who spoke Korean. Crying or Very sad

Teufelswacht

Joined: 06 Sep 2004
Location: Land Of The Not Quite Right

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:17 am Post subject:

mindmetoo wrote:

Wow. This kind of flies in the face of RR's perma suggestion that foreign hagwon workers are under paid. Most of us get paid 20,000-25,000 won an hour based on a contracted over time rate.

Additionally, it may explain why some KT's, in some hogwans, are peeved about foreign teachers. It may also explain why KT's usually don't care when FT's in their hogwan complain about pay/vacation/etc., issues.

Real Reality

Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:03 am Post subject:

mindmetoo wrote:

Wow. This kind of flies in the face of RR's perma suggestion that foreign hagwon workers are under paid. Most of us get paid 20,000-25,000 won an hour based on a contracted over time rate.

College Tutors Can Earn 60,000-100,000 Won Per Hour
College students studying abroad are returning to Korea during their summer vacations in order to tutor prospective students willing to study abroad.

Considering the extraordinary number of high school graduates with high hopes of going off to college in a foreign country, particularly in the United States, part-time tutors are being offered a handsome 60,000-100,000 won per hour, making those jobs very appealing.
by Yi-Young Cho and Soo-Jung Shin, Donga.com (August 03, 2004)
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000&biid=2004080497078

Private Tutoring Students losing No. 1 part-time job
College sophomore Baek Seung-min had a steady cash flow over the past year. By helping high school students prepare for the national university entrance exam, he earned between 1 million to 2 million won each month.

According to the Bank of Korea, the country's private education industry contracted for the first time in five years in the first quarter of this year, shrinking 1.8 percent from the previous quarter.

Because this is a one-on-one class between a student and teacher, unlike classes offered at tutoring institutions, teachers make a lot of money for relatively little work. Twice a week and two hours per class, college students earn an average of 300,000 to 400,000 won each month, making this work the preferred part-time job for most collegians.
By Kim So-young, The Korea Herald (June 8, 2004)
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2004/06/08/200406080008.asp

Teufelswacht

Joined: 06 Sep 2004
Location: Land Of The Not Quite Right

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:49 am Post subject:

Real Reality wrote:

mindmetoo wrote:

Wow. This kind of flies in the face of RR's perma suggestion that foreign hagwon workers are under paid. Most of us get paid 20,000-25,000 won an hour based on a contracted over time rate.

Apples and Oranges. The difference between private tutors, who are or have attended a respected Korean university or a foreign university, and the lowly Korean hogwan teacher.

Real Reality

Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:20 am Post subject:

Teufelswacht wrote:

Apples and Oranges. The difference between private tutors, who are or have attended a respected Korean university or a foreign university, and the lowly Korean hogwan teacher.

mindmetoo wrote:

Wow. This kind of flies in the face of RR's perma suggestion that foreign hagwon workers are under paid. Most of us get paid 20,000-25,000 won an hour based on a contracted over time rate.

I responded to mindmetoo. Foreign hagwon workers need a degree from a university to teach legally in Korea. Foreign teachers usually earn their degrees from foreign universities.

komtengi

Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 11:50 am Post subject:

lastat06513 wrote:

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I reckon room salon girls get more as a part time job

100,000 a table... which can only be for 15 minutes, or for alot longer.... even still a few a night is a few 100,000

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