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NightSky
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In an interview earlier today, the director tells me, "Actually we prefer inexperienced teachers because they are easier to".... pause... {hahahahha} "...control."
At least she was being honest, I guess. |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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Foreigners Experience Difficulties in Living in Korea
by Jae-Dong Yu and Soo-Jung Shin, Donga.com (July 4, 2004)
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2004070522448
For Housing Rentals, Foreigners Easy Victims
By Byun Duk-kun, Korea Times (August 28, 2003)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200308/kt2003082818233111970.htm
Foreigners Excluded From Korean Sites
By Kim Tae-gyu, Korea Times (June 20, 2005)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200506/kt2005062017334312350.htm
A Country of Liars
by Kim Dae-joong, Chosun Ilbo (July 3, 2005)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200507/200507030027.html |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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Are you shocked?
I experienced this personally. With 4 years experience, great references, and F2-1 visa (showing Im stable and wont do a midnight run like some cowboy) I was offerered 3 positions 1.5 years ago. When I was a newbie with no experience I had DOZENS. The positions I was offered were awesome though. Its quality over quantity. Scrtew the shite hagwons. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:05 am Post subject: |
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| The positions I was offered were awesome though. Its quality over quantity. |
Thats the key right there.
If you are not some idiot who buys into the paid clown crap...you can improve your lot considerably with experience and proper references. |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| The positions I was offered were awesome though. Its quality over quantity. |
Thats the key right there.
If you are not some idiot who buys into the paid clown crap...you can improve your lot considerably with experience and proper references. |
Made my job of choosing a position much easier. I see it as a filter or a firewall. My visa, my teaching experience and my experience in Korea in general keep the cheating bosses away. They know I wouldnt stand for their crap, I would know when Im being cheated and I would have the legal ability as well as the resources to walk away and he couldnt do a damned thing to stop me. But good employers like my experience, they know I will finish contracts and I wont give them any problems. Good schools wants stable teachers, crap schools want a warm body in the classroom that they can control. And, because bad schools outnumber good schools, those with experience will find less job offers. Im happy about that. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:32 pm Post subject: Re: Nice... |
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| NightSky wrote: |
In an interview earlier today, the director tells me, "Actually we prefer inexperienced teachers because they are easier to".... pause... {hahahahha} "...control."
At least she was being honest, I guess. |
After all the trouble I put my old hogwan through I doubt they're ever going to hire a teacher with experience again, lol. |
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gypsyfish
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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Wanting to control employees isn't just a Korean thing, RR.
In another life, when I was conducting a background investigation for a guy getting a security clearance, the subject's boss said that he liked it when his good employees got deeply into debt because he knew it was harder for them to leave his company. |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Wanting to control employees isn't just a Korean thing, RR. In another life, when I was conducting a background investigation for a guy getting a security clearance, the subject's boss said that he liked it when his good employees got deeply into debt because he knew it was harder for them to leave his company. |
Korea Ranks 105th in Global Labor Flexibility
South Korea's labor flexibility stood at the bottom of the world's ranking as local companies face difficulties in hiring and firing workers due largely to the country's strong labor unions. It ranked 105th among 155 countries in conditions for the hiring and firing of workers, reflecting its rigid labor market, according to a report released Wednesday by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The IFC is the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. The country placed 27th in the overall ease of doing business, lagging far behind Asian competitors Singapore and Hong Kong.
By Lee Hyo-sik, Korea Times (September 14, 2005)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200509/kt2005091417165210440.htm
Labor-Management Relations Stumbling Block to Foreign Investment: McKinsey
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200409/200409070030.html
According to the Samsung Group's chairman, Lee Kun-hee, to succeed globally, Korea must forgo the thought that Korea and being Korean is superior, and foreign specialists must be treated with respect.
Foreign scholars merit equal status by John B. Kotch
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200206/14/200206142349223599900090109011.html |
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