Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Tiger Beer]

anyone know any good starts for that.. i'm trying to help out a close friend with U.S. citizenship who doesn't have a bachelors degree.. maybe can help get them a job there..

heard there is dragon lodge, car dealerships, commisaries and all the rest.. anyone have any leads on any of that stuff?

PM's are welcome too..

[jinju]

How would that work visa wise?

[pest2]

[Mills]

You can't just walk on base and ask for a job application. As with all bureaucracies, the application process is long and tedious. Best bet is to register at the Army Civilian Personnel Website.

[blackbird]

My understanding is that low level jobs are off limits to "ordinary residents", i.e. those living in Korea whose visas are not provided by the US government. As for DOD jobs, they are very hard to find these days in Korea because of cutback in US forces, shifting of bases, ect.

[bellum99]

If he is American then he can join the Army Reserves in Korea. That will get him into the Army base system. Of course he may end up in Iraq...but he will have a job.

[ontheroad]

Hey Tigerbear, I was stationed at Kunsan AB as a Services troop, which is the major employer of civilians on a base. I was very low on the ladder, but I think you need to have some sort of experience like a degree to get a DOD job. They usually employ from the states and it's the same as an ESL teacher, 1 year tours with optional extensions. As for the Commissary, BX/PX, Officer's Club, and other no experience necessary jobs, you need to be a Korean national (korean citizen)... At Osan AB, they have dependents (spouses, kids) work at these places mainly because they are able to get on and off the base easily with their ID cards.
There's one thing I never knew how they worked in Korea. A bar called Chickenheads just outside of Osan AB... Americans ran the business, I have no idea how. I know they weren't married to Koreans, because it was a husband and wife that ran it.
Hope this helps, good luck.

[OiGirl]

[OCOKA Dude]

When I was stationed at Fort Lewis in Tacoma Washington, almost all the D-FAC (dining facility/mess hall) personnel were Korean ajumas who spoke broken English at best, and most, not at all.

There's a pecking order in base employment, with non-English speaking DoD dependants getting the unskilled-labor jobs (dishwasher, prep cook, stockboy, etc.) while the DoD English-speaking dependents get the cush jobs (sales clerks or cashiers at AAFES, the MWR shops, etc.)

[Mills]