Korean Job Discussion Forums

[ttompatz]

Is it my immagination or are there more newbies who don't take the time to go through the FAQs before they ask a lot of the same repetitive questions here??

Getting a Job - Things You Need to Know
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=20656

Getting a Job -Hagwons, Unis, EPIK & Public Schools
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=20655

Visas
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=20648

And I couldn't find this in a sticky anywhere.... but maybe it should be??

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Get e-mail addresses of more than one current teacher. Talk / e-mail them when the boss is NOT there and they are free to be honest with you.
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If they are unable or unwilling to give e-mail addresses of more than 1 current teacher - RUN, don't walk to the next offer.
ANY and EVERY reputable school will be willing to give you references.
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-Ask specific questions about shifts, start times, finish times, breaks, and pay issues. (a schedule of class, no class, class, no class, class just plain sucks). Lots of dead time that you can't do anything with. How do they calculate your "teaching hours"? How many CLASSES per month.
-OVERTIME, pension, and medical insurance are often issues of contention. Many hakwons fail to pay any of these.
- Ask about the housing - including quality of the apartment, management fees and utility costs. Your "free" apartment may cost you more than 150k won per month.

Feel free to ignore this advice... but you do so at your own peril.
Asking here is NOT the same as doing your homework and proper research.

There are TOO MANY hakwons in Korea and they often change names or owners when things get nasty. A year is a long time to spend in a crap hakwon 1/2 a world away from anything that you know and recognise.

CHECK FIRST HAND...... CHECK FIRST HAND.... CHECK FIRST HAND......

Good luck in your search.