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ESeufert
Joined: 27 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:11 am Post subject: Director won't provide foreign teachers' email addresses |
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| I'm in talks with a director of a school in Seoul right now about a job starting in April. He seems pretty reasonable and has made some revisions to the contract in areas that I felt needed clearing up, but he won't provide me with the email addresses of his foreign teachers. He has given me their phone numbers, but I'm not sure how I can call them without spending a fortune. Is this normal? It'd be far more convenient for me to simply email the teachers than call them, especially considering the time difference. |
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wire
Joined: 01 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:38 am Post subject: |
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RED FLAG.
This is a classic hogwan screwmonger tactic. The director knows you're not in Korea, right? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:43 am Post subject: |
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| Ask the director to have one of the teachers call you on his office phone. In the conversation, give the teacher your e-mail address and establish contact that way. |
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J.B. Clamence
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Get a cheap calling card and just call them. I don't see the big deal. |
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Jellypah
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: ROK
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Chances are he doesn't know the teacher's email addresses. Suggestions so far have been good - or you could give the director your e-mail address and ask him to have the teachers contact you! |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Who cares what they say? They'll lie just to get out of there. Take whatever they say with a grain of salt. Get to Korea first. Check the school out. |
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ESeufert
Joined: 27 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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RED FLAG.
This is a classic hogwan screwmonger tactic. The director knows you're not in Korea, right? |
yeah, he knows I'm not in Korea. He says that teachers in the past have complained about having to spend a lot of time writing emails to potential teachers, but I don't see how talking on the phone is MORE convenient. I think I'm going to look at other schools. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| but I'm not sure how I can call them without spending a fortune |
You might also want to check with your phone company. My mom calls me and blabbers for up to an hour and says it doesn't cost much. |
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trinity24651
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| I called my recruiter (in Seoul) from Virginia. We talked for 7 minutes...cost - $28. For me - that is a lot of money!!! |
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huffdaddy
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inkoreaforgood
Joined: 15 Dec 2003
Location: Inchon
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| trinity24651 wrote: |
| I called my recruiter (in Seoul) from Virginia. We talked for 7 minutes...cost - $28. For me - that is a lot of money!!! |
I guess there are no int'l phone cards in Virginia... |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Red Flag? yes
OP- there are PLENTY of other teaching jobs available in Korea. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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I don't see it as a red flag....
Ring them quickly and then ask them directly for their email adresses and then give them yours....
How much would it cost to do that??? |
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trinity24651
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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I guess there are no int'l phone cards in Virginia...
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How nice of you to take an interest. With 5,000 people in my little town, probably not.
I didn't realize that it would be that expensive or I would have called him and told him to read his (*@#$ email and gotten off the phone.
Last edited by trinity24651 on Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:29 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:02 am Post subject: |
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I guess there are no int'l phone cards in Virginia...
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How nice of you to take an interest. With 5,000 people, probably not. |
FYI, you can buy phone cards on the internet. |
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