Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Gardimus]

Typically? Just curious. To get a job is it mandatory to go through a recruiter?

[Captain Courageous]

No idea on the first count, absolutely not necessary on the second count.

[kat2]

I've heard about a million a head. Had a school I was working for offer me 800,000 if I got a new teacher for them.

[StAxX SOuL]

Typically somewhere between 800,000W and 1,200,000W

[Yu_Bum_suk]

It can depend on whether a prospective teacher is young, white, female, attractive, or from North America.

[pet lover]

Yeah, they might get a million, but they don't necessarily MAKE a million. They have to spend time phoning people which costs time and money. Sometimes they have to visit a hagwon again and again which costs transportation money. I can't imagine it being an easy job trying to please both sides at the same time and I'd never want to do it.

I don't think recruiters are mandatory. I got a new job without a recruiter. I was GOING to use ATC recruiting, but they have problems with calling people (they called me 45 minutes late once, as I was walking out the door to go to work and then never called again although they said they would). But, I got a new job anyway (really lucked out and may owe my firstborn to someone now). The job I have now....no recruiter. The one before, no recruiter....before that...no recruiter. I think that the only time I used a recruiter was for the first job....wait, no, I answered an ad directly. I have never used a recruiter?!?!

[zappadelta]

Mine got 1.5 million.

[Yesanman]

I agree with 1.5 million. My old hakwon, located in a small town, paid that for a teacher 5 years ago, so it might be more now.

[Gardimus]

Thanks a lot. I think I found someone for my school but I'm going to demand that they pay me a recruitment bonus for that person.

[zappadelta]