Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Joshozzy]

Hello all,
I have been a shadow in here for a while, trying to decide if my wife and I should leave everything familiar and move to Korea. I�ve researched a few options besides hagwons; mainly because this board has really scared the pants off me. While on the US State Department website, I saw that one of the types of teaching in Korea is editing/PR/advertising. This is my field here in the States.

Does anyone know anymore information about this type of teaching? I haven�t read anything about this type on this board. My questions are:

1)How would I learn about these job openings? Is this something a recruiter arranges?
2)How available are these jobs? I would assume they�re not as plentiful as hagwons, public schools, etc.
3)What are the qualifications?
4)Are the jobs limited to Seoul?
5)Is there a website or post where I can find more information?

Thanks to anyone that can help me out on this. I�ll most likely come over in some teaching capacity, but I�d like to find the most interesting category.

[mindmetoo]

There are lot of highly fluent English speaking Koreans that can easily do jobs in advertising/PR. I would say those jobs would not be easy to get by a fresh off the boat foreigner with no connections. One can typically hook up with a translator and do editing. That can lead to other opportunities in print/media, certainly. But in general, I don't think the Korean advertising/PR world is waiting with open arms for foreigners to scoop these high value jobs.

[Smee]

And not to be (too much of) an ass, but look around. There's not much interest in editing/advertising/PR English. Have you considered Taiwan? There's a much greater emphasis on multi-lingualism there and I frequently see editing jobs advertised on job boards. However, just like getting a teaching job in Taiwan, you'd probably have to be there already, and fly over on your own dime. That, plus the uncertainty of unemployment, might be a turn off.

Actually I'm interested into switching over to that side of things, as I did a lot of that sot of work in college . . . but I have no constructive information to share about getting started.

[JeJuJitsu]

[mindmetoo]