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stevehend
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Location: WARRINGTON, ENGLAND
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 Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:39 am Post subject: Coming to Korea |
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Hi all. During autumn I tried, without success to get things moving in my attempts to teach in Korea. I have played quite a lot of frustrating e mail ping pong. So, I am thinking now about spending a week in S.Korea (Seoul probably). This, for me, is a big and costly step. I figure that if I can see how things are "on he ground" it will be easier and more productive. I want to visit schools/agencies and would appreciate any suggestions as to where to visit that might be reputable. I will only have 5 days in Korea so I need to be really focussed and need to have an itinerary worked out. I also need to sort out cheapish accomodation.
I would appreciate any comments a) on this method of job seeking b) any places I could contact once there (addresses/phone no's would be useful and c) any suggestions re accom..
One other point...I am 51 and one agency that deals with private schools told me that I would struggle to find anything with that type of school. I am wondering if public schools would prove more productive for me to approach. An advice or help would be very gratefully received.
Many thanks
Steve |
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vexed
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:03 am Post subject: |
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| a) on this method of job seeking b) any places I could contact once there (addresses/phone no's would be useful and c) any suggestions re accom.. |
Hi Steve,
A. I've heard that this method of job seeking is the best way, since you actually get to see and get a feel for the place you'll be working at, rather than relying on what a recruiter/teacher says.
B. Not sure on this one, sorry.
C. For accommodation, I found this website http://wiki.galbijim.com/Accomodation to be very helpful.
Hope that helps, sorry I couldn't give a more in-depth reply, but I'm new to this whole thing myself. |
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Hotpants
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:12 am Post subject: |
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| I have played quite a lot of frustrating e mail ping pong. |
If you come here, you will probably just end up playing telephone ping pong - The ping pong game is big here.  You possibly won't get anymore sense if you're here in person as if you're communicating from the otherside of the world, especially if the people you're dealing with don't speak a lot of English. Employers who can't give you definitive answers would also suggest a place which might not be so good to work at.
If spending 5 days in Korea is going to be a big expense for you, I would suggest just continuing to apply from home. If there is a job for you, it will come to you. You don't say if you already have any teaching experience. If you do, you could try and fasttrack to the 'better' teaching positions. Certainly the universities will consider an older candidate. The bulk of universities have already advertised for the March term start, but there will be the inevitable no shows and the last minute run of ads. If you're more or less guaranteed a job on condition of a face to face interview, then arguably, that would be better to spend your 5 days on. You could also push an application which contains a demonstration video of your teaching skills. I know that some schools are persuaded by overseas applicants if they can see a good video. |
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Fresh Prince
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: The glorious nation of Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: Coming to Korea |
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| stevehend wrote: |
Hi all. During autumn I tried, without success to get things moving in my attempts to teach in Korea. I have played quite a lot of frustrating e mail ping pong. So, I am thinking now about spending a week in S.Korea (Seoul probably). This, for me, is a big and costly step. I figure that if I can see how things are "on he ground" it will be easier and more productive. I want to visit schools/agencies and would appreciate any suggestions as to where to visit that might be reputable. I will only have 5 days in Korea so I need to be really focussed and need to have an itinerary worked out. I also need to sort out cheapish accomodation.
I would appreciate any comments a) on this method of job seeking b) any places I could contact once there (addresses/phone no's would be useful and c) any suggestions re accom..
One other point...I am 51 and one agency that deals with private schools told me that I would struggle to find anything with that type of school. I am wondering if public schools would prove more productive for me to approach. An advice or help would be very gratefully received.
Many thanks
Steve |
I'm not trying to be rude but a lot of people have had these questions in the past. The best advice is to ue the search tool on this forum and spend a week reading as much as you can. I did the same thing and am really glad that I did. There is just too much to say for each one of your questions and you'll have more questions answered than waiting for a few replies.
More importantly, if you only have five days to search for a job then maybe waiting awhile to save up some money is a better option.  |
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