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olefrankieboy
Joined: 05 Jun 2007
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 Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject: How to find a job on your own. |
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| Ok. I have a question for all of the experienced teachers out there. I'm coming over on August 9th to find a esl job in the Seoul area. Since I wasn't able to get my diploma early enough to set up a job before coming over, I'm going on my own to find a job when I get there. My question is, what steps should I take to find a good job when I get over there. I don't have any teaching experience and I would like to find a job in a public school. How should I go about finding out where the jobs are, getting contacts etc? Is there an English language newspaper with advertisements, or what? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. |
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Zark
Joined: 12 May 2003
Location: Phuket, Thailand: Look into my eyes . . .
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: Re: How to find a job on your own. |
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| olefrankieboy wrote: |
| How should I go about finding out where the jobs are, getting contacts etc? Is there an English language newspaper with advertisements, or what? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. |
Even though I spent six years in Korea - I still think showing up on the scene and scouting a job is not an easy task, though it can be done. Many will disagree with me.
If however, you can read and speak a bit of Korean - it will be much easier.
A reputable recruiter - Footprints for example - are free to use - and can probably help you land something quickly.
All that said - if you really want to do it on your own - just start tracking down schools and cold call them. You will find them quite welcoming and friendly. Korea is quite a personal-contact oriented place and you WILL have an advantage once you have met a few people.
Your total lack of experience may be a problem though - I would suggest getting a least a little bit of training before you start so you can do a good quality job. (Others will disagree with idea too!). |
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browneyedgirl
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: How to find a job on your own. |
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| olefrankieboy wrote: |
| Ok. I have a question for all of the experienced teachers out there. I'm coming over on August 9th to find a esl job in the Seoul area. Since I wasn't able to get my diploma early enough to set up a job before coming over, I'm going on my own to find a job when I get there. My question is, what steps should I take to find a good job when I get over there. I don't have any teaching experience and I would like to find a job in a public school. How should I go about finding out where the jobs are, getting contacts etc? Is there an English language newspaper with advertisements, or what? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. |
Do you already know where you are going to live? |
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xCustomx
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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| Rent a cellphone at the airport, choose a few areas that you would like to live in, read the job advertisements on daves, worknplay, englishspectrum, etc, set up interviews, meet the director, teachers, etc., choose which job you want. I did this more than 2 years ago and was really glad I did because I also got to see the housing that the hagwon provided |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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Honestly, a lot of people who come here first end up doing what you can do now: Checking online message boards and contacting recruiters. The difference is that here, you can meet your boss, see the school and the apartment before you sign.
If you want a public school job in Seoul, contact WorkNPlay or Footprints ASAP, I think possitions are still available. |
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LexusNexus
Joined: 05 Jul 2007
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| Rent a cellphone at the airport.... |
So, I presume it's easy to rent a phone at the airport and quickly.
Also, buying a new cell phone must be easy quick and cheap, correct.
(For a foreigner just paying cash.) |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:56 am Post subject: |
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Put your ad up in worknplay.co.kr, englishspectrum, teachenglish.co.kr
Being in town and forgoing reimbursement of your ticket to korea is a big turn on for local employers. Thats understandable, it saves them $600.00 but many of these people will let you know everyday you owe them that money even while you really don't.
I post many times here that I got my job by designing a science-english summer camp curricula and posting that on the sites above.
good luck |
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xCustomx
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| LexusNexus wrote: |
| xCustomx wrote: |
| Rent a cellphone at the airport.... |
So, I presume it's easy to rent a phone at the airport and quickly.
Also, buying a new cell phone must be easy quick and cheap, correct.
(For a foreigner just paying cash.) |
I don't know the specific details regarding renting a phone, but you won't be able to buy a phone without an alien registration card (ARC) and a deposit of about 200,000. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| xCustomx wrote: |
| LexusNexus wrote: |
| xCustomx wrote: |
| Rent a cellphone at the airport.... |
So, I presume it's easy to rent a phone at the airport and quickly.
Also, buying a new cell phone must be easy quick and cheap, correct.
(For a foreigner just paying cash.) |
I don't know the specific details regarding renting a phone, but you won't be able to buy a phone without an alien registration card (ARC) and a deposit of about 200,000. |
You can buy a phone with a passport, no ARC, then use prepaid minutes. |
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