Comments on: Korea Bound – Square One http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/20/korea-bound-square-one/ Korea From North to South Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:54:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: USinKorea http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/20/korea-bound-square-one/comment-page-1/#comment-360192 USinKorea Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:25:58 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=15929#comment-360192 Caveats in the Korean ESL market scare me, but I emailed just the same... Caveats in the Korean ESL market scare me, but I emailed just the same…

]]> By: roboseyo http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/20/korea-bound-square-one/comment-page-1/#comment-360149 roboseyo Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:27:42 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=15929#comment-360149 I just had an opportunity drop into my lap...pay's good, but it has a caveat due to the type of institution. Contact me at Roboseyo at gmail, or roboseyo on facebook if you want to know more. I just had an opportunity drop into my lap…pay's good, but it has a caveat due to the type of institution. Contact me at Roboseyo at gmail, or roboseyo on facebook if you want to know more.

]]> By: Chris in South Korea http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/20/korea-bound-square-one/comment-page-1/#comment-360084 Chris in South Korea Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:03:16 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=15929#comment-360084 Without knowing what you're looking for, you might check out global.seoul.go.kr - they usually have a variety of jobs in Korea, most of which aren't teaching jobs. At the risk of self-promotion, I wrote about some of the better recruiters in Seoul at <a href="http://chrisinsouthkorea.blogspot.com/2009/08/on-recruiters-and-coming-to-korea-to-be.html" rel="nofollow">http://chrisinsouthkorea.blogspot.com/2009/08/on-...</a> - hopefully one of them can be of some help! You may have also heard of Say Kimchi Recruiting (saykimchirecruiting.com), which is run by a team including NET's. No idea what they have available - no listings on their website - but they might be worth a call. And hey, if crap hits the fan - I've got a floor in Gangnam :) Without knowing what you're looking for, you might check out global.seoul.go.kr – they usually have a variety of jobs in Korea, most of which aren't teaching jobs. At the risk of self-promotion, I wrote about some of the better recruiters in Seoul at http://chrisinsouthkorea.blogspot.com/2009/08/on-… – hopefully one of them can be of some help!

You may have also heard of Say Kimchi Recruiting (saykimchirecruiting.com), which is run by a team including NET's. No idea what they have available – no listings on their website – but they might be worth a call.

And hey, if crap hits the fan – I've got a floor in Gangnam :)

]]> By: USinKorea http://rokdrop.com/2009/08/20/korea-bound-square-one/comment-page-1/#comment-360067 USinKorea Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:45:46 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=15929#comment-360067 Over at Dave's ESL Cafe, the primary home of the TESOLer crowd, several people have been posting in the last few hours about being dropped by SMOE. All had contracts. All have their visa issuance numbers. Some seem to have already gotten the visa stamp. And most have already bought a ticket (which was supposed to be reimbursed after arrival). SMOE overbooked and did not factor in budget cuts in the bad economy. This is the norm of the ESL industry in Korea. It seems the large growth n public schools hasn't changed too much - (beyond increasing the number of people getting the idea of teaching in Korea and thus squeezing the market for jobs in the down economy.) Over at Dave's ESL Cafe, the primary home of the TESOLer crowd, several people have been posting in the last few hours about being dropped by SMOE. All had contracts. All have their visa issuance numbers. Some seem to have already gotten the visa stamp. And most have already bought a ticket (which was supposed to be reimbursed after arrival).

SMOE overbooked and did not factor in budget cuts in the bad economy.

This is the norm of the ESL industry in Korea. It seems the large growth n public schools hasn't changed too much – (beyond increasing the number of people getting the idea of teaching in Korea and thus squeezing the market for jobs in the down economy.)

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