[livinginkorea]

Hi WB,

Good to hear that you took your time about that job. I am the same as you when I finish one job and try to get another I am kinda nervous and in a hurry to get it but I have learned that there is always a great job around the corner. Take your time. Seriously slow down! You are in no hurry. Play around with the job market a bit and never feel sorry for not taking a job. That is their idea, to make you feel sorry so that they can get you for a cheaper price. If you look too eager to get any job than they will win. It's totally a teacher's market now. I have been getting offers every week for the last 6 months!! I have quit my morning kids class as they didn't have as many hours as they said they had when I started. Eventhough that job itself was good I am in Korea for two things - money and study. Later when I go to Europe teaching, it will be for my other reasons.

Why are you thinking about getting a full time job? If your wife is a Korea or Korean descent (like mine) then you can get an F-2 Visa which allows you to work part time jobs. That's exactly what I am doing now. I'm my own boss and pick the jobs that I want to do. In that way I can teach the schools and students that really want me and my skills and also it allows me to teach kids and adults. Now I have an offer from a hagwon teacher to teach them reading and writing. That will be an interesting project if I take it but having a job like this allows me to be picky and take my time.

So forget about the full time jobs and get a part time one today!!!

Let me know how the search goes on and if you get anything in Suwon

[livinginkorea]

Also I was talking to some of my MA classmates last weekend and some of them are teaching in the best universities in the country (two out of three in S.K.Y) and the general view is that the best Korean teaching job and the one where the adminstration and faculty actually care about teaching and research etc is actually out of Korea!!!

[Whistleblower]

Quote livinginkorea

Hi WB,
So forget about the full time jobs and get a part time one today!!!

Let me know how the search goes on and if you get anything in Suwon

Ninja,

hope you are well. I am getting a full-time job elsewhere 'cos me and the missus wants to save up for six months to get our own place. Then I am gonna get several part-time jobs when we move to our own apartment. I would love to work freelance and have holidays when I want not when the school wants.

ps - I live 30 mins away from Suwon in a place called Pyeongtaek but I'm gonna move by next week hopefully.

[livinginkorea]

Quote Whistleblower

Ninja,

hope you are well. I am getting a full-time job elsewhere 'cos me and the missus wants to save up for six months to get our own place. Then I am gonna get several part-time jobs when we move to our own apartment. I would love to work freelance and have holidays when I want not when the school wants.

ps - I live 30 mins away from Suwon in a place called Pyeongtaek but I'm gonna move by next week hopefully.

Once you can work freelance then definitely do it. Btw isn't there a big LG factory there in Pyeongtaek? My wife taught there before a couple of years ago. Good pay but it took a while to get there.

Where are you planning to move to?