Comments on: Ninety Days to a Job Teaching English in Korea: Part 1: First Things First: Do you Qualify?

By: Ninety Days to a Job Teaching English in Korea: Part 3

Ninety Days to a Job Teaching English in Korea: Part 3 — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 11:37:21 +0000

[…] Ninety Days to a Job Teaching English in Korea — Part 1 […]

By: Spanish Translator

Spanish Translator — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:35:57 +0000

it isn’t too difficult at all, I agree. In fact, if you try to get any other job abroad, there will probably will be even more paperwork! Teaching abroad is the easiest profession to get, imo.

Back to the article: So informative, definitely saving this for whenever (if I ever) take the plunge. I’m currently working on developing my full-time nomadic translation (and travel writing) career, so once that kicks off, I think I’ll be fine.

However, I’m still in the US paying for all my debt (mostly student loans!), so I might be able to leave sooner IF I do teach abroad… Very very tempting!

Currently though, I am waiting to hear back from an agency (marketing manager position in Korea!). Been thinking about teaching abroad a lot lately, but let’s see what happens with this one gig first…ah! I hope it materializes!

Sorry for the long long ramble By the Way, Nancie haha 😉 I get excited whenever I think about working abroad, experiencing a new country, while earning some good bucks!

– Maria Alexandra

By: Denise

Denise — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:14:50 +0000

A few years ago, I visited South Korea for a month, fell in love with it, and wanted to teach there, but, as you mentioned, because I don’t have one of those 7 nationalities, I had no chance. I am a qualified English teacher now teaching in Switzerland. South Korea remains one of the most strict countries in these matters, placing more importance on passport rather than experience.

By: Tutors

Tutors — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:56:29 +0000

I found your read very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing this post.

By: LadyE

LadyE — Mon, 30 May 2011 10:19:21 +0000

In reply to Joey Rana. Contact the Korean embassy. They should be able to tell you if they recognize your degree, or not.

By: Joey Rana

Joey Rana — Sat, 28 May 2011 21:05:10 +0000

How about in my case? An American citizen with a degree from the Philippines? Will I be automatically disqualified? Its seems a bit ~ifey for me.

Hope you can help me out

By: Andrew Graeme Gould

Andrew Graeme Gould — Tue, 03 May 2011 02:27:07 +0000

Very informative, Nancie. Good luck to all of those who give it a try…

By: Cari ??

Cari ?? — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:00:00 +0000

Sigh… a little disheartening… I keep hearing yes and no on the B.A. issue. I have been short my B.A. by two failed classes in my last semester of college (working full-time and taking a full course load was a bad idea) for a while. I had a high paying sales job out of that last semester and just haven’t had a chance to get back to it. Not to mention my boyfriend would have to go with me and he only has his associate’s. Very frustrating when I know very well we would enjoy the culture much more than others… we eat Korean food a few days a week now and for some reason mostly enjoy Korean media too. I don’t know what it is about those variety shows but we end up watching them without subs and still laugh.

I very much doubt that someone who has finished their Bachelor’s in something other than Education would be much more qualified… what makes someone with two more classes in any subject more ready to teach than me (plus I went to the University of Michigan), especially if I get a TEFL certificate? I could even finish my classes but what would my boyfriend do?

By: mysteriousdeltarays

mysteriousdeltarays — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:16:00 +0000

I thought that was petty accurate, for things as they stand now. I’ve been here for 23 years. As difficult as it is now the visa process is nothing compared to what it was in 1988.

I would warn people people that there aren’t all that many jobs here now. Well in a sense there are but, this is definitely not show up on a tourist visa and expect to get a job anymore.

Also the large school chains can be very exploitative.

When I came here I had no expectation of being here as long as I have been.

As far I am concerned I like the CRCs and stuff, I don’t have any problems with immigration ever, but Korea is the type of place, sort of like A Norman Rockwell painting of America in the 1950s, that if they know who you are… this place is so computerized… they laughed about the FBI CRC, these can take a while.They just laughed. I did finally get it. Even then they didn’t care. In that sense it is like 1984.

You know every single one of those embarkation and disembarkation forms you fill out is scanned and saved. In other words it helps if they know who you are.

The sealed transcripts aren’t needed now, but I’d guess that they might come back in the future. I think they are big into apostiles because they cost a lot of money. I think the idea is to keep the Bangkok trippers out. Paul Niel the pedophile is/was the exemplar of the type.

Funny thing about Korea, people come and go but after awhile you sort of know everybody who has been here for a while.

Korea can be very cold, other problems too. We all have online monikers I am of course …

By: Ninety Days to a Job Teaching English in Korea: Part 2

Ninety Days to a Job Teaching English in Korea: Part 2 — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:53:51 +0000

[…] If you missed Part 1 of this series, you’ll find it HERE. […]