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ESL in S.Korea

  • 23-08-2013 10:49am
    #1
    mkt_312
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭


    Has anyone heard of or used ESL4Korea?


    Any further information and help will be appreciated :) Thanks


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  • #2
    Caonima
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 772 ✭✭✭Caonima


    Nope, but it seems like an identikit recruitment website to the hoards that advertise jobs in the most boring country in the world (sorry, I worked there, it's terrible). Give it a shot; seems like lots of jobs available on it.


  • #3
    Big Pussy Bonpensiero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,778 ✭✭✭Big Pussy Bonpensiero


    Caonima wrote: »
    Nope, but it seems like an identikit recruitment website to the hoards that advertise jobs in the most boring country in the world (sorry, I worked there, it's terrible). Give it a shot; seems like lots of jobs available on it.
    Most people that worked there seemed to love it.


  • #4
    Caonima
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 772 ✭✭✭Caonima


    THFC wrote: »
    Most people that worked there seemed to love it.

    Different strokes and all that. Just found it mind-numbingly bland. In China now, much more enjoyable.


  • #5
    mkt_312
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭mkt_312


    @Caonima is it really that bad??


  • #6
    Caonima
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 772 ✭✭✭Caonima


    mkt_312 wrote: »
    @Caonima is it really that bad??

    Yes, it was. Just grey and bland, everything from personalities to food to architecture. The Koreans can be a little frosty, too, but not necessarily unfriendly. I lived in Seoul for 6 months and detested it. I'm into the arts - cinema, literature, art, music - and there was very, very little of interest for me. A lot of foreigners just end up drinking themselves into the ground every weekend just out of boredom; I had to get out of there.

    Only positives were that, relatively speaking, the jobs paid okay and you usually got free digs, it was easy to transfer money home, and the girls can be sexy and easy to ... well, you get the idea.


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  • #7
    mkt_312
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭mkt_312


    @Caonima if you don't mind me asking did you use any recruitment agencies? Or even advice/suggestions would be great :)


  • #8
    Caonima
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 772 ✭✭✭Caonima


    mkt_312 wrote: »
    @Caonima if you don't mind me asking did you use any recruitment agencies? Or even advice/suggestions would be great :)

    For Korea? 2 seconds....

    Tiger English was the recruitment company I used for getting the job there. They were pretty good, I guess, but they tended to play down the availability of good jobs and pushed for the hagwons (private schools) instead. Job I got was okay, I guess. Started at 1pm each day, Monday to Friday, money was good, free gaff which was fine.

    My advice ? :) Come to China - far, far better experience.


  • #9
    mkt_312
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭mkt_312


    ok thanks!!


  • #10
    Caonima
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 772 ✭✭✭Caonima


    still gonna go to Korea?


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