Korvia Welcoming Party March 2010 - Pubilc school teachers in South Korea

[Johnnystrychnine]

..job hunting and I still can not secure a job. Since July I have been looking and we are now in December! And really, foreigners that go to SK ought to make an effort to learn spoken Korean at least. I did when I was their between 2000-2002, reading it is a little harder.

[Johnnystrychnine]

The education system in S.K needs overhauling. Recruiters and principals alike need to focus on credentials and qualifications, in both the public school and private school system. Too much emphasis is placed on age and appearance. I am in my forties but I am a certified teacher, my looks are- in one word of many women, handsome, but I still can not secure a job because too much emphasis is placed on age and appearances, not academic merit. For a whole six months of 2011 I have been..