Seoul City Hall
The Seoul City Hall website has a useful (though poorly programmed) website for jobs, mainly in Seoul but with some in outlying regions. Though dominated by English teaching positions, there are jobs available in numerous categories. |
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*Restohof
Weird name, but a good idea. Rather than simply hosting job ads, this website serves as a place to rate the job openings appearing on other popular job boards, including Dave's ESL Cafe (see below). Check it out. |
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KoreaJobLink.com
Numerous listings for English teachers, plus content editors and creators, and even a wide-variety of non-teaching listings. |
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Dave's ESL Cafe (Korea page)
Somewhat dated-looking site, but still has dozens of hakwon/institute listings.
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WorknPlay
A "Job Resource and Entertainment Guide" for those living in Korea. Lots of listings and info for expats. |
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PlanetESL
Useful website with lots of info in addition to jobs and placement services. |
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ESLelite
Job listings and lots of other useful teaching and background info for Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan. |
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Gone2Korea.com
Impressive amount of information on Korea, testimonials from satisfied teachers, and much more. Definitely worth a look. |
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Berlitz International
The worldwide leader in language training now has schools in Seoul. |
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Park English Recruitment Agency
Great looking website with a lot of background information on Korea and the hiring process. PHOTOS! This site includes photos from many of the workplaces and schools advertised. |
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MyEnglishJob.com
Very well-designed, easy-to-navigate website that also allows you to post your resume. |
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Easy English Consulting
Site features job listings and resume postings. The site does a lot of recruiting for public school positions in Kyunggi-do (province outside Seoul). |
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ATCjob.com
Professional looking website. Claims to represent the largest network of schools in Korea. Numerous typos as well as the name 'Avail Teachers Consulting', give pause however . . . |
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Canada-ESL.com
Well-developed site that offers, "Info for studying English in Canada and Free online English Lessons; Your Total ESL Resource." Includes lots of printable English lessons. |
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English
School Watch
Organization and website who's mission is to, " identify problem areas involving native English-speaking teachers and EFL-ESL language school recruiting agencies, independent recruiters, and employers, and recommend interventions with constructive, long-term results." Also has job listings for various countries. |
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Benzhi
Their, "primary service is providing EFL / ESL job opportunities in China, Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan." |
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ESLPro.com
Good-looking, informative site with jobs throughout Asia. |
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Teach
Korea
Lots of useful information. Almost like a mini-portal.
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OkayKorea.com
'Bringing English to Korea' is the by-line of this site that promises to help you find a job but forces you to become a 'member' before using any of their services. |
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teachkoreanz.com
TeachKoreaNZ is a New Zealand owned and operated company, "specializing in recruitment of native-speaking English teachers and distribution of quality NZ educational ESL learning materials." |
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ESLUSA.org
Large site with information for both students and teachers, including on-line job listings in Korea and other countries. |
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Asia-Pacific Connections, Ltd.
"APC is based in Vancouver, Canada and we recruit English teachers for jobs in Korea. Most jobs involve teaching children. All the jobs we handle provide airfare, accommodation, a contract completion bonus, and a legal employment visa." |
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HBS Consulting
Well-designed website that says the company represents, "over 500 institutes in Korea and we have many ESL job openings every month." |
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TESall.com
Not specifically Korea-related. To quote from their site, "TESall.com is the Web's first vertical search portal for ESL/EFL job seekers. Our spider crawls job boards across the Internet, indexing their postings and making them searchable." |
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YouLoveit.com
Not just a job search site - their, "goal is to be the number one online destination for people living in Korea. We are racing ahead into the new economy by providing continually updated quality resources and information for people in Korea." |
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AsiaExpatsForum.com
Information and forums on a wide variety of issues and locales throughout East Asia. Includes info on teaching. |
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HiTeacher.com
Interesting play on Seoul's new logo by a website offering job listings, classifieds and articles on life in Korea. |
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ESL Teacher Recruiter
Minimalist site with peninsula-wide job listings. |
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TEFLAsia.com
Well-designed site but limited Korea content. One of the few sites with SE Asia content. |
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Business, Translation and Technical Positions* |
Seoul
City Hall
The Seoul City Hall website has a useful (though poorly programmed) website for jobs, mainly in Seoul, but with some in outlying regions. Though dominated by English teaching positions there are jobs available in numerous categories. |
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| KOPRA International - interested in an internship in Korea? Does your company need an intern? Head here for info. |
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McKinney Consulting (freshly redesigned site!)
"The premier provider of executive search and human resources capital services in Korea." Great-looking website, with useful career and Korea info, in addition to the job postings. |
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KoreaJobLink.com
Numerous listings for English teachers, plus content editors and creators, and even a wide-variety of non-teaching listings. |
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MK-H
Consulting
Seoul-based executive search firm also with on-line job listings (mostly in Korean though) and on-line applicant registration. |
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Cana
Consulting
Seoul-based executive search firm with a well-designed site providing a lot of information, including on-line job listings. |
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KK
Consulting
Seoul-based executive search firm, pretty barren English site. |
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Atlantic Research Technologies, L.L.C.
International executive search firm that had a decent number of listings for Asia when I checked - though the number of jobs in Korea was low. This link takes you to the Korea page. |
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Know before you go*
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Roosters
and Car Horns
My advice for those heading to, or living in, Korea.
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What Should I Bring to Korea? (reader submission)
There are several things that you should consider bringing with you, and some things you should not. If you forget, and you probably will, you can find almost anything . . . more |
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KOTESOL
This, "is a professional organization of teachers of English whose main goal is to assist its members in their self-development and to contribute to the improvement of ELT in Korea." |
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Canada-ESL.com
Link to an article on their website with some useful background info for those interested in teaching English in Korea. |
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English
School Watch
Organization and website who's mission is to, " identify problem areas involving native English-speaking teachers and EFL-ESL language school recruiting agencies, independent recruiters, and employers, and recommend interventions with constructive, long-term results." Also has job listings for various countries. |
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How
to Collect Severance Pay in South Korea
A very useful site for learning your rights and what you need to do to protect them. |
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Korean Labor Law
Provided by the Korean
Ministry of Labor. |
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The Black List
The ugly. Learn who/what/where to avoid.
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