Teaching Positions

UNIVERSITY POSITION
Some teachers consider university teaching jobs as the finest ESL job in Korea. The prestige, higher wage and relativey shorter working hours attract quite a number of teachers.There are two types of university positions.

University Language Institutes
These Language centers are run by major universities nationwide. They primarily cater to sudents and businesses in the community. As remuneration and perks are among the best in Korea. They observed a higher recruitment standard. An MA degree in TESOL, and years of teaching experience are the norm.

University Academic Departments
Korean universities employ full-time English conversation instructors. Clases are likely to be large about 20 students and with little personal contact with students. However, teaching load is low between ten and 15 hours a week. Monthly salaries currently tend to run about 2 million won , with three to four months of paid vacation per year.

GOVERNMENT/PRIVATE RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Many government agencies and some private companies operate research institutes. Most of these institutes hire foreigners who have degrees in humanities, economics or business administration as full-time editors. Editors proofread correspondence and research publications, write speeches, and occasionally teach. Most institutes pay quite well, and some provide housing. Because these institutes tend to be government-run or closely affiliated with powerful corporate groups, their instructors seldom experience problems in obtaining work visas.

The downside of this position is the corporate culture that is definitely different to western culture. Expect to have a very hierarchial and patriarchial system at work in full swing!