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Casual Articles - 9 Things You Absolutely Must Know Before Deciding to Teach in Korea
How do you feel about the work you're doing? Are you enlivened? Is your career headed down the path you had in mind? Or do you find yourself wondering whether it's time to make a career change that will help you meet your goals? If you're considering such a change, the enormity of this decision may be weighing on you, as you evaluate a choice that will impact more than your work life.When making career decisions, you'll benefit by breaking the decision down into smaller parts, to help you identify the criteria most important for you. Once you identify your needs, interests, values, and ideals for your work, you will have what you need to evaluate the suitability of your current and potential future jobs.Getting Started What are the Core Needs you have in order to become fulfilled at work?Theorists have found that we are born with our Core Needs, and they stay with us throughout our lives. Individuals, either consciously or unconsciously, tend to look for ways to have these needs met. When met, people feel energized and enlivened. When missing, people tend to feel more drained of energy and dissatisfied. Therefore, the extent you can align your Core Needs to your work will enable you to realize greater joy and satisfaction.Questions you may ask to clarify your own Core Needs include: 1. What do you consider essential in order to be fulfilled at work? 2. What are your most cherished val
So here’s what worked for me: Ignore them. If you give them even a little bit of attention, they’ll carry on for days. All that does is bring your mood down, and when there’s so much fun to be had, who wants that?
Of course, you’re going to want to make sure you do your best to choose a company and a school that will suit your needs. Don’t go into this blindly. Be confident in your decision, so when you get on that plane and you are looking out the window over the ocean, you’ll know that you’re on your way to one of the best years of your life.
And when you’re there, spend time with people who have an equally positive outlook. Let the complainers have a club of their own.
5. Your
Turning your passion into a paycheck is the ultimate dream right? Who would not like to spend most of their time doing something they absolutely love and get paid for it?Even just reading about people who are following their passion, as I just did in a great article I read in Outside Magazine this weekend, gets me fired up.There are so many possibilities out there for work and one of the greatest things I do all day is help people to open up their minds to all of the possibilities out there for them. So often people are trapped by old ways of thinking and by the expectations of other people and society that they fail to see how great they could really have it.So, the next time you wake up on a Monday morning dreading the week ahead, start thinking about how you would really like your career to be and what you are willing to do to achieve it. How do you want to feel when you think about going to work and what are the gaps between how you feel now and how you would like to feel? What are some simple changes you can make, if you are not quite ready to take on the challenge of a complete career change, that would make you feel better about what you are doing? Do not allow things such as age, education, or your perception of what is obligatory and necessary get in the way of your dreams.Do you know how many people have made successful career changes at 40, 50 and even 60 years old. Life is going to con
1. You don’t need a TESOL Certificate
There are a lot of sites on the Net and businesses out there that will try to convince you to take a course to get certified to teach English as a Second Language. To clear up the misconceptions, you don’t need it! All you need to qualify to teach in South Korea is a 4-year degree (BA, BS etc…)
So, save your money. If you really want to take the course, it won’t hurt, but just know that even without it, you can get a great job. Before I went to South Korea for the first time, I had no idea what it took to qualify. I thought you had to be an actual teacher. Not so. Demand is high, and grads from all programs are welcome.
2. Never, ever pay a recruiter
There aren’t too many left out there, but there are still a few companies who will ask the teachers to pay a fee to find them a job. If you come across someone like this, say thanks, but see you later.
Here’s how it works: In South Korea, the demand for learning English is huge. It is continuing to increase. Koreans want to live and compete in the global economy, so they need to be able to communicate in English.
Therefore, there are lots of English language academies across the country that are in need of native English speakers such as yourself. So, they pay companies to find good employees for them. The schools pay the recruiter, not the teacher.
3. It’s a different culture
When you decide to get on a plane and fly to the other side of the world, you have to know that there are going to be some differences from what you’re used to. This is one of the best parts of the experience for most people.
But, if you are afraid of seeing different places and different ways of doing things, this job is not for you.
If you’re the type of person who likes adventure, learning new things, experiencing stuff that most of your friends will never experience, then this job is for you.
If you’re ready for a change of pace, a change of perspective, and the best change of your life, then you’re ready to start this adventure.
4. Watch out for the complainers
It’s unfortunate that there are so many negative people around, isn’t it? But I guess you’ve noticed just as much as I have that some people will complain no matter what.
The same goes for teaching abroad. As you do your research, you’re going to come across people who have negative things to say. These people have complaints about everything. They don’t like the food, or the people, or the work, or the weather, or whatever else they can think of. Funny thing is, it doesn’t matter where in the world they go; it’s the same story.
So here’s what worked for me: Ignore them. If you give them even a little bit of attention, they’ll carry on for days. All that does is bring your mood down, and when there’s so much fun to be had, who wants that?
Of course, you’re going to want to make sure you do your best to choose a company and a school that will suit your needs. Don’t go into this blindly. Be confident in your decision, so when you get on that plane and you are looking out the window over the ocean, you’ll know that you’re on your way to one of the best years of your life.
And when you’re there, spend time with people who have an equally positive outlook. Let the complainers have a club of their own.
5. Your f
Due to the growing complexity and turbulence of the business environment and the related growth in research knowledge about behavior within organizations, managers of the 21st century have to take four themes as paramount: the necessity of managing the challenges of change; functioning within a global environment; being sensitive to the diversity among people; and behaving with ethical integrity. In addition, with the increasing complexity of operations, organizations are building in greater participation opportunities for non-managers. Groups ranging from quality circles to self-managing and cross-functional teams are involved in continuous improvement projects and running their own operations. Working in teams tends to improve the core job dimensions that affect people's psychological states and motivating potential at work. With high involvement, people are challenged to rethink systems and processes—to eliminate tasks that no longer add value.Because of accelerated shifts in global competition and technology, there is a tendency for organizations to become less mechanistic and more organic (flexible). Bureaucracy, which for decades promoted efficiency and predictability through rules and control, is yielding to practices that create greater employee involvement and adaptation. With organic involvement come flatter structures and a wider span of control for managers. As firms will create a lean structure, they will
2. Never, ever pay a recruiter
There aren’t too many left out there, but there are still a few companies who will ask the teachers to pay a fee to find them a job. If you come across someone like this, say thanks, but see you later.
Here’s how it works: In South Korea, the demand for learning English is huge. It is continuing to increase. Koreans want to live and compete in the global economy, so they need to be able to communicate in English.
Therefore, there are lots of English language academies across the country that are in need of native English speakers such as yourself. So, they pay companies to find good employees for them. The schools pay the recruiter, not the teacher.
3. It’s a different culture
When you decide to get on a plane and fly to the other side of the world, you have to know that there are going to be some differences from what you’re used to. This is one of the best parts of the experience for most people.
But, if you are afraid of seeing different places and different ways of doing things, this job is not for you.
If you’re the type of person who likes adventure, learning new things, experiencing stuff that most of your friends will never experience, then this job is for you.
If you’re ready for a change of pace, a change of perspective, and the best change of your life, then you’re ready to start this adventure.
4. Watch out for the complainers
It’s unfortunate that there are so many negative people around, isn’t it? But I guess you’ve noticed just as much as I have that some people will complain no matter what.
The same goes for teaching abroad. As you do your research, you’re going to come across people who have negative things to say. These people have complaints about everything. They don’t like the food, or the people, or the work, or the weather, or whatever else they can think of. Funny thing is, it doesn’t matter where in the world they go; it’s the same story.
So here’s what worked for me: Ignore them. If you give them even a little bit of attention, they’ll carry on for days. All that does is bring your mood down, and when there’s so much fun to be had, who wants that?
Of course, you’re going to want to make sure you do your best to choose a company and a school that will suit your needs. Don’t go into this blindly. Be confident in your decision, so when you get on that plane and you are looking out the window over the ocean, you’ll know that you’re on your way to one of the best years of your life.
And when you’re there, spend time with people who have an equally positive outlook. Let the complainers have a club of their own.
5. Your
Launch into a Personal and Financial Rewarding CareerIf you are considering building a career in the medical field as a LVN (Licensed Vocational Nurse) or LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse), you are definitely on the right track! A career as a LVN or LPN offers a lot of advantages and satisfactions on multiple levels: apart from being a noble and morally rewarding career, it also brings major financial benefits, ensuring a financially stable future. The American Nurses Association informs that the average annual salary for licensed vocational nurses revolves around $35,000. Similarly, administrators earn an average $45,000. Clinical Nurse Specialists earn around $40,000, nurse practitioners earn an average $70,000, while Nurse Anesthetists earn up to $110, 000 a year! Undoubtedly, a career as a nurse can be very lucrative, allowing and facilitating various possibilities of promotion in other adjacent medical specialties.In addition to being financially rewarding, a career as a Vocational Nurse is also very durable and secure on professional level, as there is a very high demand for nurses in medical institutions, clinics or schools, not only in the United States, but also everywhere else throughout the world! Statistics indicate that there is a pronounced shortage of well-trained vocational nurses in present, rendering qualified practitioners in the branch highly requested among healthcare institutions and various
3. It’s a different culture
When you decide to get on a plane and fly to the other side of the world, you have to know that there are going to be some differences from what you’re used to. This is one of the best parts of the experience for most people.
But, if you are afraid of seeing different places and different ways of doing things, this job is not for you.
If you’re the type of person who likes adventure, learning new things, experiencing stuff that most of your friends will never experience, then this job is for you.
If you’re ready for a change of pace, a change of perspective, and the best change of your life, then you’re ready to start this adventure.
4. Watch out for the complainers
It’s unfortunate that there are so many negative people around, isn’t it? But I guess you’ve noticed just as much as I have that some people will complain no matter what.
The same goes for teaching abroad. As you do your research, you’re going to come across people who have negative things to say. These people have complaints about everything. They don’t like the food, or the people, or the work, or the weather, or whatever else they can think of. Funny thing is, it doesn’t matter where in the world they go; it’s the same story.
So here’s what worked for me: Ignore them. If you give them even a little bit of attention, they’ll carry on for days. All that does is bring your mood down, and when there’s so much fun to be had, who wants that?
Of course, you’re going to want to make sure you do your best to choose a company and a school that will suit your needs. Don’t go into this blindly. Be confident in your decision, so when you get on that plane and you are looking out the window over the ocean, you’ll know that you’re on your way to one of the best years of your life.
And when you’re there, spend time with people who have an equally positive outlook. Let the complainers have a club of their own.
5. Your
Have you ever wondered as a business-person why print advertising in the local newspaper key of such dismal results? Have you ever wondered why the advertising sales representatives and account executives as they are called continually tell you that it is about exposures and repetition? They tell you this as you give them a check each month for the advertising that never really pulls for you.Of course as they say Yellow Page Advertising is not much better and that bill comes every month also and often if it is the phone company, the actual phone book you will find that they may shut off your phone if you don't pay them. Of course they have you committed for the full year and the book is already printed. But as the year goes fewer and fewer people use the phone book, because the dog ate it or it was destroyed or they spilled something on it.The fact is that most print advertising even with high shelf life as they say in the yellow page advertising salesmanship handbook, simply does not pull. Newspapers are horrible and Yellow Page Advertising is not much better. Inserts in the newspaper often work, direct mail generally works, radio seems to work, hack just about everything seems to work except print advertising. Why is that?I believe it is because there is information overload on the human mind and we have changed as a society and civilization in the way we prefer to get our information. It is pr
If you’re ready for a change of pace, a change of perspective, and the best change of your life, then you’re ready to start this adventure.
4. Watch out for the complainers
It’s unfortunate that there are so many negative people around, isn’t it? But I guess you’ve noticed just as much as I have that some people will complain no matter what.
The same goes for teaching abroad. As you do your research, you’re going to come across people who have negative things to say. These people have complaints about everything. They don’t like the food, or the people, or the work, or the weather, or whatever else they can think of. Funny thing is, it doesn’t matter where in the world they go; it’s the same story.
So here’s what worked for me: Ignore them. If you give them even a little bit of attention, they’ll carry on for days. All that does is bring your mood down, and when there’s so much fun to be had, who wants that?
Of course, you’re going to want to make sure you do your best to choose a company and a school that will suit your needs. Don’t go into this blindly. Be confident in your decision, so when you get on that plane and you are looking out the window over the ocean, you’ll know that you’re on your way to one of the best years of your life.
And when you’re there, spend time with people who have an equally positive outlook. Let the complainers have a club of their own.
5. Your
Here today, I am going to share about how Business has evolved.In summary, what you will read today will be on how trade began from the time people start to exchange, to buying and selling. Brick-and-Mortar Business will be the next phase which business will go though and finally, Internet Business.As you all know, business began a long time ago. It all began with the simplest form of buying and selling – Trade.Trade mainly involves 2 or more people and the exchange of something for something. It can be in a form of service, product or money.However, we don’t normally call that “Business”, as it is much too small an activity to consider one yet.When the word “Money” was not born into this World, people had been trading for a long time, exchanging between goods of no fixed value.Goods can be highly valued; it can be low as well, depending on the buyer and seller.Even a pen in those days was regarded as highly valuable.After some time, people became smarter and thought of establishing a system, a way to determine the value of every single material or item tradable.Hence, “Money” was born. It serves as a standard of value for measuring the relative worth of different goods and services.However, in those days, there was no such thing as coins or dollar notes. Shells were used as a form of money. And the used of shells slowly spread from people to people, coun
So here’s what worked for me: Ignore them. If you give them even a little bit of attention, they’ll carry on for days. All that does is bring your mood down, and when there’s so much fun to be had, who wants that?
Of course, you’re going to want to make sure you do your best to choose a company and a school that will suit your needs. Don’t go into this blindly. Be confident in your decision, so when you get on that plane and you are looking out the window over the ocean, you’ll know that you’re on your way to one of the best years of your life.
And when you’re there, spend time with people who have an equally positive outlook. Let the complainers have a club of their own.
5. Your family and friends are going to be worried
The first time I told my mom that I was going to teach in Korea, she thought I was going to be sold on the black market as a prostitute after being kidnapped in a van. Vivid imagination mom, good thing it was her son and not her daughter that told her this. I could only guess what story she would have come up with then.
The fact is, most Westerners don’t have any idea about what’s happening in Asia. We know that it’s somewhere far away and that they eat rice and have dark hair. We learn nearly nothing in school about any Asian nations, so we have nothing to base our thoughts on.
When you tell people that you are considering this option, you are going to hear all kinds of objections. You’ll hear of someone who was a friend of a friend who went to China and had a bad time. You’ll hear all kinds of generalities about why it’s some kind of scam.
The best thing to do at this point is to consider the source of the information. Sure, you respect your family and friends. But, do they really know anything about teaching overseas? Have they been there themselves? Have they done the research you’ve been doing? Are they the type of person who you could picture packing their bags and living somewhere else for a year?
Educate them. Let them read stuff like this. Let them listen to audio presentations on teaching in Korea. Let them look at guidebooks. The more information they have, the more likely it is that they will support you on this adventure.
Five years later, my mom is a huge supporter of teaching overseas. She’s seen first-hand how much I’ve learned and grown from the experience. Even if she cries every time I leave the country, she is no longer worried about the van picking me up.
6. South Korea is modern
What do you think of when you try to picture Korea in your mind? Do you see huts and villages of people farming? Do you think of the ’88 Olympics or the 2002 World Cup of Soccer? Do you have trouble coming up with any specific image?
Before I went, I had no idea what to expect. The only thing I knew was that Seoul hosted the ’88 Olympics. Well, I’ve learned a bit more than that over the years, quite a bit more.
South Korea is very advanced. They have one of the highest per-capita rates of Internet use as well as mobile phone use in the world. The electronics produced from companies such as Samsung and LG are leading the global economy. Carmakers such as Hyundai and Kia are selling enormous amounts of vehicles around the world. They’re leaders in the shipping industry. Medical research is also cutting edge.
Fashion trends follow those of Hollywood, combined with local distinctions. Brands such as Calvin Klein, Prada, Levi’s, DKNY, American Eagle, and others are highly sought after. Local clothing manufacturers also turn out beautiful quality clothes at unbelievable prices.
The buildings are modern. Citi
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