Job hunt road block

Sooo, this Korea job-hunting thing is proving to be quite the headache with endless road blocks. Part of me wants to give up. I won't though.

Still, I am in a position where I need to regroup and re-strategize (I don't think that's a word). The recruiter I've been working with has left me feeling like a hacky sack. Up and down, up and down is the name of the game. It's really difficult communicating when there's a 13 hour time difference. I feel like our correspondence goes into a time machine and may or may not reach it's destination.

It's looking like the public school option is just not going to work. Apparently it matters that I didn't do my high school studies in the U.S. Also, I love (not) how I was told exactly how my letters of recommendation needed to be AFTER I had already requested them. Great timing folks. Come to find out, TEFL course instructor references are not valid and all letters have to be in jpeg or pdf format. Ok, all that makes sense, but why tell me now?? More than a week after I was told to request them and then did so?

I'm going to probably end up going the hagwon (private school) route. Bring it! It worries me a bit, because I've heard bad stories; but I've also heard good ones too. The game plan now is to lay low until I have all my documents ready, THEN apply for those jobs so I'm not caught in the middle waiting like a worm on a hook. So stressful.

I don't want to say anything bad about the recruiter I've been working with. It's not their fault that I have a complicated background and can't get reference letters. We just may not be a good fit. I'm tempted to check out Footprints Recruiting or Gone2Korea. Or WorkNPlay. I've heard them recommended as well. We shall see. I just needed to get this down and have my thoughts played out. For now I'm packing up my car and heading down to my grandparent's for a couple days.

At least there is this: I have a part-time job from November 9th until I leave for Korea!!! This, my friends, is good news :)