I have given up any hope of receiving help from the recruiting company, HRC. First of all, let me state that my contract ends at the close of this month. Any additional time I spend in Changwon is due to the ineptitude of HRC who have been sitting on my transfer request for two months. Sure they finally sent me job offers last week for two schools and when I decided on one, I found out the job doesn't open when they said it would (January). It actually opens next April. So in a seemingly guilty reply, they added another school to the list which I also felt was satisfactory. The job there opens January 15th. I sent back a reply saying that I was ready to negotiate a contract. My old recruiter from last year, who in September had shrugged me off onto an equally inept intern (or something), replied to say that the company doesn't negotiate it's standardized contract. That leads me to question why they asked me so many questions about what I wanted in a contract when I visited them to start this whole ball rolling. I have since sent back email to question why they haven't quoted me the non-negotiable salary and to ask for the standardized contract to review in advance.
Already imagining the response this will solicit. I have two options now-- the second of which is scheduled for tomorrow. HRC is a recruiting company subcontracted by my school chain. They therefore both hate it, and get no commission, if someone approaches school directors individually-- which I can do through my director, along with an immediate glowing recommendation which surpasses anything a resume can provide. (Out of misplaced respect for my recruiter I have avoided doing this so far). My first option, however, was to post to Dave's ESL cafe. I did this less than an hour ago, at midnight. The website states that there is up to a 36 hour waiting period for postings to appear. WRONG. It took ten minutes and by the time 20 minutes had passed, I had already had a job offer by phone from ¼ö¿ø (Suwon) for 600k Won more than I am earning now. That's close to $700CAD more a month. I have no idea how many calls I will get, waking me up, tomorrow when business hours start.
Last year, I had 6 days to prepare for my current job in Korea. If they think they can pull that off again, while sitting on my resume
On a related side note, I was able to use HRC on the phone tonight, as an example, in explaining the English expression, "tits on a bull".
Wednesday, October 24, 2001
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