I know that its been a long time since I last blogged, but I was waiting until I got my resume out there. For the past couple of weeks I've been working on my resume, obtaining my letters of recommendation, taking pictures for my resume, requesting my official transcripts and a duplicate copy of my degree. Next I need to get a criminal background check and a physical. But that's on the list.
Today I spoke to my Asia TEFL advisor and she gave me a lot of information, but the most important was to post my resume ASAP, so I did. Its up on www.eslcafe.com, and I've already applied to a couple recruiters and received a couple responses. So there is some promise, but I really need to focus on applying directly to schools.
I'm planning on leaving in late October or November, since I'm now attending Donya & Jeff's wedding in Maine in October, and taking a flight out to Boston to see Alexandra and meet her family. Since we pushed back out start date, it really on leaves us with the option to work at a private school (Hagwon), which has its pluses and minuses! The most positive part is that we'll be working with at least one other English speaking teacher, if not more. At the public schools its pretty much guaranteed that you'd be the only foreign teacher there. But the Hagwons will work us or expect us to work quite a bit more than the public schools. Either way, I'm excited.
I also went on www.amazon.com to purchase a couple books on South Korea along with a beginner's CD and workbook to learn to speak Korean. I'm sure that its going to be tough, but I'm going to get some basic phrases down!
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