English Teacher: Uncle Lion English Academy (South Korea)

"You do want a job?"

"You do want make impression good on youth of style for improvement?"  

Please no rhetorical questions to 'hook my interest.' I'm only interested in the details of the job. Give me those in a straight-forward manner and you've got my interest.

You can read the entirety of this post here from www.tefl.com.

This redunkulous grammar structure is enough to make your head spin. But, that's why I actually like this post - it's hilarious!

A word of advice to Uncle Lion English Academy: Get a native speaker to edit/ proofread your job post before you submit it for thousands upon thousands of native English speakers to view.  

This is a cringe-worthy job posting. The pay is reasonable, as well as the contact hours, but the posting is enough to turn me off of this job. There's no quality in the presentation. So, dear job hunter, why should you believe this company would be good quality?

Things of note:

There's no mention of reimbursement for the medical check and visa costs. Most likely, they will not reimburse you. 

The medical insurance: yes, the company pays for half, but that means the other half is taken out of your paycheck each month. It's a common practice in Korea.

If you have to pay for the apartment, it is not mentioned. But methinks, you will not have to pay because they are stipulating you cannot smoke in the abode.

Here's an example of a good posting.

It's direct, provides necessary information about the job and, best of all, gives me a website to look for further information (in the complete posting). Well done! As well, there are no idiotic rhetorical questions that make me want to rip out my fingernails.

But as with any job in Korea, make sure the contract they send you in your home country matches the contract they ask you to sign once you get to Korea. If it doesn't match, don't sign. First, show your employer the differences, then negotiate, if need be. Second, if all else fails, you can always find another employer once you are in-country. You may have to do a visa run, however, to start a new contract.

Keep on high-alert for crap postings like this one from Uncle Lion (what a name for a company!) Spread the word of this shlock-fest, and hopefully employers will have to improve…at least with their job postings.

Do good English search for job make fun!