Co-Founder - Director of Employer RelationsI was born and raised in Maine, USA, the state where earmuffs were invented. At age seventeen with a pair of earmuffs in one hand and a scholarship to a liberal arts college in the other I left Maine for Portland, Oregon. Four years later I graduated with a degree in comparative religious studies. Finding the job prospects for novice oracles exceedingly dim I entered the not so exciting field of college fundraising. My boss and I found out simultaneously that asking rich people for money wasn't my calling and came to the mutual conclusion that I should move to another country as soon as possible.
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Operations General ManagerSo a bio huh….one day at work in Footprints head office Jeff Strachan says ‘Hey Kara, you haven’t written your bio yet have you?’----NOPE! So, I begin the process For some reason I feel I need assistance in order to write about my OWN life….so I have a quick read of the bios of Ben and Jeff….oops! I felt like Milli Vanilli with the Stones as my opening band. How am I supposed to follow that?
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Placement Department Manager - Footprints AlumniWell, where to begin. I was born in Halifax, grew up in the 'burbs of Toronto (Brampton), spent summers in beautiful Charlevoix, Quebec, and then off to Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. While earning my degrees in Outdoor Recreation and Geography at Lakehead in northern Ontario I took a year off to follow a dream of hiking the whole Appalachian Trail- all 2167 miles (3500~km) from the state of Georgia to Maine in 2000, then back to school to finish up my degrees.
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China & Taiwan Placement Manager - Footprints AlumniBennett was born in Malaysia with Chinese heritage and the first words he spoke were in English. He received his education in the UK during his elementary years and completed his secondary and post-secondary in Canada. Bennett has traveled extensively around the world, to such places as Germany, the UK, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Mexico, the USA, and he really appreciates the international experiences he has had.
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Alumni Coordinator - Footprints AlumniYou know that picture? I know you know it. The picture in your head of what the future is supposed to look like? We all have a vague idea of what we think will happen post-University right? Well, the components of my personal picture were pretty traditional up until 2005. The last time I saw remnants of my original picture was when I walked along that long stage to receive my hard earned degree from the University of Ottawa/ L’Universite d’Ottawa (if you want to be politically correct about the title). After shaking the Dean’s hand everything became somewhat surreal. As though I was once stuck in a black and white movie hoping to find the outside world, I decided to apply to Footprints Recruiting for work in South Korea rather than sit around at home waiting for the color to appear in the picture I had vaguely outlined. (Think Pleasantville). Then I saw myself packing my bags followed by my arrival at Incheon International Airport. What I did not see is my original picture being developed in any way, shape or form….and I couldn’t be happier for it!
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Korea Teacher Placement CoordinatorEvalina Lo is a Footprints Teacher Placement Coordinator who specializes in teacher placements in private language schools in South Korea. Her full bio is forthcoming.
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In House Counsel My path to Footprints was indirect, full of zigs and zags. I have worked, studied and traveled on five continents, making new friends and enjoying myself every step of the way. Despite my passion for tasting Seoul’s sometimes eclectic street food, such as Dixie cups filled with silkworms, I most recently worked for large law firms in the United States and Canada. The opportunity to provide in-house legal support for a great globally-focused company like Footprints has allowed me to help others discover my passion for the rich and dynamic tradition of cultural exchange. Footprints primarily places teachers in Asia, and for good reason. Visitors to the region invariably enjoy Asia’s quirks immensely, including Korea’s vibrant nightlife and renowned “morning calm”, not to mention the occasional sighting of a monk wearing shiny white Reeboks under a traditional orange robe. I studied Tae-Kwon Do in Korea with a member of the Olympic Tae-Kwon Do committee, a man with tree trunk legs and an 800 square foot office filled with tournament trophies. I tasted exotic foods and became accustomed to beginning and ending hiking trips among Buddha statues of all sizes. Indeed, a day or week abroad often provides life experiences matching years in one’s home country. Helping others experience the work, travel and cultural exchange opportunities that Footprints promotes is rewarding on many levels, and I look forward to each day at the office knowing that we are helping people discover the experience of a lifetime.
South America Business Development SpecialistBorn in Buenos Aires Argentina, I landed in Chile when I was 9. As time passed by, I got my professional degree in Architecture and curiosity. That is how, along with my life-time partner, I began a search for those things that we have always felt passion for individually and collectively. For us, travels were the path to discovery. After quitting the comfort of the big city, and while on our way back to Chile from another long, long trip, Vancouver Canada became the last stop before returning to a more settled kind of life in Chile. That return was everything but such, and found us packing again as soon as we arrived in Chile and we were heading back to Vancouver, where a masters in sustainable design and great friends were awaiting.
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Footprints Recruiting offers teachers in Korea support from within the country in our centrally located office in Daegu, South Korea. South Korean Office: DaeguAddress: | 102-103 Sa-Jung Greencore | | 101-1, Chimsan-2-Dong, Buk-Gu | | Daegu, South Korea, | | 702-855 | | | | | Office hours: | 9am-5:00pm (Korea Time) | | |
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Co-Founder - Managing DirectorMy inspiration to become an English teacher came from my father. No, dad isn't an English teacher or a lover of literature, and he isn't much of a speller either. Pops mis-spelled my name when he filled out my birth certificate and the constant teasing I received led me to my calling in life - spelling. At least I am luckier than my brother Danny, in a big Freudian slip dad filled out the name on his birth certificate as 'Danial.' I'm just happy dad didn't want to name me Humperdink.
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Korea General Manager and Placement CoordinatorFootprints Recruiting Korean Representative Scott Kim has 5 years of management experience as the Director of Foreign teachers at one of the largest language schools in Korea. Scott is available to support Footprints teachers for all manners of problems and is working with Footprints to ensure we represent the best schools in the industry.
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Director of Advertising and Marketing & Intern CoordinatorHesitantly, I begin this- the bio that is! I say hesitantly because unlike everyone else at the office, I apparently lack that bit of altruism and quest for betterment that has led everyone else into the field of teaching. I know, I know, looking at that sweet smile, and inviting face you question my meaning, but let me tell you I certainly didn’t begin my life as an E.S.L. tutor thinking that I could enrich the lives of children by bringing the wonders of the English language into their lives...
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Recruiting Department - Teacher Recruiter Specialist - Footprints AlumniRecent graduate and would be teacher needs a job. Has student loans. "Will" travel. That is how it all began, and there wasn’t really much more to it than that. A friend recommended that I apply to Footprints, and after being interviewed by Kara, Ben found me a job in Ulsan, South Korea, where I taught for a year and then extended my contract for another eight months.
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Teacher Recruiter SpecialistWho is Jordan and why is he working at Footprints? I guess that’s the question that I’m going to endeavor to answer in this “bio”. For the sake of filling up as much space as humanly possible, I’ll start this lovely story off way back in July of 1978, a fantastic year indeed. This was the year that I came into the world, born in Toronto, Ontario. I knew I wanted to teach English within five minutes of life on earth and made that my life long goal. I was also cognizant of the fact that I would likely not get hired until I had done some schooling, kindergarten at the very least. Upon completion of kindergarten, and my subsequent application to teach English overseas, it became clear to me that I actually needed a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in order for my application to be considered. Blessing young minds with my plethora of knowledge would have to be put on hold for a little while.
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Teacher Placement Coordinator Laina is a Placement Coordinator who specializes in teacher placements in private language schools in South Korea.
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Footprints Longterm InternWell, I am not a typical Footprints employee. I haven’t taught overseas at all – and unfortunately I haven’t even been to Asia, but it’s my next target. I am an assistant at Footprints Recruiting and I work with Melissa in the Advertising and Marketing Department.
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Footprints Recruiting recruits teachers from every native English speaking country in the world. Our head office is located in Vancouver, Canada. Head Office: Vancouver, CanadaAddress: | 500 - 55 Water Street, | | Vancouver, BC, | | V6B 1A1 | | Tollfree: | 1 888 677-3166 (accessible in North America only)
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Footprints proudly offers our services in Australia to assist teachers from Australia and New Zealand who are interested in teaching English overseas. Please feel free to contact us at your convenience with any questions you might have about teaching abroad. Australian Office: Adelaide | Footprints Office in Adelaide
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