Footprints Recruiting

To Teach or Not to Teach

Looking for a NON-TEACHING job in Korea? Most jobs in Korea for foreigners are to teach English however there are other jobs in Korea for ex-pats. In order to get a job in Korea NOT teaching English, you typically either need to be in the country or you need to get a transfer or co-op opportunity organized through your university or college. At this time Footprints Recruiting does not offer jobs in other fields. We exclusively offer jobs in Korea teaching English.

Footprints is working on setting up internships in large Korean companies for our teachers who are interested in exploring other options and building their resumes and international experiences.

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Become a Footprints Teacher and get access to Korean company internship assistance.

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EARN EXTRA CASH - get Korean students for summer camps in Canada and study abroad programs in Australia, Canada and the US and get paid! Why not, all you have to do is get the students name, register them and if they go across, you get paid! Earn $300-$1000 per student for 3 week to 1 year programs.
If you'd like to learn more about the summer study abroad programs or our study abroad programs please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Here are some other suggestions if you're looking for work in Korea NOT teaching English:

go to Korea and pound the pavement
check the Korea Herald or the Korea Times online and apply to jobs in the classifieds
check with your university to see if they have co-op work experiences
There are other ways to get a non-teaching job in Korea but again, in most cases, the Korean employers will likely want to meet you in-person. It should be noted that Korean work culture is very different from Western style. Work ethic is different and expectations of employees are also very different. Examples of this would be the drinking culture, this is prevalent in most business settings and requires younger employees or those lower on the totem pole to HAVE to join their older colleagues WHENEVER the older or higher ranked person wants to go out. Often this is every night ~ good bye liver. :)

It's not all bad. Working in a Korean company is an amazing experience. We highly recommend teaching in Korea for a year first and if you are still inclined to look for something outside the teaching field you can put out feelers while you are on the ground.

IMPORTANT - once you have signed a contract with a school to teach English in Korea, you are obligated to work for them EXCLUSIVELY for a year. Your visa will not allow you to work for other companies. You can apply for a "rider" to your visa that enables you to legally work for more than one company but you have to get permission from the initial provider of the visa sponsorship.

IMPORTANT - your visa will be valid for a period of one year and will be exclusive to the organization that initially sponsors you. If you decide to quit a job before the expiry of that visa you will not be able to get another visa UNLESS the initial company cancels your previous working visa.

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