Hey everyone, I decided to make a new blog since I am no longer preparing to move to Korea.
Here is my new site
http://seouljoanna.blogspot.com/
Please come and see what fun things I am doing in Korea!!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Catch up!
Hi everyone it has been a long time since we have written on here. A lot has happened since November. Stacey and I had set a goal of moving to S. Korea this summer and Stacey got an amazing job that she can't leave...yet, but she is hoping to transfer to S. Korea in the future. I started applying to be an English teacher at the end of February. The good news is I got the job!!!
It is amazing how much paperwork has to be processed and how many hoops have to be jumped through to get the job. After a lot of stressing over getting my documents (where is my passport, I need my FBI background check, what this needs an apostille, what is an apostille and how do I get one?). I also had to pass 2 interviews and get letters of recommendation...just thinking about all the work makes me tired again. Finally I sent all of my paperwork a week ago and it was a great feeling.
That is until my wonderful recruiter from Korvia emailed me that I forgot to sign a page. AGHH!! So I printed the page again and signed it this time and put it in the mail this week. I got an email from her saying that they accepted the rest of the paperwork and are just waiting for the page I forgot to sign to get there.
She said that I was able to get into Seoul, which was my first choice, and I am going to get on a higher pay scale because of my TESOL minor and because I taught ESL at Franklin Elementary. This made me very happy!
Now the paperwork isn't done yet so I'll keep you posted. I still have to get my contract, sign it and send it back. Then I have to go to LA to apply for a work visa, and then book my flight to S. Korea, oh yeah I have to pack too (I'm not sure how to fit a years worth of clothes, shoes and deodorant in 2 suit cases). So much to do and only a few months left.
Orientation start the 18th of August.
Wish me luck!!
It is amazing how much paperwork has to be processed and how many hoops have to be jumped through to get the job. After a lot of stressing over getting my documents (where is my passport, I need my FBI background check, what this needs an apostille, what is an apostille and how do I get one?). I also had to pass 2 interviews and get letters of recommendation...just thinking about all the work makes me tired again. Finally I sent all of my paperwork a week ago and it was a great feeling.
That is until my wonderful recruiter from Korvia emailed me that I forgot to sign a page. AGHH!! So I printed the page again and signed it this time and put it in the mail this week. I got an email from her saying that they accepted the rest of the paperwork and are just waiting for the page I forgot to sign to get there.
She said that I was able to get into Seoul, which was my first choice, and I am going to get on a higher pay scale because of my TESOL minor and because I taught ESL at Franklin Elementary. This made me very happy!
Now the paperwork isn't done yet so I'll keep you posted. I still have to get my contract, sign it and send it back. Then I have to go to LA to apply for a work visa, and then book my flight to S. Korea, oh yeah I have to pack too (I'm not sure how to fit a years worth of clothes, shoes and deodorant in 2 suit cases). So much to do and only a few months left.
Orientation start the 18th of August.
Wish me luck!!
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