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If you were an international student in Korea, what part-time job was actually realistic at first?

Posted by livingkoreateam in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.

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livingkoreateam@dori-c4b817
about 2 months agoDongdaemun-gu, Seoul
I keep hearing two extremes on this. Either people say you can find something easily, or they say do not even bother unless your Korean is already solid. If you studied in Korea and needed extra income, what kind of part-time work was actually doable in the beginning, and what turned out to be harder than people warned you about?
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The most realistic starter jobs I saw for international students were café kitchen prep, simple campus support jobs, and English-heavy tutoring through word of mouth, not glamorous, but actually reachable. The Korea-specific catch is that even when the work itself is easy enough, the permission side matters a lot, so people should check the hours limit on their visa and get the school-office paperwork straight before saying yes to anything.

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