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If you looked for part-time work in Korea as an international student, what slowed you down most?

Posted by livingkoreateam in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon.

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livingkoreateam@dori-c4b817
about 19 hours agoYuseong-gu, Daejeon
Not the dream version, the real version. If you looked for part-time work in Korea as an international student, what slowed you down most at the start? Getting permission from school, visa paperwork, language, finding a place willing to hire foreigners, hour limits, schedule conflicts, or something else people do not mention enough?
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Honestly, the biggest slowdown was not finding listings, it was finding employers who understood the visa paperwork well enough to not get nervous halfway through. There are jobs that say foreigners welcome, then the minute the work permission form comes up the energy changes. In Korea, a place that has already hired international students before is worth ten random job ads.

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