Thursday, September 15, 2011

Late

I've been waiting to go to Korea for years. Just two weeks ago, I cried myself to sleep because it didn't look like there was a position for me for a long time and I want to go so badly. My friend Amy, who is teaching there right now and also did a few years ago for the first time, told me about two different programs last week and I've contacted them and talked to both recruiters since.

Last night, I talked to the ECC recruiter and he said there are four positions available at the end of November in or near Seoul. He said, once I rank the positions in order of most to least favorable, he will talk to the schools and is sure he can get one to offer a contract. But I need to do it in the next few days.

Tonight, I Skype interviewed with Poly Schools and they have one position in Seoul that needs to be filled ASAP. Paul, the guy I talked to, is going to talk to the director today (it's 3pm there) and he will probably want to interview me Sunday. I'm clearing my schedule.

If this goes through, I would leave as soon as my visa confirmation number comes in. That takes 8-10 days and it would get started as soon as I accept the contract. Pretty sure we'd be looking at leaving in two weeks.

Needless to say, I'm not going to sleep for a while. It's amazing what happens when you say, "Fine, God, this doesn't make any sense to me, but you said you'd direct my steps, so I believe you."