Looking for a Job as a teacher in Seoul, Korea

[susroo]

Dear friends i want to know if Indians graduates are eligible to teach in Korea? I am working in Seoul and my wife is living with me and she would like to find a job and work in Seoul, korea.
She has a masters Degree and experienced in teaching both in India and Abroad.
Your valuable suggestios will help us.
Thanks in advance
susroo

[gfell]

The thing is, your accent is really hard to understand for those wanting to learn English. Schools are only after native English speakers.

[Mikepass]

As gfell alluded, accent will be the biggest problem. If your wife doesn't have an overly strong accent, then she may be okay.

Seoul itself can be very very competitive, but the outer and country areas are screaming for teachers. I believe that only about 20% of country schools have native speakers.

Don't forget to also with a Masters Degree she can also apply at universities. Also, Hogwans are a good place to try, but be careful of them as some are quite dodgy.

Back to the first point though, you will have to get around Korea's prejudices of colour, race and accent, an unfortunate reality of the country. To put it in perspective, I'm from Australia and the school where I work was originally worried about my accent and a school near mine declined to employ a Thai American because he didn't look like a native English teacher. No equal opportunity laws in this country.

But, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Good luck, I hope your wife finds something.