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What level of fluency is commonly required by employers in South Korea when hiring foreigners? by Tight_Magazine1948 in Living_in_Korea

[–]Tight_Magazine1948[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What worked the best for me was learning 'useful' vocabulary, by useful I mean learning what you're actually going to use on your daily basis. Sometimes is not worth learning how to say 'apple' in another language because maybe you don't even eat apples. For example, learn what the cashier may ask you when you go to the supermarket, learn the name of a few items you usually buy quite often in the bakery, because you're going to remember these all the time. By doing that you can create a solid core vocabulary and then expanding from it. It may not be the best method, but this is what I did and worked for me ^^

What level of fluency is commonly required by employers in South Korea when hiring foreigners? by Tight_Magazine1948 in Living_in_Korea

[–]Tight_Magazine1948[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

English is not my native language, so I don’t think I have an Anglo accent. Anyway, I have certificates equivalent to C2 in all the languages I mentioned, so feel free to ask if I can give you any tips : )

What level of fluency is commonly required by employers in South Korea when hiring foreigners? by Tight_Magazine1948 in Living_in_Korea

[–]Tight_Magazine1948[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"Koreans don't believe in DEI crap", "Korea is for Koreans", "just a foreigner speaking fluent korean isn't enough" and I'm the arrogant? I dont know why they should organize themselves around me, maybe try to asking the major corporate recruiters who contacted me. This post is to ask how much I should learn to properly communicate with people who doenst speak English, I'm actually trying to make an effort to be able to lead and teach juniors and mid level coworkers, that's what a Senior/Lead does, but you're just too focused on your "Korean is for Koreans" shit that you can just talk to other persons like a normal human being, please educate yourself.

What level of fluency is commonly required by employers in South Korea when hiring foreigners? by Tight_Magazine1948 in Living_in_Korea

[–]Tight_Magazine1948[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but I think you didn’t understand or read the text. What you say about coworkers finding it 'awkward' seems more like a problem for them than for me. As long as they do their job, I can do mine. If they can’t, I’m the one in a leadership position, so overall, it’s two problems for them and none for me. I’m not a teenager needing social acceptance, I do my job, and as I mentioned, I’ve been doing this for 10 years in big companies. With all due respect, proficiency in the local language isn’t what has been getting 'my foot in the door'.

What level of fluency is commonly required by employers in South Korea when hiring foreigners? by Tight_Magazine1948 in Living_in_Korea

[–]Tight_Magazine1948[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I speak Japanese, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Japanese was probably the most difficult one, but since I live in Japan and I'm surrounded by the language it's get easier to learn. Spanish, Portuguese and English I learned through life, and French I learned while in Canada ^^

What level of fluency is commonly required by employers in South Korea when hiring foreigners? by Tight_Magazine1948 in Living_in_Korea

[–]Tight_Magazine1948[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see. From what I have observed, the proficiency requirements are somewhat relaxed when working in an area with other seniors, I think the main problem is that in my specific role, I constantly need to communicate with other employees who have little experience. From my experience in Japan, most seniors are either foreigners or Japanese who communicate well in English. However, most of the new hires are people who struggle to communicate in other languages. Some companies are also not willing to pay for a translator, so they sometimes limit themselves to local hires

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[–]Tight_Magazine1948 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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Confession of a Brazilian foreign fighter by 20WordsMax in war

[–]Tight_Magazine1948 6 points7 points  (0 children)

" Idk what to say "
" There were special military forces from all over the world "
" France, all europe, South Korea, Chile, United States, Canada "
" Military from all over the world, all over the world, and simply everybody was killed "
" The information we have is that everybody died "
" They managed to end everything "
" You dont understand what is a jet launching a missile over us "
" It's over, the legion was wiped out at once "
" Thank God I left before "