"Joo" at UNIST emailed back right away (she seems very prompt) to say my paperwork had been "successfully received." So... will I make it to the next round? Odds are that I won't. They're looking for someone with a Master's in linguistics and/or a CELTA-like certificate, or someone with a Ph.D. and research/publishing interests that could heighten the university's level of prestige. I've got none of that. And I'm in no shape to write a research paper.
I got a tip about another uni job at Soonchunhyang University (순천향대); the ad started life as a Facebook-only thing that I wouldn't have seen, and now, the same ad is on Dave's ESL—the first ad there not to be for a children's summer camp. The university is located at the very ass-end of Line 1, the oldest subway line. Commuting there would mean 2-3 hours in transit, which means up to six hours of my day could be spent just shuttling back and forth. That's not going to work, which means I'd have to move. But with all of my accumulated stuff after a decade at the Golden Goose and over 20 years in Korea, moving is a pain unless the move might be worth it. Soonchunhyang is offering not even W2.5 million/month salary, with opportunities for overtime work. That's a nasty pay cut after a few years of working for over twice that amount per month. UNIST, down south in Ulsan, would be a longer move, but the pay is 50% higher, i.e., still not up to where I'd been at the Golden Goose, but a damn sight better. So I'm waffling over whether to apply for a job at Soonchunhyang.
Upshot: the search continues. And I need to get my KMA shit together so I can visit it next week. Ah, June. And today's a fookin' hot one. No walking until maybe tomorrow morning if I get up in time. Then off to Suwon/Yongin to devour lunch with my ex-boss and his sons. (Their mom got a gig, so she won't be joining us.)
Tonight: Bake more cookies to take to the ex-boss tomorrow.
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