I wrote to Soonchunhyang University to find out the status of my job application. They, too, had the decency to reply, but as with UNIST in Ulsan, I can tell they wouldn't have replied had I not asked first. As you might already have guessed, SCH also said no to my application, so I'm now 0 for 2. That's embarrassing, too, since SCH has been called a good place "for beginners" who are just embarking on a university teaching career, and I'm no beginner. I have a feeling, especially based on what Charles told me during dinner this evening, that Hanyang is also going to say no given that they're primarily looking for a researcher, which leaves Kyungpook National U. (KNU) as my last hope before I have to start looking in earnest for part-time hagweon work. I've seen no new university wants ads for work at Dave's ESL Cafe or Unijobs.kr or Koreabridge. So unless some miraculous uni job shows up at the last minute, I'm pretty much cooked and have to look at hagweon work soon if I plan to stay in Korea—either at the end of this week or, at the latest, the end of next week.
Fingers and tentacles crossed for Kyungpook. But honestly, I'm not really that hopeful.
And hagweon work is a game for the young. Sigh.
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