How to obtain a recommendation letter for public school teaching jobs (EPIK-English Program in Korea)

1.Letters from only an academic source or a supervisor/superior at the job are acceptable.
2.Letters from an employment source must be obtained from a current job or the most recent job.
3.Recommendation letters from family members, relatives, friends, coworkers (not supervisor or superior), TAs (at the university), clients, business partners, parents of the child from nanny or baby sitting jobs, or neighbors are not acceptable.
4.Letters from co-teachers at Korean public schools or JET program are
acceptable.
5.Must be printed out on the letter head of the institute where the referee belongs to.
6.Must include the name, job title, address, contacts and signature of the reference.
7.Contacts must include telephone number and email.
Ink signature or stamp of the institute must be included.(Ink signature over the scanned image signature is not acceptable.)
8.Must have an issue date
9.May not be older than two (2) years
10.Letters from ESL certification can be acceptable if the courses are at
least four (4) week long and in-class courses (not online courses).
11.Letters lacking evaluation by referee and only containing factual components are not acceptable.
12.Applicants who are currently working in Korea or who worked in Korea in the immediate past (January 2010 to present) should submit at least one recommendation letter obtained from his/her former employer in Korea.

Please contact your KorVia recruiter if you have further questions and job interview will only be arranged for candidate who successfully obtained two recommendation letters from employer or academic professors.