I’ve been thinking of what is going to happen after I graduate in the fall. I need to either go to graduate school or get a job (or maybe even both~!) Problem is, I’ve no idea what jobs are out there. In order to work for the US government I’d need to be a citizen–which I’m not at this point. And becoming a citizen costs money I just don’t have.
I can’t just up and off to Korea either. We have too much here–a house, a child in school, animals, a business–to just disappear. Though, that would be nice. I’m not at all sure I want to live full-time in Korea anyway. I don’t think teaching English is a move for me. There are so many who do that and who can’t speak Korean. My focus is on using my Korean in my job–which is why I’m sort of having a hard time coming up with something to do~!
I’ve found jobs listed on some sites–but they’re contract jobs and aren’t the kind of thing I’d most likely be qualified for. Besides, I’m not going to be “fluent” when I graduate in the fall–but I’ll be at a conversational level and still learning. That’s why I hope (hope, hope, hope) to be able to get a fellowship to graduate school. However, I’m not sure if there are any citizenship limitations on these either.
It’s all just a big miasma in my brain. I don’t know where to start looking for serious job postings (I’m so scared that so many of these sites are fake or listing dodgy jobs)… I don’t want to be sucked into something. Not that I’m even at a place for thinking about all of this really–but it’s out there, and inevitable.
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