Hagwon Hub

Teach in Korea.
Feel at home here.

Find a hagwon with the pay, housing and visa details shown upfront. Then meet the teachers who make Korea feel like home, online and at meetups.

Free for teachers. Always.

Hagwon Hub job list showing salary, start date, student ages and housing for each listing
Jobs

Know the deal before you apply.

Every listing shows what you'd normally have to email three times to find out.

  • Pay, housing and start date on the card, not buried in a PDF.
  • Verified academy badge so you know who you're dealing with.
  • Apply directly to the academy. No recruiter in the middle.
  • Upload documents once and attach them to any application.
  • Message academies and schedule interviews inside the app.
See open jobs
Hagwon Hub community feed with topics like Contracts, Housing and Visas
Community

Ask the people who've been there.

A feed only for teachers in Korea. Questions about your contract get answered by people who signed one too.

  • Topics that matter here: contracts, housing, visas, the classroom and life in Korea.
  • Post anonymously when it's about your school.
  • Find people into the same things with lifestyle tags, and get a heads-up when someone posts about yours.
  • Legal tab with a directory of Korean employment and education laws, so you can check your rights at work.
Read the community

Calendar

See what's on this month, day by day.

Interested or going

Save the ones you like and see who else is in.

Tickets in your pocket

Free or paid, your ticket lives in the app. Show the QR code at the door and you're in.

Meetups

Get off the app and into the city.

Hagwon Hub runs meetups for teachers in Korea. They're a good way to meet people outside your school and actually get to know the city you live in.

  • Events listed in the app with the place, time and what's included.
  • Register and pay in one step, then keep your ticket on your phone.
  • Reminders before the day, plus an update if anything changes.
See upcoming meetups
Hagwon Hub Reads tab with guides on overtime law, the F-2 visa and probation clauses
Reads

The guides we wish we'd had.

In-depth articles on the parts of teaching in Korea nobody explains well: visa pathways, labor law, contracts, banking and phone plans.

Read the guides
After you apply

Always know where you stand.

Every application moves through clear stages, and you get a notification each time it changes.

  1. Sent

    Your profile and documents go straight to the academy.

  2. Viewed

    You'll see when the academy opens your application.

  3. Shortlisted

    You're on the list they're comparing.

  4. Interview

    Set up the call and talk it through in chat.

  5. Offer

    Contract attached. You have 7 days to decide.

  6. Accepted

    You're hired. Next stop: Korea.

For academies

Hire teachers without a recruiter.

Post your job for free and hear from teachers directly. You only pay for the applications you choose to open.

Free

Free job posts

No listing fee and no placement fee. Open only the applications you want to read.

Fit Score

Each applicant is checked against your post on visa, location, experience, start date and more, and you see exactly what matches and what doesn't.

One pipeline

Move candidates from Viewed to Shortlisted, Interview and Offer, with chat and contracts in the same place.

Verified badge

Show teachers you're a registered business that can sponsor an E-2 visa and gives a written contract.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is Hagwon Hub free for teachers?

Yes. Making a profile, browsing jobs, applying, uploading documents and joining the community are all free. Some meetups are ticketed, and the price is shown before you register.

How does Hagwon Hub make money?

Academies post jobs for free and pay to open the applications they want to read. They can also pay to give a listing more visibility. We never take a cut of your salary, so the pay on the listing is the pay you get.

What happens after I apply?

Your application and the documents you attach go straight to the academy. You can follow it through Sent, Viewed, Shortlisted, Interview and Offer, and you get a notification every time it changes. Once you get an offer, you have 7 days to accept or decline.

What does the Verified badge mean?

Verified academies have confirmed three things: they're a registered business, they're eligible to sponsor an E-2 visa, and they provide a written contract.

Who is the community for?

Foreign English teachers in Korea, and people planning to come. You can post under a nickname or anonymously.

Is there an Android app?

Not yet. On Android, you can use the full web app at app.hagwonhub.com in your browser.

Get the app

Your next chapter starts here.

Jobs, people and plans for your life in Korea, all in one place.

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