Korea- Too boring

[Josquius]

....err....

[Ideologue]

Ide, would it be better to use your law degree now that you have it? Could you be a lawyer in the air force? Or, perhaps less excitingly, volunteer work while you look for a job?

JAG is one of the more competitive areas of law.  Everyone wants to do it.  You can't just walk in off the street to a recruiter, and casually drop your J.D. on his desk--unfortunately.

That said, it does give me pause.  On the one hand, the bar will still be here when I get back (unless it isn't, or I don't get back ).  On the other, while by career services' standards I'm "using" my J.D. since Tim's benefactors seem to rather enjoy my "doctorate"--then again by career services' standards I'm "using" my J.D. right now to make salads (oh, btw, I'm being promoted )--it does seem like a true abandonment of the possibility of a career.

On the third hand, it's very likely I've burned that bridge already.  Fuck it.

Unless I get a gov't gig in the next very little while.  Iirc, I still have more than a dozen outstanding apps.

[Ideologue]

Great news, apparently their prospect flaked out. You're in!

Tim, what is the candy situation in the RoK?

[jimmy olsen]

Great news, apparently their prospect flaked out. You're in!

Tim, what is the candy situation in the RoK?

Some of the stuff isn't quite as sweet, but we got a CostCo near by with American food.

Hurry up and get that FBI check.

[Ideologue]

Maybe you said so already, but is there a preferred order I should do all this in?  I'm thinking--and I believe you are too--the FBI check first, in case they bounce me.

[jimmy olsen]

Maybe you said so already, but is there a preferred order I should do all this in?  I'm thinking--and I believe you are too--the FBI check first, in case they bounce me.

FBI check first, then the Passport request. If you haven't done this yet. DO IT TODAY.

Oh, and you need to get the TEFL certificate. It can be done in a single weekend, but then it takes like ten days for the certificate to ship from England unless you have them Fed Ex it.

The other stuff can all be done while waiting for the FBI check.

[Ideologue]

Well, fine.  But I'm gonna be disappointed and out some cash (although the passport is technically useful otherwise) if they bounce me.

[Monoriu]

Will going to S. Korea to teach English potentially damage your chances of a legal career down the road?

[Ideologue]

Sort of, but I believe not significantly more so than the gap that already exists.

Hell, if I get to know any Korean attorneys or businesspeople--which I don't know how I would, but it seems more likely to occur than if I'm in South Carolina, I could parley it into legally useful experience, and learning Korean would be a useful skill.

[alfred russel]

Ide, would it be better to use your law degree now that you have it? Could you be a lawyer in the air force? Or, perhaps less excitingly, volunteer work while you look for a job?

JAG is one of the more competitive areas of law.  Everyone wants to do it.  You can't just walk in off the street to a recruiter, and casually drop your J.D. on his desk--unfortunately.

That said, it does give me pause.  On the one hand, the bar will still be here when I get back (unless it isn't, or I don't get back ).  On the other, while by career services' standards I'm "using" my J.D. since Tim's benefactors seem to rather enjoy my "doctorate"--then again by career services' standards I'm "using" my J.D. right now to make salads (oh, btw, I'm being promoted )--it does seem like a true abandonment of the possibility of a career.

On the third hand, it's very likely I've burned that bridge already.  Fuck it.

Unless I get a gov't gig in the next very little while.  Iirc, I still have more than a dozen outstanding apps.

I wouldn't give up on using your law degree. On the up side, while I doubt anyone is going to give you credit for using your degree to teach english in Korea, that is a kind of adventure that will cause people to overlook a gap (working in a restaurant, probably not  ).

Career services at USC should really be helping you. Maybe they would have some advice for skill sets you could work on that would make you marketable when you get back. Maybe if you can learn some Korean that could open doors for employment in LA or SF.

Good luck whatever happens.

[alfred russel]

Sort of, but I believe not significantly more so than the gap that already exists.

When did you graduate?

Also, does anyone know what happened to disturbed pervert?

[Ideologue]

Sort of, but I believe not significantly more so than the gap that already exists.

When did you graduate?

May 2011.

Also, does anyone know what happened to disturbed pervert?

Sold for parts.

[jimmy olsen]

Well, fine.  But I'm gonna be disappointed and out some cash (although the passport is technically useful otherwise) if they bounce me.

1st of all it will be good to know if that shows up on your FBI check because it's almost certain you will have to get one some time latter in life.

2ndly, as you said, a passport is useful in and of itself and will last ten years.

[Ideologue]

Whoop, sorry.

Career services at USC should really be helping you. Maybe they would have some advice for skill sets you could work on that would make you marketable when you get back. Maybe if you can learn some Korean that could open doors for employment in LA or SF.

They've asked me to come in, and you know, I really should, but they're not really very useful--"here's a job posting from the SC government jobs board, Hunter!" "Yeah, I know, and here are four more that you didn't see; I'm actually better at your minimal duties than you are"--but especially since I've opted out of the bar because of the decline in barred attorney hiring and wages (and I still say it only seems like a terrible idea in hindsight, and at least saved me a couple of thousand bucks).

[jimmy olsen]

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