Before you travel to South Korea you need to obtain a visa that allows you to work (UK nationals can travel to South Korea for up to 90 days without a visa but you must have a return ticket).

Here are some websites that you may find useful when searching for vacancies:

• TEFL UK – advice and job vacancies if you're interested in teaching English in South Korea

• Gone 2 Korea – includes information and advice about teaching English in South Korea

• National JobCentre – site and vacancies in Korean

• British Chamber of Commerce Korea – contains links to member companies

• HigherEd Jobs – allows you to search for Ph.D., postdoctoral, research, and lecturing vacancies at South Korean universities

• Job Korea – site and vacancies are in Korean

• Saramin – site and vacancies are in Korean

• Seoul Global Center – vacancies are in English

• Work-Net – the Korea Employment Information Service's public recruitment portal (site is in Korean)

Take a look at the TARGETjobs international vacancies page.

Newspapers with vacancies

In addition, you can find job vacancies in the following English-language newspapers:

• The Korea Herald

• The Korea Times