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Once again, I have the privilege of sharing feedback from Rich DeBourke, principal consultant at SBF Consulting, about a lesson in the Korean Business Etiquette Guide (back when it was the Business Culture Fundamentals Specialization of the KBC Professional Certification Program). Rich's comments and questions about the materials give me...
—- On Korea Business Central, we receive a lot of questions about getting a job in Korea. The problem is that the answers aren’t so easy. In a posting just a few weeks ago, [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://stevenbammel.com/category/archives/kbcforum/topics/advice-needed] one young professional from Romania asked how she could find a job....
I wrote the Business Culture Fundamentals Specialization of the KBC Professional Certification Program to help non-Koreans make sense of Korean business culture and be more effective in Korean business. To date, we’ve had dozens of students sign up, with many of them having graduated. But one person who doesn’t need...
The following snippet is now part of the ebook Korean Business Etiquette Guide: Take an Essential Step Toward Your Business Goals in Korea! Purchase and download on Amazon. [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Bammel/e/B00T6BEEY2/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=korcontraseri-20&linkId=CVTDBYDSJBICQN2B] From the extra reading in Chapter 1 of Korean Business Etiquette Guide: Take an Essential Step Toward Your Business Goals...
The D-8 visa has been a good visa for non-Korean investors and entrepreneurs wishing to live and work in Korea over the long-term. Basically, since opening a corporation in Korea had previously required W50 million in paid-in capital, non-Koreans setting up such a corporation in Korea who made the investment...
Having published my executive report “The Top Ten Gifts to Give in Korea to Make a Great Impression”, I get a steady flow of questions asking me for advice in specific gift-giving situations. Here’s a question I received recently: “I am an American businessman meeting with a Korean company Chungbuk...
I much prefer email interviews to verbal ones; that’s because I can keep and post my exact answers here even if the reporter ends up using only bits and pieces of what I provide. This is from an interview with the Donga Ilbo. <스티븐씨의 소개> Q. 동아일보 독자들에게 스티븐씨에 대한 간단한...
Somewhere along the way (beginning 'round about the time I published this article, I guess…), I started getting questions about visas in Korea. Having sat down with the official from Korea Immigration for an hour or so earlier this year, I realize this topic isn't as complicated as it seems....
I was discussing with an associate about my studies at Hanyang University and he had some questions about the program. He first asked about my studies, including about how busy I am over vacation and whether the first year is taken up entirely by coursework. "The studies are going fine;...
The following was extracted from a recent interview with me about how to find a job in Korea. Visit Korea Business Central for more information on getting a job in Korea, including the full video of this interview. “Now tell me: how can Korea Business Central help me find a job...
