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J17star
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 Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:20 pm Post subject: Japan job hunting |
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Hello everybody
I am a UK national who has just finished a year contract working in a private hagwon in Korea. I've returned to the UK, but am exploring multiple options. One of these options is Japan. I've done some research, gained some advise etc, but i'm looking for specific paths to find private school work in Japan. I'm not interested in Jet etc, and am definitely looking eikaiwa route.
What are some reputable sites, solid recruiters etc to use. I remember finding recruiters/work for Korea was pretty simply, but Japan looks more complicated from my brief search. Working in Tokyo is the most important piece of criteria to me. Could anyone suggest particular websites, recruiters, places to look for solid jobs regarding private school work?
Any help would be appreciated!
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ssjup81
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Location: Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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| Seems word by mouth is what you need, or just check out job sites like probably gaijinpot or ohayousensei. |
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J17star
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I've been bery busy over the last two weeks, but browsing today on gaijinpot, it seems they wish you to be in Japan as a requirement before applying. Is this standard?
I'm finding it really hard to find good sources of available jobs and any help would be appreciated. |
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rxk22
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| J17star wrote: |
I've been bery busy over the last two weeks, but browsing today on gaijinpot, it seems they wish you to be in Japan as a requirement before applying. Is this standard?
I'm finding it really hard to find good sources of available jobs and any help would be appreciated. |
Getting here is hard. Only a few big companies recruit from overseas
Seems 95% of job postings want you to be in Japan already.
BTW most eikaiwas suck to work for as a rule |
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jkozera
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| Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| could always use an eikaiwa job to get your foot in the door |
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Maitoshi
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| Be careful they don't close the door just the same and take the foot, though. |
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Maitoshi
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| At least one guy on here lost much more than a foot! |
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rtm
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| Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| browsing today on gaijinpot, it seems they wish you to be in Japan as a requirement before applying. Is this standard? |
It has become more 'standard' in the last few years. More and more places want to hire people currently in Japan, and more and more places want to hire people who already have a work visa. This has happened because the supply is outpacing the demand for English teachers, so employers can still get plenty of applicants. For similar reasons, salaries have gone down over the last 5-7 years or so. 15 years ago, 250,000 yen/mo was thought of as a bare minimum wage for English teaching in Japan, and many employers offered 270,000-300,000. Nowadays, offers of 200,000-230,000 are fairly common. |
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RM1983
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| Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 2:07 am Post subject: Re: Japan job hunting |
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| J17star wrote: |
Hello everybody
I am a UK national who has just finished a year contract working in a private hagwon in Korea. I've returned to the UK, but am exploring multiple options. One of these options is Japan. I've done some research, gained some advise etc, but i'm looking for specific paths to find private school work in Japan. I'm not interested in Jet etc, and am definitely looking eikaiwa route.
What are some reputable sites, solid recruiters etc to use. I remember finding recruiters/work for Korea was pretty simply, but Japan looks more complicated from my brief search. Working in Tokyo is the most important piece of criteria to me. Could anyone suggest particular websites, recruiters, places to look for solid jobs regarding private school work?
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks |
If youre under 30 then you can get the Working Holiday Visa. Id recommend that strongly as it is hard to get hired from outside Japan. You will need to bring some money for whilst you job hunt and arrange your own accommodation, but you have quite a many jobs to go for once in country.
I did the WHV. I got absolutely zero of anything applying from the UK, but once in Tokyo I was doing 2 or 3 interviews a day for about 3 weeks.
Think carefully about why you need to come here though. You might find moving here eats your Korea savings right up |
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J17star
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Thanks for the replies. When in Japan, what would be the normal duration before acquiring a job? The cost of staying in Japan for a month or two seems fairly expensive too.
I am under 30 and have probably about 7k dollars saved up. I did have an interview with Seiha (sp?) possibly in the works, though researched reviews weren't great.
Is it really as simple as going to Japan and then searching? |
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rxk22
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Don't work for seiha. You pretty much couldn't do worse.
I don't know. As I came here with a job, but 3-4 weeks should be enough to know you have a job or not IMHO. As most places hire for April and the process is pretty quick |
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J17star
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| I have an interview with NOVA this week. How credible a company are they, and are they worth working for, or accepting positions before intending on moving to somewhere else once in the country? |
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jkozera
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| I have an interview with NOVA this week. How credible a company are they, and are they worth working for, or accepting positions before intending on moving to somewhere else once in the country? |
I got an offer from them, I didn't like their contract. You would be basically a commission based teacher. If your students don't show up or test well, you don't get paid |
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Miura Anjin
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| I worked for Nova recently and got paid regardless of whether students booked lessons or not. |
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MrLucyTheBoxer
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Don't work for seiha. You pretty much couldn't do worse.
I don't know. As I came here with a job, but 3-4 weeks should be enough to know you have a job or not IMHO. As most places hire for April and the process is pretty quick |
What's your beef with Seiha? I've heard mostly good things. |
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