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bueller
Joined: 26 Sep 2004
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 Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:03 am Post subject: work in Japan |
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Hello,
I've been thinking of coming to work in Japan and have a few questions
how easy would it be to get a job if I just turned up in Japan?
could I arrive in the country, get a part-time job and find privates easliy?
how much is a part-time salary likely to be?
what's the deal with visa's if I were to do this?
Which city would be best for the fastest results, and would any particular time of year be best to arrive considering term dates and holidays and the like.
how much money would I need to get set up?
how easy is it to get an appartment and what are rent rates like?
I've been teaching in China and private tuition usually has to be kept pretty quiet. Is it the same in Japan or can I openly ask around for privates?
also, does anyone know anything at all about intensive winter/summer teaching camps?
I think that's about it, I hope you can help me out
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Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 5309
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:51 am Post subject: |
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| Do you have a degree? Otherwise many of your questions will be in vain. What is your teaching experience? |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Posts: 12844
Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:16 am Post subject: |
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| how easy would it be to get a job if I just turned up in Japan? |
As Gordon wrote, help us help you by providing some background information.
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| could I arrive in the country, get a part-time job and find privates easliy? |
Not without a proper visa. Working without one is illegal here, and Japan is clamping down heavily on people who don't obey the immigration laws.
Moreover, you really can't work PT or on privates and expect to get sponsored for a work visa.
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| how much is a part-time salary likely to be? |
Depends entirely on the employer. Could be 1500-2000 yen/hour. Could be 150,000 yen/month.
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| what's the deal with visa's if I were to do this? |
See what I wrote above. Also, depending on your nationality, you might be eligible for more than one type of visa. Work visa requires a bachelor's degree and sponsor, and will be good for one or 3 years. Working holiday visa does not require a visa, but you must still meet certain requirements and apply for it from your home country. It is good for only one year.
http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/w_holiday/index.html
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| Which city would be best for the fastest results, and would any particular time of year be best to arrive considering term dates and holidays and the like. |
Well, since Tokyo is the largest city, that should be top on the list. There will be plenty of competition, as you might expect. Times of year to avoid include Golden Week, Obon, and from now to early January. The most places seem to put out ads in February and March for April hires.
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| how much money would I need to get set up? |
See above.
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how easy is it to get an appartment and what are rent rates like? |
Most apartments require a guarantor (your employer). Without one, there are a few places you can get into, including guest houses. Look at this thread I started for more info.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=4264&highlight=guarantor+key+money
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| I've been teaching in China and private tuition usually has to be kept pretty quiet. Is it the same in Japan or can I openly ask around for privates? |
Even if you do this, you will be working illegally if you don't have a work visa of some kind. With the work visa, you can join the ranks of probably most English teachers by taking on private lesson students. They can be somewhat easy to find if you use certain services (see below) or otherwise rely on word of mouth (not necessarily an easy task if you are a fresh face in town with no contacts).
http://www.nativeconnection.net
http://homepage1.nifty.com/y-dream-support/englishteacher/
http://www.findateacher.net
www.eigotown.com/database/teacherdb_eltnews/teacher_form.shtml
http://www.go-girls.jp/english/?GSID=626d07c639bec762408e16b841f587e3
http://www.a-kaiwa.net/english/index/indexFrameset.html
http://www.senseibank.com/sensei
www.teacher-navi.com/home_english.html
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| does anyone know anything at all about intensive winter/summer teaching camps? |
There are pretty much no such things here. The few that are advertised all require you to have a work visa and practically all require that you already reside in Japan. |
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bueller
Joined: 26 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:25 am Post subject: Re: work in Japan |
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thanks for all that information and the weblinks,
I have a B.Sc. and a TEFL/TESOL certificate. As for my teaching experience, I've been teaching for 2 years and I've taught in private schools, middle schools, and kindergartens around China. So I've been teaching people aged from 7 to 50+.
I'd prefer to work in a university or private school. Do they have small classes (max. 15 people) in the private schools? |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:53 am Post subject: Re: work in Japan |
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| bueller wrote: |
thanks for all that information and the weblinks,
I have a B.Sc. and a TEFL/TESOL certificate. As for my teaching experience, I've been teaching for 2 years and I've taught in private schools, middle schools, and kindergartens around China. So I've been teaching people aged from 7 to 50+.
I'd prefer to work in a university or private school. Do they have small classes (max. 15 people) in the private schools? |
Universities require a minimum of a Masters degree from a western university for part time jobs.
3 Publications and Japanese ability for full time ones.
Private language schools are anything from private one-on-one lessons to half a dozen or more. High schools usually have 35-40 students to a class. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Posts: 12844
Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:54 am Post subject: |
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bueller,
Even with your experience in China, I'd say you probably are going to get little more than a conversation school job in Japan. Places like high schools usually require experience teaching IN Japan, but you might get lucky.
I presume when you said "private school", you mean conversation school, not private high school. CSs, as Paul wrote, have classes from 1 to 10 or so students. Some sort them out by fluency level; some don't. |
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