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davejw6 · Joined: 04 Jul 2009 Posts: 24

Can anyone recommend websites for searching for ESL/university positions in Japan .....apart from of course this one :) ?

ripslyme · Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 481 Location: Japan

http://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekTop?ln=1
http://www.jacet.org/kobo/index.html

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Are you calling ESL and uni sites separate ones?

As for uni sites:
http://linguistlist.org/jobs/index.html
http://aaaljobs.lang.uiuc.edu/current.asp
www.kenkyusha.co.jp/guide/mag/sei-hen.html
http://www.jacet.org/kobo/index.html
http://www.jalt-publications.org/tlt/positions/
http://chronicle.com/jobs
http://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekTop?ln=1
Most of the above are not Japan-only sites.

You might also find some uni jobs in regular ESL/EFL sites:
ohayosensei.com
japantimes.co.jp (classifieds)

Other EFL sites abound. What exactly are you looking for?

davejw6 · Joined: 04 Jul 2009 Posts: 24

No, not seperate....just thought there would be some that I don't know of.
It seems like nearly all the jobs I've seen advertised, require that the applicant reside in Japan. Does that mean actually having a work visa, or just being in Japan for an interview?

Thanks for the sites,
Cheers.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

I think most university jobs nowadays require that people be present in Japan do to an interview. Makes sense, since their other requirements are a bit higher than most other jobs.

If you have stellar qualifications and/or have been here before but don't reside in Japan now, it might be remotely possible to get hired without being here, but that's an obvious rarity.

As for any job that says applicant must reside in Japan, yes, they are hoping the candidate has made a commitment to come here, even if only to look around instead of doing it long-distance with online searches. Does it mean they also want someone who already has a visa? Hard to say. Look at the ad; they should say, but they often don't. If they don't say, ask. If they do say, it's just because they have chosen not to sponsor visas.

maximmm · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 59

It's not that hard to say. Job market this year in particular is pretty bad, so the majority of employers are opting out to hire applicants with valid work visa. Most of them advertise as much.

Finding work in the countryside, however, may well be possible.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

maximmm · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 59

Situation in Hokkaido may well be different:)

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

I'm not talking about just Hokkaido.

maximmm · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 59

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Why are you being so difficult and snooty? I recently wrote on this forum about the very same topic you are vainly trying to argue about. In it, I showed clearly that in a main job site (OhayoSensei), the vast majority of FT jobs advertised didn't fit the category you are ranting about. If you can't back up your own claims similarly, one might write the same sort of comments about your posts.