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corinl · Joined: 11 May 2010 Posts: 15

Thanks again guys for the great information. It sounds like all round people are saying waiting until start of next year would be the best option.

It's interesting what you say about age and most employers wanting mature, life experienced staff but continuing to hire youth workers. Asian's generally do seem a bit over-obsessed with the young and beautiful, fashion and the media. So I guess it's not really a suprise to hear of this!

There's nothing I can do about my age but it's good to know that this will be a negative to my situation, that I must overcome by impressing them in other ways with my interview technique.

I have another question as to jobs and where is the best place to find jobs and which type of job adverts would you be looking at?

I have seen on this forum there are obviously many job postings at the right time of year, but recently for korea most people say most are not actual jobs but agents trying to get details and push you into jobs they cannot fullfil.

There are such online sources as jobs in japan and i think another was called o'halo sensei online newspaper - but this looks to have mainly jobs to apply for once you are in japan.

Would you recommend to jump on a plane come january time or sit and apply for one to two months from home? (n.z. in my case)

I'm already annoyed I missed the boat when I could have gone back to Japan with my ex-gf in March and had a chance to get the tail end of jobs being advertised then...

Apsara · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2142 Location: Tokyo, Japan

seklarwia · Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 11:59 pm Post subject:

corinl · Joined: 11 May 2010 Posts: 15

seklarwia, thanks again for the information, it really is helpful!

I will postpone flying over until feb/mar as you suggest and in the meantime look at getting more teaching experience in n.z. and applying for japanese jobs i see advertised.

I have re-written my c.v. many times for non-IT positions, but obviously I am still relatively new to the teaching game and so I cannot be sure I have the best c.v. for a Japanese teaching role.

The comments about making an agent or employer aware of the benefit to living and working in other countries is helpful. I worked for 2.5 years in Switzerland and now 1.5 years in N.Z. so culture shock (in the west) is not really an issue..and I have travelled through South East Asia for four months...but that's differently to living and working and trying to fit in as I really do appreciate.

I'll keep researching for now and asking questions - thanks again guys!

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