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jnightmare
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 Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 9:14 pm Post subject: Part-time Teaching Jobs? |
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Anyone know of any companies that offer part-time teaching positions? I know ECC Junior offers part-time positions. Gabba to I would imagine offers part-time work since you get to pick your own availability.
I'm looking for a part-time teaching job to supplement a job I'm taking in September. The part-time teaching job will just be temporary until my work load and hours increase at my other job.
Can anyone please recommend some other companies?
Thanks in advance for any assistance. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 9:49 pm Post subject: Re: Part-time Teaching Jobs? |
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| jnightmare wrote: |
| I'm looking for a part-time teaching job to supplement a job I'm taking in September. |
Settle in first. Get used to life in another country, a different work ethic, etc.
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| The part-time teaching job will just be temporary until my work load and hours increase at my other job. |
What are they now?
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| Can anyone please recommend some other companies? |
There are tons of PT opportunities out there. You haven't even told us where you are going to be located.
Don't jump the gun here. You sound very desperate to make money. |
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jnightmare
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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I studied aboard for a year and lived in Tokyo. So I won't have a problem getting use to life in Japan.
I will be moving to Tokyo again. I am friends with the president of a music magazine. The company is actually in Ebisu in Tokyo. I will be doing some translation work and maybe photography. I might have other duties. I've done freelance work for them while living in California.
Since coming back from Japan I have lost some of my Japanese ability. In the beginning I will only work maybe 2-3 days a week at the magazine company. As my Japanese improves again my work load and the amount of days I work will increase as well as my salary.
So I just want to look for a part-time job once I get to Tokyo to supplement my income. I don't plan to work the English teaching job long since I am trying to improve my Japanese ASAP so that I can work full-time at the magazine. But in the meantime until that happens I would like to find an additional part-time job.
Also the magazine company is going to sponsor my visa and the president agrees with me that I should work a part-time job on the side until things pick-up. |
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ShioriEigoKyoushi
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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jnightmare
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 12:01 am Post subject: |
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| ShioriEigoKyoushi wrote: |
Bear in mind that the visa your magazine guy sponsors for you may not be the same kind of visa you need to teach.
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I may need to do more research on the subject, but if I'm not mistaken translation work falls under the Special Humanities visa category right? Isn't that the same type of visa used to work at eikaiwas? |
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Glenski
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 1:49 am Post subject: |
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| jnightmare wrote: |
| I studied aboard for a year and lived in Tokyo. So I won't have a problem getting use to life in Japan. |
That's very nice that you learned everything there is to know in just a year. (yes, I admit that was sarcasm. Read why.) Look, unless you have had the type of work you are hoping to get with a very similar company to the one you had before, you still have a lot to learn here. Business in Japan is not the same as studying here, and you should realize that, plus freelancing for the company in your home country is not the same, either. Since you will be in the company's home country now, just being friends with the president is no guarantee that life will be easy or rosy. You will have to cater to his terms far more.
Plus, if you didn't work here before, you are going to have to learn how to juggle a work & study life.
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| Also the magazine company is going to sponsor my visa and the president agrees with me that I should work a part-time job on the side until things pick-up. |
They can't sponsor a visa for PT work unless you are getting paid quite generous wages. Any idea what you are supposed to start out earning? If it's less than 170,000 yen/month, I doubt you'll get it. Employer sponsors must provide a description of your hours and wages, which usually means a contract but not always. In any case, immigration is pretty nebulous about a minimum amount to make, but the figure I've listed is what they have accepted as close to the lowest I've seen in 12 years for FT work.
As for the visa, yes, you can probably use the humanities visa for translation as well as teaching. If translation is the reason you get sponsored (despite what I've written above), then it wouldn't hurt to ask immigration if you can also teach on it. They may simply ask that you fill out a form for special Permission to Engage in an Activity Other Than That Permitted by the Status of Residence Previously Granted.
http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/index.html (see list of documents) |
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JLL
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:09 am Post subject: |
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| There are some websites where you can offer yourself for private lessons and set your own price. I've not used them (because I always had plenty of overtime with ECC Junior!) but I'd heard decent things about them. You offer the first meeting free, and if you are compatible, go from there. |
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jnightmare
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| Glenski wrote: |
That's very nice that you learned everything there is to know in just a year. (yes, I admit that was sarcasm. Read why.) Look, unless you have had the type of work you are hoping to get with a very similar company to the one you had before, you still have a lot to learn here. Business in Japan is not the same as studying here, and you should realize that, plus freelancing for the company in your home country is not the same, either. Since you will be in the company's home country now, just being friends with the president is no guarantee that life will be easy or rosy. You will have to cater to his terms far more.
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I'm sorry but what was the point of being so condescending toward me? All I wanted to know was if someone can give me recommendations on part-time teaching jobs. Which companies I could look for. This is the exact reason I didn't give specific details.
I never in any way said I knew everything about how business is done in Japan. You may be knowledgeable but you seem to patronize a lot of people on this site.
Also most of the information I gave was background. I never said I'm expecting like to be easy because I am friends with the president of the company. If I thought that I would be on easy street then I wouldn't be seeking help on a second job.
You make it seem like you know everything about my life based on a few bits of information.
Don't get me wrong I appreciate the help Glenski, but do you really have to say all that extra stuff. I mean you can cut out the sarcasm, and all the other nonsense right?
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jnightmare
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 7:39 am Post subject: |
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| JLL wrote: |
| There are some websites where you can offer yourself for private lessons and set your own price. I've not used them (because I always had plenty of overtime with ECC Junior!) but I'd heard decent things about them. You offer the first meeting free, and if you are compatible, go from there. |
Thank you for providing me with some information instead of flaming me.
By the way what's your schedule like at ECC Junior? |
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Apsara
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| Glenski wrote: |
then it wouldn't hurt to ask immigration if you can also teach on it. They may simply ask that you fill out a form for special Permission to Engage in an Activity Other Than That Permitted by the Status of Residence Previously Granted.
http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/index.html (see list of documents) |
This is unnecessary. I checked with Immigration whether I could do translating and proofreading work on a Humanities visa even though I was originally sponsored by an eikaiwa, and they seemed baffled that I was even asking that question. If the work is covered by the status you are on, there is obviously no need to apply for permission to engage in activities other than that permitted by that status, regardless of what your first job on that status was. |
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Glenski
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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| jnightmare wrote: |
All I wanted to know was if someone can give me recommendations on part-time teaching jobs. Which companies I could look for. This is the exact reason I didn't give specific details.
Also most of the information I gave was background. |
I'm sorry you took every word I wrote to be patronizing or condescending or sarcasm. Nothing after the first sentence was intended that way, and I thought my parenthetical statement would at least have suggested that. I guess it didn't.
You think your OP gave background? I'm sorry. It didn't. You wanted to know about PT work, yes, but how are we supposed to know enough to answer accurately (what I strive to do) without knowing more than that?
That explains my lengthy reply, so please reread it and try to strain out any sarcasm. You'll see all I did was write factually based on having almost zero to work with for background.
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| I never said I'm expecting like to be easy because I am friends with the president of the company. |
Well, I took it that way, because you wrote that immediately after saying you "wouldn't have a problem getting used to life in Japan". Again, without a bit more to go on, my assumptions were fair game.
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| You make it seem like you know everything about my life based on a few bits of information. |
Quite the opposite. I get criticized for not saying enough about an issue on other threads, and now I'm criticized for saying too much. All I did was try to cover the bases based on supposition. If there had been more to go on initially, I wouldn't have had to do that.
FWIW, I still think you are not guaranteed a visa, so don't expect that to come through automatically. BTW, you have not answered my questions about salary, so all we can do again is speculate.
And you are going to be in for a bit of a shock trying to adjust to your magazine job in an element where you are unfamiliar, despite studying here a year. Don't ignore this advice or label it as flaming or sarcasm.
Oh, and by the way, I did not flame you. That is totally different. I gave you a mild chiding, based on scant knowledge, and I provided a wealth of useful information. Thanks for not acknowledging that latter point.
If you want some advice about PT work, look in The Japan Times (online classifieds differ from the Monday paper edition), OhayoSensei.com, jobsinjapan.com, and Metropolis magazines. |
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JLL
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 1:25 am Post subject: |
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| jnightmare wrote: |
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| By the way what's your schedule like at ECC Junior? |
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I replied to your PM but for public:
This was 3-4 years ago, but ECC Jr had so much work that your schedule was generally whatever you chose. Some kindergartens/elementary schools wanted a teacher each week, while some just wanted a visit or two over a year. You'd just pick and choose among what was available for whatever fit in with your schedule. Sometimes they didn't want to give too much work to any one teacher, but generally you could sculpt whatever you wanted within reason.
There were also one-off jobs that would come up from time to time; just keep in touch with ECC Jr and check what the latest is. |
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