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Glenski
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| Darashii wrote: |
Eehhh? They expect a handwritten resume?  |
Universities often/usually want your regular English resume (which is typed, of course), plus the traditional Japanese one (rirekisho), which is handwritten in Japanese. |
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taikibansei
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:24 am Post subject: |
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| Glenski wrote: |
| Universities often/usually want your regular English resume (which is typed, of course), plus the traditional Japanese one (rirekisho), which is handwritten in Japanese. |
I've never submitted a handwritten rirekisho for a university job. Moreover, in over ten years of working on Japanese university search committees, I must say that I've seen very few handwritten rirekishos from Japanese applicants--let alone foreign applicants. Heck, for senior faculty hires, it would take literally days to fill out one of those things by hand!
Instead, I've simply duplicated the Japanese rireskisho format on my computer, which I then print out, sign and hanko in the required places (very important), then submit. This has always been sufficient--and I'm not sure I'd want to work at a place where this wasn't okay! (Also, I've never submitted an English resume in Japan--but then I've never applied to places where they were required.)
I'm also on the Board of Trustees for a private high school, where all rirekishos must be handwritten (and half the time, you can't read what the heck the applicant wrote). I've also heard that, for Japanese business searches as well, only handwritten rirekishos are accepted. The bottom line is that, for university positions (perhaps because so many Japanese faculty have worked/studied overseas?), the application process is far more "Westernized." Indeed, many university job ads now include in the ad a rirekisho form downloadable in Word format with specific instructions to type!
As the OP is looking for a job in Shikoku, here's a current ad on JREC-IN:
http://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&id=D108120776&ln_jor=0
Note that the English version of this ad does not link to the required forms (including the rirekisho) that need to be submitted. Note as well that, in the instructions to filling out the rirekisho, typing is specifically listed as acceptable.
Finally, to the OP--note that the deadline is next Friday. Good luck!  |
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taikibansei
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:35 am Post subject: |
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| Well, this was on three separate occasions but the jobs were only advertised in Japanese and were not quite 'entry level' uni jobs. I think because they specified that most application documents had to be submitted in Japanese might have put off some potential candidates. So, if one is prepared to go the extra mile good jobs can still be found... |
I still agree with Glenski that this sounds unbelievable for an EFL position. In my experience, even ads written in Japanese demanding Japanese-language materials, still get 50-100 applications each time.
Unless, of course, you guys are located on a fault line next to a nuclear power plant and asking for something weird in your ads--e.g., human sacrifice, organ donation, yubitsume, etc. Am I close?  |
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Glenski
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:33 am Post subject: |
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| taikibansei wrote: |
| Glenski wrote: |
| Universities often/usually want your regular English resume (which is typed, of course), plus the traditional Japanese one (rirekisho), which is handwritten in Japanese. |
I've never submitted a handwritten rirekisho for a university job. Moreover, in over ten years of working on Japanese university search committees, I must say that I've seen very few handwritten rirekishos from Japanese applicants--let alone foreign applicants. Heck, for senior faculty hires, it would take literally days to fill out one of those things by hand! |
Well, all I can say is that for the 30+ universities where I applied 3 years ago, half wanted an English typed resume plus a rirekisho. It was my wife who strongly suggested that it be handwritten, so perhaps what she thought was necessary and what really was necessary are/were different. I just followed her lead. In her defense, she has never applied for TEFL positions, but her experience as a Japanese person is in business, and she was very adamant about handwriting the rirekisho.
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| I'm also on the Board of Trustees for a private high school, where all rirekishos must be handwritten (and half the time, you can't read what the heck the applicant wrote). |
Have to smile at that, because some of the online info I've seen regarding typed vs. handwritten rirekishos says that handwriting style is very important to reviewers. It supposedly tells one about an applicant's character. Yeah, right.
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| Indeed, many university job ads now include in the ad a rirekisho form downloadable in Word format with specific instructions to type! |
None of the ones I had downloaded and completed had any such instructions. Shrug. Go figure. |
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gaijinalways
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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I've had the same experience in applying to unis, that they have requested a handwritten one in some cases, which of course my wife is nice enough to do for me. She also applies for positions in international schools from time to time; they sometimes require one, sometimes they don't.
Also I have had requests for Japanese language ability with an additional Japanese interview conducted on the same day as the English one. |
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Solar Strength
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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It's different depending on where you apply.
Take what some posters here say with a huge bag of salt! |
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Solar Strength
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand
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| Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| Glenski wrote: |
| Darashii wrote: |
| Eehhh? They expect a handwritten resume? |
Universities often/usually want your regular English resume (which is typed, of course), plus the traditional Japanese one (rirekisho), which is handwritten in Japanese. |
Dude, you're so out to lunch these days it aint funny.
Speak to topics you know about - like Hokkaido.
Stay in your lane. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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SS,
Out to lunch? Over 30 resumes I sent out required that. What has been your experience, if any?
BTW, any reason you dug up a 4-month-old thread just to harass me? |
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gaijinalways
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'solarstrength'? More like sunstroked! Wait until you have been here for a while until you start showing how little you know, if that's your thing.
Looking for work here in Japan, like anywhere, requires time and building contacts. Strange that Glenski pointed that out and you come late to harass him. |
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