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inuzuki8605 · Joined: 01 Dec 2010 Posts: 98 Location: America

I've found out in a reasonable amount of time right? I don't leave until mid-end of March for training.

seklarwia · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:48 pm Post subject:

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

If they have officially hired you, there is no reason they cannot start the COE process immediately. None. Since it takes 2-8 weeks, and this is the busy time for immigration, it would only be prudent (and common sense) to do it ASAP.

benshi · Joined: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 48

For about the last year, due to "increased security protocols" (so they say) it has been taking on average about 6 weeks for us (the school) to receive a COE from the time we submit the documents and application.

inuzuki8605 · Joined: 01 Dec 2010 Posts: 98 Location: America

So I've gotten an email from Joytalk with the official offer of employment attached along with what I need to send to them ASAP to start the COE process. They also told me all about what I need to do in terms of when to meet and what location for training including where to find hotels if I wanted to come before the training dates. (During training, meals and other accommodations will be provided by them)

It seems like they are really trying to get the ball rolling with this as soon as they can, which is awesome.

~how to go about getting my international License become I go.
~A list of questions to answer for immigration.
~Directions to the hotels and the meeting spot.

Yeah it was a long email... Has anyone else that interviewed heard back?

inuzuki8605 · Joined: 01 Dec 2010 Posts: 98 Location: America

Okay, so I just emailed them all of the information they need to get my visa processed. We'll see if it gets processed in time. ^_^

inuzuki8605 · Joined: 01 Dec 2010 Posts: 98 Location: America

XiaoBilly, have you heard anything back from Joytalk yet? I'd like to know if I'm having some company this spring semester! ^_^

Dark Machine · Joined: 30 Oct 2010 Posts: 24 Location: Liverpool, UK

OK So I just got an e-mail inviting me to be interviewed via Skype for Joytalk. It's the first interview I've got in a fair few tries so I'm very excited, but I'll have to do it all early tomorrow morning because I'm going to London from 9am Wednesday till Friday, then to my dad's for his birthday on the weekend. Confused

Thanks inuzuki for posting info about the interview process. My Japanese is beginner level but I really want to improve it which is one of the reasons I applied. I can get by in day to day life, but having bigger conversations makes me a little nervous. Still I'll suit up, grab some coffee and water and try my best! I just hope there's still enough time for them to get a COE and visa processed 'if' I get the job. Wish me luck ok? Razz

inuzuki8605 · Joined: 01 Dec 2010 Posts: 98 Location: America

flyer · Joined: 16 May 2003 Posts: 539 Location: Sapporo Japan

yeh good luck

I had an interview last week, it went very well, heres hoping!

Dark Machine · Joined: 30 Oct 2010 Posts: 24 Location: Liverpool, UK

Just finished my interview. Got Grant, he was a great guy, really nice and positive. Tried to smile as much as I could without seeming weird, but he made that very easy by being a cool guy. The interview seemed to go well, so here's hoping for the best. I decided to ask for 230k per month like Inuzuki did, hopefully that'll be fine with them, did say I'd be flexible if they put me in the country where the cost of living's lower. He said my Japanese was fine, and that he liked that I was very keen to improve it.

All I really said was that I was flexible, could drive if needed, could teach little kids but knew more about teaching JHS level. I said a mixed option could be good for me as it would give me experience with little ones, but also that I was really keen on clubs and things and would love to help out the soccer team or drama club especially. My song was 'Teddy Bear's Picnic' Very Happy

which he seemed to like a lot.

I'm hoping for the best, but am really not sure if I made a good impression or not. He seemed to like the questions I asked him, about health insurance and kinds of apartments, I hope I didn't come off as rude. He also liked that I had a family history in teaching or seemed to anyway.

I said I liked the system of spreading the initial costs for apartments over the length of contract. It does seem quite sensible to me. My car cost got quoted at around 18,000 p/m too, and my UK licence means I can just transfer it into a Japanese one when I need to without taking any further test. Which is awesome.

Anyway, he seemed very nice, I hope I came across the same way. I wore my suit and had a coffee and water with me, interviewing at 1am is hard though. Smile

flyer · Joined: 16 May 2003 Posts: 539 Location: Sapporo Japan

Good Luck dark machine

Dark Machine · Joined: 30 Oct 2010 Posts: 24 Location: Liverpool, UK

inuzuki8605 · Joined: 01 Dec 2010 Posts: 98 Location: America

Hey Dark Machine! Don't worry about the questions you asked because I asked the same things and got hired. I think they expect you ask those things so they don't that it personally when you do.

Grant is sooooooo awesome! He and he was the one that that sent the proposal email too and has been a great help already in helping me prepare to leave. He even found me a hotel I could stay in the first night I was there. (Okay, fine, I'm sure they've had that hotel on file for ages haha) But still, it was nice not to have to look for one.

XiaoBilly · Joined: 08 Mar 2010 Posts: 9

[quote="inuzuki8605"]XiaoBilly, have you heard anything back from Joytalk yet? I'd like to know if I'm having some company this spring semester! ^_^

[quote="inuzuki8605"]