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ghost
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 Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:45 am Post subject: Westgate for over 60s |
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I heard Westgate might be the only place where over 60s are welcome to apply and teach on short contracts.
Can anyone in that age group confirm this?
Also - what is the application process like. I think they have a very extensive application process.
Thanks and I appreciate any information anyone may have.
Ghost in China |
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mitsui
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Location: Kawasaki
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Well you can live in their housing.
You share it with a couple other teachers.
It is furnished.
Don't know of older teachers working there.
Experience teaching at universities or of teaching TOEIC looks good.
I think contracts are for four months.
4 months for the spring (April-July) and a little longer for the fall semester
Commutes can be good or bad. Depends on where you work.
30-90 minutes.
In Kanto commutes could be long.
I think Nagoya sounds like a better place to work. |
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Shakey
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 9:11 am Post subject: Re: Westgate for over 60s |
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| ghost wrote: |
I heard Westgate might be the only place where over 60s are welcome to apply and teach on short contracts.
Ghost in China |
I do not think Westgate will be interested in hiring a 60 year old male teacher. In fact, I do not think any TEFL company in Japan will be interested in hiring a 60 year old male teacher, especially from outside Japan.
I know a 68 year old Canadian woman that was hired by a university this year on a contract, but she had taught in Japan for many years previously and was very connected.
Ghost, weren't you in Saudi Arabia? What happened?
Find a good job in China, is my suggestion. There must some good university positions in China that, with the low cost of living and free housing, would be better than an entry level TEFL job in Japan - that's if you can even find a company in Japan willing to hire you.
As someone on this site once wrote, the TEFL scene in Japan is circling the drain. You go to where the work is. And it is not in Japan. |
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currentaffairs
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Yes, I think that they would employ teachers over 60 because everyone is on a short term contract and expendable. There were a number of older teachers there when I worked for Westgate some years ago.
The contract is three months. You just teach for most of a semester and there may be a week before the teaching starts for preparation and a few seminars.
It is a good way into Japan as everything is sorted out for you (housing, visa, and transport, etc). I worked for three months and then found other work and ended up staying in Japan for six years (the work visa is valid for a year).
Everyone had their own flats in Leo Palace blocks. No sharing when I was there.. |
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Shakey
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| Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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| currentaffairs wrote: |
| Yes, I think that they would employ teachers over 60 because everyone is on a short term contract and expendable. |
I'll believe it when I see it. In my professional opinion, he won't get hired. He would even have a tough time getting hired if he was 30 years younger! These shitty companies want young and dumb. Not wise, educated and experienced.
But give it a shot, Ghost. You're well qualified with a ton of experience. Although that is not what Interac, Winbe, Shane, Westgate, Nova, Gaba want. They want twenty-dumbthings who will bend over backwards for their Japan experience. No questions asked. |
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