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nickole28
Joined: 08 Sep 2004
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 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 1:53 am Post subject: new to this need help!!! |
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Hi people!!
I am new to this whole thing. i am taking my tesol soon and hopefully it will do me some good.
i was considering working in 3 places as a starter: 1) japan being one of my first choices
i've read some neagative and positive comments about japan. any suggestions or comments on this?
also i heard that jobs in japan make good $$$ per month such as 300,000 yen. is this something to look out for in a BAD placement? or is it good?
what does the average person make montly and how much of it goes to rent and bills?
thanks for any advice!!! |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:48 am Post subject: Re: new to this need help!!! |
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Hi people!!
i've read some neagative and positive comments about japan. any suggestions or comments on this?
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Can you be a little more specific about this. Going to move to live in a foreign country where you dont speak the language and they have diferent set of customs requires a major mental shift and things will not be the same as at home, which is why you come here in the first place. there are good and bad things where ever you go- the difference is in in how you deal with it: culture shock, job setbacks etc.
Japan itself and its people is not going to change just for you, so its up to you to make adjustments in your thinking and behavior, and different people experience things in different ways.
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Hi people!!
also i heard that jobs in japan make good $$$ per month such as 300,000 yen. is this something to look out for in a BAD placement? or is it good?
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You can make good money but that depends on your qualifications training and expeirence, how hard you work, whether you teach privates.
Salary has nothing to do whether its a good or a bad school- there are schools that pay good salaries becuase the teachers have the right qualifications and experience. Schools will pay what the market will bear and what they think teachers are worth. Higher skills usually means a higher salary.
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Hi people!!
what does the average person make montly and how much of it goes to rent and bills?
thanks for any advice!!! |
Immigration asks employers to pay 250,000 yen a month to sponsor a full time work visa so most conversation school teachers make around this figure though it is not a minimum salary (no such thing in japan for language teachers). Some make more, some make less. On the JET program teachers make 300,000 yen a month, and this is a government paid salary. University and high school teachers make more than this again.
Again it depends on if you are working full time or part-time, your job skills and qualifications and where you teach. 250K is standard for a full time 40-hour week plain vanilla job at a language school. |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:53 am Post subject: Re: new to this need help!!! |
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what does the average person make montly and how much of it goes to rent and bills?
thanks for any advice!!! |
Working at a language school, rents will vary depending on size of the apartment and area but expect to spend about 180,000 yen a month o rent, utilities and basic living costs. what you save out of what you have left over depends on your lifestyle spending, student loans, credit cards, how often you travel withing Japan etc which will eat up your savings.
You can live on a conversation school income, but keep in mind it is an entry level salary that works out to about $14 an hour for a forty hour week, enough for a single person to live on. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| I am new to this whole thing. i am taking my tesol soon and hopefully it will do me some good. |
What are your qualifications other than this?
What kind of teachingjob are you hoping to get (conversation school, high school, university, etc.)?
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| i've read some neagative and positive comments about japan. any suggestions or comments on this? |
Other than the salary comment, what have you heard? Your question is far too general to offer any specific replies that might help your individual situation. Many people come here to teach. It's not for everyone. Some come for a year, some have longer plans. Some fail at this; others succeed.
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| i heard that jobs in japan make good $$$ per month such as 300,000 yen. |
What kind of jobs have you heard that offer this salary? Standard pay for 99% of conversation schools is 250,000-280,000 yen/month, and some places recently have started offering as low as 200,000! High school jobs start at about 300,000-350,000.
As Paul alluded to, what you make and what you save are different things. Most people on a standard conversation school salary have about 70,000-90,000 yen left over each month after paying for basic needs and conservative nightlife. This remainder pays for everything else in your life, from a pack of cigarettes to a postage stamp to souvenirs, etc. How much you save depends on your lifestyle, rent, and location, not just your base salary. |
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