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pabo · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 29

hello. i've been teaching uni in korea for 4 years and want to make a move to japan. through the expat teaching community over here, i've heard that uni jobs in japan are very difficult to get. so, i'm looking for the next best thing. i want to teach adult conversation classes, but most of the language schools i've checked out in japan are both children and adults. i have 4 yrs efl experience, young american, b.a. in english literature, don't speak japanese, and am not currently residing in japan. and i can't do JET because i don't live in america. what's the best teaching job i could expect? thanks.

PAULH · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 4672 Location: Western Japan

Mark · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 500 Location: Tokyo, Japan

What about at a semmon gakkoo?

pabo · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 29

i appreciate the information. i knew i didn't have a shot for a uni job, just wanted to find a good job. i'm curious about the ALT jobs. i read a bit about them and i think they dispatch you out to high schools and companies to assist in english lauage teaching, right? so, you would be working for a certain ALT company, and teaching at a couple different places through them.

and, i'm trying to avoid having to return home to the states or go to japan for an interview because of money and time. is it really very difficult to get hired without a face-to-face interview. are there recruitment agencies, (i think maybe westgate does this), that will recruit you without being in your native country? would conversation schools hire you without an interview? thanks again.

pabo.