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[Lady0424]

Hey all, just wondering if it's hard to find part time job or students for tutoring in Japan with a working visa. Any ideas as to where one can look?
Cheers,
Lady

[mtheta]

I was wondering the same thing. I am heading to Sendai. I was thinking of making business cards before I leave, with both English and Japanese, listing my service and contact info.

Thought of passing them out to current students, leave them at coffee shops ext.

Then of course looking in the pepers and online for jobs. There is a website that you can sign up for and create a teacher profile. Students can browse by location and contact you for services.

Just a few ideas.

[Glenski]

Just to clear up something.

Do you have a work visa already? Nobody is going to hire you to work part-time and sponsor your work visa.

Getting private lessons students depends on many factors. Where you advertise (word of mouth, magazines like Xene, newspapers, information centers, online, etc.), how you advertise (in English or in Japanese), who you target (individuals, groups, kids, adults), where you hold lessons (your home, their homes, cafes, etc.), how much you charge, what country you are from, what city you are in (big or small), etc. Most people just leap in without thinking about any sort of business plan for finances or for planning lessons.

As for giving current eikaiwa students your business cards, be careful. Your employer may frown on this because you would be pulling more business from those students away from him. Many put (illegal) clauses prohiting that in their contracts. Be subtle and discreet. Most people who start out doing private lessons pirate their current classes, but you don't want to tick off your employer.

[Gordon]

As Glenski stated, be careful about giving business cards out to students. As a former employer, I would have fired teachers for doing something like that. You would be essentially stealing students from the school where you are employed. Don't worry, it is not hard to find students. Usually you get them from word of mouth, if you are a good teacher that is.

[mtheta]

I should have clarified. Hand them out to current students you are tutoring...ones that you found, not from an employer. That would be bad business.

I already have the visa taken care of. Sendai is a large city. The business cards would be in both English and Japanese. And...I am Canadian...EVERYONE loves Canadians! haha, j/k.

Good advice though. Very important things to consider.

[bornslippy1981]

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