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[chuckd74]

ok, I have been reading the endless ranting arguments on Dave's about Westgate vs Aeon, vs Shane, etc

I don't give a crap about this childish banter, I just want some facts (please)

a) I have a BA, 10 years exp, 4 years at Unis, 3 years in China, 2 years in Korea, 1 year DLI Military with RSNF in KSA, + 5 years business in Hollywood, USA


what do I "qualify" for?

how should I go about this? emails? phone calls? newspapers? websites?

should I just not bother and do Korea?


I am flying to Shanghai in Feb and will base there for interviews in ROK and Japan

I am specifically looking for University jobs, high school students or business adults- no kids, no BS (stop laughing)


please feel free to email me directly at [email protected] with suggestions/comments/etc


please no "ghost management" honey coated adverts and none of the " my friend's uncle's dog's horse's ass said xx ooo xxx..."


yet any "truth" or "facts" with your personal opinions would be greatly appreciated

and, my apologies if this memo seems slightly abrasive, its just I spent the last 3 hours reading the arguemnts b/w people with too much time and not enough facts

thanks!

[Glenski]

Since you don't have a master's degree, you will not be eligible for work at a university, not right away anyhow. After you work here a year or so and can self-sponsor your visa, you might (meager chance) be able to get part-time work at one.

Otherwise, you are eligible for any other sort of teaching work except international schools. Whether the potential employer considers you qualified for them with your overseas teaching experience (China & Korea, right?), is up to them. Your military record means nothing to teaching employers unless you teach the Japan Self-Defence Forces something about military English. Don't know what your business experience was in Hollywood; maybe useful for some business English clients.

[tonyukohi]

is the email dearth or death? not to be anal-retentive; i'm just a lost copyeditor fighting against a sea of typos.
not that you can tell by my inability to hold down a shift key for capitalization purposes.

all jokes aside, someone may be trying to respond to the somewhat malcriado message you left. not i, however. my time is spent wisely.

[bearcat]

1. You do not qualify for most if not all university teaching positions. MA in a related field, Japanese language experience, publications, Japanese teaching and or Japanese university teaching experience are the standard requirements for most of them.

2. International or Private HS that require licensure from a state in the US or another country will also not be an option.

3. Lack of Japanese language proficiency will potentially prevent you from getting any corporate teaching positions and for some private direct hire HS or jrHS.

That pretty much leaves you with the typical, entry level conversation school(eikaiwa) jobs, the few direct hire public/private Kinder-HS that don't require Japanese ability, and ALT positions through companies that outsource you to public and private Kindergartens-High schools or any amalgam of the three in between.

[Glenski]

[bearcat]

[Glenski]