Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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 Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject: Re: Need help with the job hunt in Japan! |
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| cary.s.martin wrote: |
My husband and I have decided that we want to move to Japan in 2010 and are currently researching different jobs.
I was wondering if any of you could help me out and give some good tips on job hunting in Japan. We want to teach English and have two years experience teaching ESL in China. |
Have you read any of the 4 FAQ stickies yet? Good place to begin. Also, look at these sites:
http://www.eltnews.com/cgi-bin/mbnew/YaBB.pl?num=1103086725
http://www.gaijinpot.com/c_ed.php
http://www.teachinginjapan.com/ (discussion forum here is dead, but many good links can be found from the first page)
http://thejapanfaq.cjb.net
http://www.all-about-teaching-english-in-japan.com/
http://clik.to/eflinasia
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| Are there any good companies that we should look into? |
Yes, but not many posters will tell you because the market is so flooded right now, and people don't want to give away a good thing.
Are you planning to come here and look around, or will you job hunt from your homeland? Makes a difference. Stay home, and you have about a dozen or so places to pursue.
AEON
GEOS
ECC
Altia
Peppy Kids Club
James English School
David English House
Language House
Westgate Corporation
the old NOVA (run now by G-COM)
Berlitz
Interac
JET Programme
Deal with their recruitment schedules and locations. Pay your own expenses for interviews (1-3 days long).
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| Or any other odds and ends that we should anticipate coming up against? |
See the links I provided. There are tons of "odds and ends". Hoping to come as a couple poses limitations, I hope you realize. Do you want to work in the same company/branch? What sort of teaching are you shooting for? What are your qualifications?
From the little you wrote, I'd say you are probably qualified for entry level work -- conversation school (eikaiwa) instructor or ALT (through JET or dispatch agency). But what exactly are your qualifications? (You said degrees, but what sort of degrees?)
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| How much should we expect to be paid with teaching experience and college degrees? |
Two years in China means very little to most Japanese employers. Wages here have been falling in the past few years, too. Expect 220,000-270,000 yen/month before taxes. Find out whether the employer makes copayments into health insurance or not; some don't by getting around the law with a loophole that lets them count only your classroom time as work hours.
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| I would prefer to work around Tokyo or another big city so my husband and I could teach either at the same school |
Not an easy option for an employer to consider. Not many cases of this, either, for various reasons. Housing that schools provide is often only for 1 person, too, and even if you express a willingness to squeeze in, learn just how tight those quarters are beforehand. At least if you get housing from the employer, you will not have to pay security deposits (key money) or search for furnishings. Get a place on your own, and you have to pay 2-5 times a month's rent just to move in, and it will usually be a totally bare place (no curtains, furniture, appliances of any kind, or light fixtures). Those 100-shops only go so far in furnishing a place.
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| or have the option to work in the same city at different companies and or schools. |
A more likely option, but who's to say what sort of commuting situation you'd have? Could be 40-90 minutes one way. |
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