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[bluetortilla]

Although I am proficient in Japanese, and while I'm familiar with the basic format used to write a resume in Japanese, I want to get this right. I know I'll make grammatical errors (not acceptable) and Japanese resumes may have changed standards for all I know.
Anyway, I'm looking for Japanese native speaker to proofread my resume and offer advice in exchange for English proofreading, translation, language lesson, or whatever in that line. Besides Metropolis, does anyone know of any good online classifieds for this sort of thing? I've tried googling without much luck...Thanks!

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[Glenski]

Are you being required to write a Japanese resume, or are you doing this out of your own free will? Most teaching jobs don't require a Japanese resume.

[GambateBingBangBOOM]

Unless they specifically ask for a Japanese resume, don't give them one (just make sure you let them know that you are proficient in your resume). Remember that the person who reads your resume is the head of the English department in a private school or a Board of Education, or someone whose job is to deal with foreigners in a dispatch company, or the equivalent in a conversation school. It's like switching to Japanese with a Japanese teacher of English- it can be taken as an impression that their English isn't quite good enough (assuming they know your Japanese level, you should wait until they switch languages, or ask for a clarification in their language) . In this case it can come across as an assumption that their English isn't quite good enough.

[bluetortilla]

While I realize that this forum is primarily for jobs related to English education, I am looking for jobs in other businesses as well (by the way I am not in Japan at the moment- will be in Tokyo in January).
Having said that, I have expressed interest in administrative positions handling English teaching programs. I have gotten several replies in Japanese asking for my rirekisho and an interview on Skype, so either way I think I will need a good copy of a Japanese resume on hand. Since their offer is in Japanese, I assume they're expecting a Japanese resume.
Lastly, I've run across a number of placement agencies that require you to fill out a Japanese resume for their database. These agencies are seeking native speakers of English for various positions in Japanese industries. Again, not really appropiate to this forum, but I suppose it's like this:
Spend enough time in Japan and you will want to move up, regardless of whether the field is English education or not. Unless you're going the university route, many job prospects will require fluent Japanese from the start.
And that's why I need to know how to find a proofreader! As an 'exchange thing' of course.

[Glenski]

You might have mentioned this in the OP.

In any case, I think you'll have better luck finding someone if you look in your own city. Any Japanese language departments at a local university there? Or culture departments?