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Shiggy
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 Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:37 pm Post subject: Other companies besides... |
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I tried JET and wasn't accepted. I tried AEON and wasn't accepted (thank God). And, last year I withdrew my application with Interact.
Are there any other companies that hire ALTs besides these three? |
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Glenski
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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JET is not a company. It is a government-sponsored program.
It isn't "Interact"; the spelling is "Interac".
Yes, there are tons of companies that hire ALTs. You'll have to give us a little more info on your needs and desired location to get answers that help you. Otherwise check online ads everywhere. |
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ghostrider
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:26 am Post subject: |
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| You need to get your feet on the ground in Japan. Aeon, ECC, Interac, JET are the current realistic ways of making that happen. If you're from a country that offers a working holiday visa, you can save up and come during the peak hiring periods and look for work on the ground, but don't expect anything much better than those. Quite a few are actually worse. |
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Shiggy
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| Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Glenski wrote: |
JET is not a company. It is a government-sponsored program.
It isn't "Interact"; the spelling is "Interac".
Yes, there are tons of companies that hire ALTs. You'll have to give us a little more info on your needs and desired location to get answers that help you. Otherwise check online ads everywhere. |
"Interac." I knew that. It was a typo. But, I didn't know that JET was sponsored by the government.
Anyway, I'm not picky nor needy. I would simply like to visit Japan. I seem to be decent at teaching and getting along with teenagers, so it makes sense to teach English in Japan.
However, at the moment it's not realistic for me to spend over $1,000 on a trip to Japan. |
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baki
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:06 am Post subject: |
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Ghostrider is right, you will need to be in Japan to take your chances. Schools would much rather see you in person than recruit someone blindly over the internet. Let's say you ran your own company and you needed cheap labor would you recruit anyone from say Nigeria without knowing their background first?
You will need at least $2000-$5000 just to get started on temporary accommodation, food and travel, if you don't have that it will be very difficult. It's possible for people to run out of money and appear quite desperate in the end. You don't want to look like that. Preparation is everything.
Start saving for August/September or even December if you don't have the money now and plan ahead. It'll make life easier for everyone including yourself.
PS. I've never applied for JET before, but while many people have been rejected the first time they just try again. There's a certain "energy" one must prepare themselves with when applying for jobs. I feel from your post you're lacking that right now, you need to grab it like it's yours! |
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move
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What's wrong with Aeon?
And do you want to be an ALT or work at an eikaiwa? They're 2 different things. If you want to be an ALT I would check out Altia. Or for eikaiwa there is also ECC. Naturally, there are a ton of smaller dispatch companies and eikaiwas you can look into as well. |
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Glenski
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Shiggy,
The fact that you didn't know JET was a government sponsored program shows that you need to do better basic research. No offense, but this is an elementary fact about JET.
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| Anyway, I'm not picky nor needy. I would simply like to visit Japan. |
Then come as a tourist. No need to actually work here, is there?
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| at the moment it's not realistic for me to spend over $1,000 on a trip to Japan. |
Then unless you get on with JET, don't even think about working in Japan. The setup costs (and airfare is only a part of them) are much higher. JET is one of the very few places that pay airfare, so if you can't pay that much, you will not be able to afford the other costs.
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| I seem to be decent at teaching and getting along with teenagers, so it makes sense to teach English in Japan. |
A few things about the above statement.
1. Unless you get on with JET or an ALT dispatcher, odds are that you will teach students from all ages, and you will have darned little choice in the matter.
2. What does "getting along with teenagers" mean? Have you taught them before? English or math or biology? And, just because you may have some sort of rapport with teens (whatever the meaning), that does not mean you can teach them. I fail to see the connection you're trying to make here. |
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Shiggy
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe I'll try Korea, China, or some other country before Japan... |
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