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vervenerve
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 Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:46 pm Post subject: Teach Away Japan |
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New here, and trying to research everything I can (because I really want to teach in Japan!) in a responsible way. Has anyone ever had any experience with the Teach Away Inc. Japan side? I've seen posts about UAE and other countries, but wanted to know if anyone had applied/seen anything about this job, whether savory or not.
Also, as a tall blonde female traveling alone I'm wondering how receptive the Japanese are to foreign teachers/women and how willing parents can be with their student's education.
Thank you in advance! :] |
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Kaycie21
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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I originally came over with them. They are just recruiters that help Interac over seas. So basically if you want to raise your chances for an in person interview, apply to both of them.
I'm not a female so I can't help you with your other question, but you will be teaching in public schools, should you decide to go the route of ALT over eikawa. For the most part, I think if you have an open easy going personality it can be a fun experience.
Goodluck. |
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mintxleaf
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:35 am Post subject: |
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| Like Kaycie said, Teach away help recruit for Interac overseas. Those two (Teach Away & Interac) were the only two I applied to, and I got Teach Away's interview before Interac's but they told me on the over-the-phone interview about this fact, and to choose one or the other to go through the interview process with (I chose Interac). So I'm not sure if applying to both will raise your chances for an in-person-interview (unless Kaycie meant the phone interview, maybe?). [Usually after applying, you get the phone interview and then the in-person-interview]. Hope that helps, and good luck! |
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vervenerve
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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I have a phone interview scheduled for next week, but I guess I'm confused by the jargon - ATL? Recruiter? I'm understanding it as they are the middlepeople and will connect me to schools in Japan, but now I'm wondering if that assumption is accurate.
So my having an interview with TeachAway in no way is an interview for a job position, but rather...an interview for a school who will interview me? |
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seklarwia
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| vervenerve wrote: |
I have a phone interview scheduled for next week, but I guess I'm confused by the jargon - ATL? Recruiter? I'm understanding it as they are the middlepeople and will connect me to schools in Japan, but now I'm wondering if that assumption is accurate.
So my having an interview with TeachAway in no way is an interview for a job position, but rather...an interview for a school who will interview me? |
Interac are not a school; they are a dispatch company which dispatches staff to BOEs to be used as ALTs for schools, CIRs or to businesses to be in-house English teachers. They are the middle-man company.
Teach Away are just a recruitment agency, so no, not the middle-man; simply a forth party company that is paid by Interac to help them in their search for potential employees. They do not connect you to the schools in anyway and they do not have any jobs to offer - Interac is the employer, not Teach Away, and them liking you, doesn't mean that Interac won't take one look at your app and say, "Not interested."
It would make more sense for you to just apply to Interac directly, if only to avoid the potential scenarios where you interview with Teach Away for them to tell you that they like you and you're sure to be hired only for Interac to say, "No thanks," or , "What a shame but we've just finished filling our employment quota with peolpe we hired ourselves." |
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OneJoelFifty
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:17 am Post subject: |
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| seklarwia wrote: |
| vervenerve wrote: |
I have a phone interview scheduled for next week, but I guess I'm confused by the jargon - ATL? Recruiter? I'm understanding it as they are the middlepeople and will connect me to schools in Japan, but now I'm wondering if that assumption is accurate.
So my having an interview with TeachAway in no way is an interview for a job position, but rather...an interview for a school who will interview me? |
Interac are not a school; they are a dispatch company which dispatches staff to BOEs to be used as ALTs for schools, CIRs or to businesses to be in-house English teachers. They are the middle-man company.
Teach Away are just a recruitment agency, so no, not the middle-man; simply a forth party company that is paid by Interac to help them in their search for potential employees. They do not connect you to the schools in anyway and they do not have any jobs to offer - Interac is the employer, not Teach Away, and them liking you, doesn't mean that Interac won't take one look at your app and say, "Not interested."
It would make more sense for you to just apply to Interac directly, if only to avoid the potential scenarios where you interview with Teach Away for them to tell you that they like you and you're sure to be hired only for Interac to say, "No thanks," or , "What a shame but we've just finished filling our employment quota with peolpe we hired ourselves." |
BoE - Board of Education
ALT - Assistant Language Teacher (that will be you)
Also I agree, go direct with Interac. |
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yamanote senbei
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:55 am Post subject: |
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| seklarwia wrote: |
| Interac are not a school; they are a dispatch company which dispatches staff to BOEs to be used as ALTs for schools, CIRs or to businesses to be in-house English teachers. They are the middle-man company. |
Interac isn't a dispatch company either. They provide ALT outsourcing services, not dispatch ALTs. There is a very important legal distinction.
Since Interac ALTs are not legally dispatched, their ALTs cannot legally receive orders or provide assistance to the client Boards of Education, schools or Japanese Teachers of English. Interac expects them to though, in violation of the law.
It's impossible to be an Assistant Language Teacher if you legally are not allowed to take orders from or assist the person you are supposed to assist. |
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extradross
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| "I really want to? in Japan"-looks to me like it means live/experience the culture 'responsibly' of course....anybody going to 'work' there-needs to be aware of the current surplus of foreign teachers and familiarize themselves with the nature of the companies they are dealing with...i.e 'teach away' provide the illegal scuzzers with cannon fodder and get a cut/payment for this 'if' their lead is successful....it's gonna get worse before it gets better-how difficult is it to search for information regarding the hiring process....? |
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vervenerve
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for your thoughts! I've started putting in my application to Interac as so many of you helpfully suggested. 
And so far as individuals who seem negative towards those newbs trying to enter the (flooded, I've heard) field, thank you for your points. However this is research and I appreciate hearing first hand accounts from those who have gone before me. :] I'm not trying to belabor my points in ignorance; I'm attempting to learn.
So thank you everyone!  |
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G Cthulhu
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:23 am Post subject: |
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| yamanote senbei wrote: |
| Interac isn't a dispatch company either. They provide ALT outsourcing services, not dispatch ALTs. There is a very important legal distinction. |
But completely irrelevant to the discussion. |
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