Jun 3

Job: Native Eng Speaker w Fluent Japanese for International Center Team (Tokyo University)

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Jun 3

Job: Office Assistant/Receptionist at Japan Foundation (LA)

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May 31

JETwit Job Hunter Support Project

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Autumn Widdoes (Okinawa-ken 2010-2014), a writer with a focus on performance and film, will soon return to the job market.  She’d like to put her four years of experience in Japan to good use in future employment.

Hi everyone!

We’re starting an innovative new feature on JETwit to help job-hunting JETs and JET alums with their job searches. We want to post stories and experiences of the post-JET job search in ways that can be helpful to both the profiled job-seeker and to JET/alum readers. If you’d like to have your profile considered, please submit the following information using the Google Form at this link:

FYI, here are the questions being asked on the Google Form:

1. What kind(s) of job(s) are you looking for, and where?
2. What have you do so far in terms of job searching?
3. What have been some of the challenges? What have you found that was positive?
4. What’s the most important thing you’ve learned along the way so far?
5. What would be most helpful for you at this point to help you get a job?
6. Optional:  Link(s) to your online resume/CV/LinkedIn profile and/or website/blog.

We’ll periodically post your stories and hopefully this will be helpful to readers and enable others in the JET alum community to help you.

If you have any questions or problems with the Google Form, please email Autumn Widdoes at jetwitjobhunter [at] gmail.com

よろしくお願いします。頑張りましょう。

May 30

Life After JET: Gabai Life!-Educational Journeys of an Ex-JET from Saga

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By Jose Ariel Ramos (Saga-ken, 1998-2001).  Jose recently moved to Central Texas where he now works as a recruiter for a charter school.

Gabai Life!-Educational Journeys of an Ex-JET from Saga

“To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.”

-Robert Louis Stevenson

I reach for my phone. I want to check my email. I’m pretty sure there is something important there-a job lead, a response from a recruiter, a rejection, an actual offer. I put it back on the table. I go back to re-writing my resume and looking on JETwit, on Idealist, on Linkedin, on many other websites where jobs are posted. Again. Again. Again. Maybe this time I’d get a yes.

This has been my life for the past eight months: re-writing my resume; re-arranging the cover letter; sending all required documents in; filling in another online form at another job application site. I’ve applied to teaching positions in Japan, Oman, Korea, Singapore, China. I’ve applied to be director for different university overseas programs. I’ve applied to grad school. I’ve probably applied for no less than two hundred or so jobs-I’d lost count a while ago. I’ve gotten about six interviews but no luck. “How did I get here?” I’d find myself asking.

I got on JET right after graduating university with a Music and French degree in 1998. With an open mind and plenty of optimism I went to Saga ken as an ALT to find out what Japan was like. At that time cellphones were just starting to be widely used, dial-up was the common way to connect on the net, and we were still making long distance telephone calls on landlines. Saga was a rural place that had it’s own unmistakable dialect-“Gabai oishika!” I would find myself saying after a meal (Really delicious!). I made plenty of mistakes but made plenty of friends, and I had incredible experiences. The first times I went snowboarding, white-water rafting, even bungee jumping were in Japan. Three years of adventure with other adventurous people. I decided back then that that was the kind of life I wanted to live-a life of voyage, excitement, freedom.

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May 29

【RocketNews24】Who needs pre-furnished apartments when you can get one that comes with a cat?

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Posted by Michelle Lynn Dinh (Shimane-ken, Chibu-mura, 2010–13), editor and writer for RocketNews24. The following article was written by Casey Baseel, a writer and translator for RocketNews24, a Japan-based site dedicated to bringing fun and quirky news from Asia to English speaking audiences.

Some Japanese apartments are incredibly sparse. In the most extreme cases, your lease gets you four walls, a kitchen sink, bathroom, and that’s it. Oh, you want lighting fixtures, a stove, and air conditioning? Sorry, you’ll have to purchase all that on your own.

As a result, savvy apartment hunters are always on the lookout for properties that include some of these amenities. And while it’s incredibly convenient to find a place that already comes with ceiling lamps, it still can’t match the thrill some animal lovers in Japan experience when they find a new pad that comes with a cat.

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May 28

Job: Program Coordinator at Japan-Society Hawaii

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May 28

Job: Reservations Sales Consultant at Niseko Alpine Developments [NISADE] (Hokkaido)

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May 27

Job: 2 positions – Recruiter & Instructor Trainer of ALTs for OWLS Co. (Fukuoka, Kitakyushu)

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The main task of the Recruiter is to find deserving ALT candidates who meet the manpower needs of OWLS and the boards of education/schools. The ALT/Instructor Recruiter will play a critical role in ensuring we are hiring the best possible talent. Read More

May 27

Job: -3 positions- Camp Director, Asst Director & Resident Advisor at Tomodachi Initiative (Berkely, CA)

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POSITION #1

Title: Camp Director
Program: Tomodachi Initiative
Location: University of California, Berkeley
Program Dates: June 1-August 12, 2014
Remuneration: DOE + full room & board during on-site dates (July 19-August 11) payable upon completion of the program.

Program Description:

Since 1981, Ayusa has been a leader in providing life-changing cultural exchange experiences for high school students around the world. As part of the Tomodachi initiative, Ayusa has designed an intensive three week program for Japanese high school students focusing on global leadership development and community service in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley. Students will learn leadership skills, and develop individual community service action and volunteer projects to implement in their home communities when they return home. The program will feature students living in residence at UC Berkeley, a weekend homestay, social and sightseeing activities, along with exposure to American culture and values. Read More

May 27

Job: Account Manager, Asia Pacific at NOOK Newsstand (Japanese Language) NYC

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May 27

Job: Part-time Program Assistant at Japan Society (NY)

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May 27

Justin’s Japan: ‘Ghost in the Shell,’ Kishi Bashi, Luna Haruna at AnimeNEXT

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Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Borders: 1 & 2 premieres at AMC Loews Village 7 May 29. (FUNimation)

By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page here for related stories.

After an unusually chilly spring, it’s finally starting to feel like summer. Enjoy some seasonal events this month that celebrate the best of both fine art and pop art.

This month’s highlights include:

Wednesday, May 28, 10:00 p.m.

The Hard Nips

The Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery

$5

An all-female quartet that delivers riff-heavy, post-punk anthems, Each of the Hard Nips came to live in New York at different times, from different parts of Japan. And, as conspired by the ever-dexterous hand of fate, they were to cross paths and become fast friends. They quickly formed a cult-like bond whose rituals all included drinking a lot of alcohol and uncontrollably running their mouths. The wine flowed like Kool-Aid and, somehow, they found themselves buying into the delusion that they were capable of forming a kick-ass rock band. Witness the next chapter in their story, with support from Shakes and the Johnnys.

Thursday, May 29, 7:30 p.m.

Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Borders: 1 & 2

AMC Loews Village 7, 66 Third Avenue

$10

In the first two parts of this highly anticipated prequel series of the anime sensation Ghost in the Shell, it’s the year after the fourth World War and cyborg/hacker Motoko Kusanagi finds herself wrapped up in the investigation of a devastating bombing. But she’s not the only one looking for answers—as she delves deeper into the mystery of who is behind the attack, a specialized team unlike any before begins to take shape.

June 6-8

AnimeNEXT 2014

Garden State Convention Center, 50 Atrium Drive, Somerset, NJ

$45-$60

The largest independently organized anime convention in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. AnimeNEXT features Japanese creators of anime and manga, voice actors, musical acts, artists, vendors and exhibits, events, panels, workshops, and gaming. This year’s musical guest is Tokyo’s Luna Haruna, who made her major debut in 2012 with the song “Soraha Takaku Kazeha Utau,” the ending theme song for the second season of anime series Fate/Zero. Her latest single, “Snowdrop,” was featured as the ending theme song the second season of Monogatari. Don’t miss her first-ever performance on the East Coast!

For the complete story, click here.

May 26

Job: Education Abroad Advisor, Northern Michigan University

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben.  Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai.  Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Position: Education Abroad Advisor
Posted by: Northern Michigan University
Location: Marquette, MI
Type: Part-time, 30 hours per week, 9 months per year
Advertised Salary: $17,403 

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Contribute to the International Programs team by providing primary education abroad student advising, supporting marketing and outreach efforts to grow education abroad participation; maintaining the Terra Dotta software program; and providing broad support to all education abroad and International Programs initiatives and scheduled campus events.   Read More

May 26

Job: Assistant Director, International Engineering Program, URI (Kingston, RI)

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben.  Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai.  Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Position: Assistant Director
Posted by: International Engineering Program (IEP), University of Rhode Island
Location: Kingston, RI
Type: full-time, limited to 07-15-2015 with extension contingent on funding

Overview:

Serve as the Assistant Director of IEP in coordinating and supervising the overall IEP Program, the University’s flagship International Engineering Program (IEP). Direct the Spanish International Engineering Program (SIEP). In consultation with the Executive Director, coordinate the day-to-day operations of the Spanish branch of the International Engineering Program (SIEP), an innovative and interdisciplinary academic program with approximately 100 students enrolled and five partner universities in Spain, Mexico and Chile. The SIEP Director will also expand partnerships with universities and corporations in these countries as well as other countries in Latin America. Read More

May 26

Job: Program Assistant, International Student Exchange Programs (VA)

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben.  Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai.  Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Position: Program Assistant
Posted by: International Student Exchange Programs
Location: Arlington VA
Type: full-time

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ISEP is currently seeking a full-time Program Assistant located in our central office in Arlington, VA (10 minutes from Washington DC). Founded in 1979, ISEP is a nonprofit membership organization with over 300 partner institutions in 50 countries around the world. ISEP provides exchange and study abroad opportunities to over 3,400 students annually. Read More