Apr 17

Job: Resident Director -University of California Education Abroad Program (Beijing, China)

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai, seeking work opportunities in NYC starting in August 2014.
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Position: Resident Director
Posted by: University of California Education Abroad Program 
Location: Beijing, China 
Type: full-time (12 mo.)
Apply by: April 28, 2014, open until filled

Overview:

UCEAP is seeking a Resident Director (RD) to provide leadership and oversight of our Beijing academic exchange programs. The UCEAP Beijing Study Center, located on the campus of Peking University, provides year-round academic and student welfare support to approximately 100 UC participants annually at three partner institutions in Beijing.

The RD is responsible for managing the full range of academic, administrative, and student life matters inherent within education abroad programs including orientation, internships, academic advising, student conduct, health and safety, cultural adjustment, strategic initiatives, and management of local study center operations, its staff and operating budget.  The RD serves as the local UCEAP representative with Beijing partner universities, government agencies, and other organizations, and is UCEAP’s primary onsite liaison between the host institutions, UCEAP, and the students.  Reports to the system-wide office Regional Director and also works in consultation with the Shanghai UC Faculty Director regarding academic matters.  Read More

Apr 17

Job: International Sponsor Relations Manager – University Office of Global Programs, Penn State (PA)

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai, seeking work opportunities in NYC starting in August 2014.
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Position: International Sponsor Relations Manager
Posted by: University Office of Global Programs, Penn State
Location: State College, PA
Type: full-time

Overview:

As the locus for all the University’s global engagements, the University Office of Global Programs (UOGP) is an area of opportunity for those seeking a career in the field of international education. UGOP is seeking an International Sponsor Relations Manager to provide leadership support for Penn State relations with international governments, agencies and corporations which sponsor international student enrollment. The International Sponsor Relations Manager will continue the cultivation of current external relationships with ninety plus international sponsoring entities while always actively recruiting new international sponsors. This position requires advanced international cultural competencies, including but not limited to protocol communication with foreign governments and personnel, proven experience with successful financial negotiations and the ability to increase the overall international student sponsored population.

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Apr 17

Job: Education Abroad Advisor & Marketing, GA Tech

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai, seeking work opportunities in NYC starting in August 2014.
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Position: Education Abroad Advisor & Marketing
Posted by: Office of International Education, Georgia Institute of Technology 
Location: Atlanta, GA
Type: full-time

Overview:

The Georgia Institute of Technology is accepting applications for the position of Education Abroad Advisor for Exchange Programs in the Office of International Education, a unit of Academic Affairs.

Located in Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a Research I institution with approximately 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Georgia Tech has 6 academic colleges: College of Architecture, College of Computing, College of Engineering (approximately 60% of enrollment), College of Management, Ivan Allen College, and College of Sciences.

In addition to its general role with campus internationalization, the Office of International Education (OIE) serves approximately 5,000+ international students and international scholars, 1,400+ study abroad students, 900+ International Plan Participants, and 140+ International Internship Participants.
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Apr 16

【RocketNews24】Six (and a half) essential resources for learning Japanese

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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 Philip Kendall (Fukushima-ken, Shirakawa-shi, 2006–11), senior editor and writer for RocketNews24, a Japan-based site dedicated to bringing fun and quirky news from Asia to English speaking audiences.

As we’ve said before, Japanese isn’t actually as hard to learn as it’s often made out to be. Unlike English, for example, Japanese follows its own grammatical rules far more rigidly, pronunciation is easy because there is only one variant of each vowel sound to choose from (none of this tomayto/tomahto business), and it’s possible to create entire, perfectly meaningful and valid sentences without uttering a single pronoun or bothering to conjugate a verb.

Nevertheless, the language will not magically seep into you through a desire to speak it alone — you still need to encounter and study it as often as possible. With that in mind, we’d like to present to you the six and a half resources that no dedicated student of the Japanese language should ever be without. Oh, and the good news is some of them are completely free.

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Apr 15

Job: Academic Fellow Position – NYU Abu Dhabi (UAE)

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai, seeking work opportunities in NYC starting in August 2014.
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Position: Academic Fellow Position
Posted by: New York University Abu Dhabi
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE 
Type: full-time (12 mo.)
Proposed start date: June 1, 2014

Overview:

NYU and NYUAD currently operate two major community outreach programs. The Sheikh Mohamed Scholars Program (“SMSP”), established in 2008, is a coeducational program that offers a select cohort of talented university students unique access to specially designed courses, lectures, leadership experiences over the course of the academic year, and networking, graduate school opportunities and scholarships following graduation from the program. It conducts a competitive annual selection process and accepts Scholars from among the most outstanding students at the three national UAE universities: Zayed University, the United Arab Emirates University, and Higher Colleges of Technology. The Scholars Program has been developed in close consultation with the Abu Dhabi Education Council, participating universities, and New York University Abu Dhabi. The SMSP offers courses and enrichment programs that scholars take in addition to their own courses of study at their home institutions. The four SMSP courses are: one principal academic class (Supreme Court and the Religious Clause OR American Foreign Policy), Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing, and Leadership Development and Public Speaking.

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Apr 15

Job: Research Assistant, Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., Washington, DC Office

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Saw this posted to the JETAA DC google group.  Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

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Position: Research Assistant
Location: Washington, DC
Type: Full-Time

Overview: 

This position is responsible for supporting the Senior Manager by researching, analyzing and reporting on a wide range of economic and political issues and creating presentations and reports, in Japanese and English.  This position reports to both the General Manager and Senior Manager of the Washington DC office and works under general supervision. Read More

Apr 15

Job: Program Assistant at SSRC (Brooklyn, NY)

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Thanks to JETAA NJ subchapter rep Fernando Rojas for sharing this opening at the organization where he works.  Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

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Position: Program Assistant
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Type: Full-Time

Overview: 

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is an independent, international, nonprofit organization devoted to the advancement of interdisciplinary research in the social sciences through a wide variety of workshops and conferences, fellowships and grants, summer training institutes, scholarly exchanges, research, and publications. Read More

Apr 15

Job: Associate at GIIP Global Advisory (NYC)

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Thanks to Noriko of the JET Programme Office at the NY Consulate for passing on this JET-relevant opening, which was forwarded to her by the JET Program Office in the Embassy in DC.  Job description is below, copied and pasted from a PDF, so apologies for any formatting or readability issues. Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

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Position: Associate
Location: NYC
Type: Full-Time

Overview: 

GIIP Global Advisory is a business consulting and accounting firm which supports Japanese companies doing business outside of Japan. The company has office locations in the US, Japan, India, Turkey, China and more. Read More

Apr 15

Job: Senior Associate, Sales & Marketing at Artisans of Leisure (NYC)

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Thanks to JET alum Elizabeth Mandel who works for the company for passing this on. Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

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Position: Senior Associate, Sales & Marketing
Location: NYC
Type: Full-Time

Overview: 

We are currently seeking a well-traveled, culture-loving individual for this creative, multi-tasking position involving the following responsibilities: Read More

Apr 15

Job: 12-month Institute training program – CSIabroad (MA and KS)

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai, seeking work opportunities in NYC starting in August 2014.
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Position: 12-month Institute training program
Posted by: CSIabroad
Location: Northampton, MA and Wichita, KS

Overview:

Apr 15

Job: Director of Study Abroad – Elon University (NC)

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Apr 15

Job: Investment Officer, Asia-Pacific – United Nations (NYC)

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai, seeking work opportunities in NYC starting in August 2014.
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Position: Investment Officer, Asia-Pacific
Posted by: United Nations
Location: New York, NY
Type: full-time

Overview:

Under the supervision of the Senior Investment Officer (SIO), the incumbent implements investment strategy and monitors equities portfolios for the Asia Pacific developed markets including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea.
a.  Manages and invests the assets of the Fund in equities.
b.  Implements approved investment strategies for the strategic and tactical asset allocation and portfolio rebalancing with careful review of the market environments.
b.  Monitors portfolio to achieve the performance to meet the Funds investment objectives by reviewing both portfolio and benchmark performance on a regular basis.
c.  Ensures that all of the investments are in compliance with IMD’s investment and policy guidelines.
d.  Conducts portfolio review periodically and presents in the Portfolio Review Meeting.
e.  Balances long-term strategies to achieve results superior to benchmarks by assisting the SIO in constructing and monitoring the portfolio through dedicated research.
f.  Assists with due diligence with new investments.
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Apr 14

Job: International Program Administrator – University of Hartford (CT)

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Apr 13

WIT Life #267: Japan’s underutilized female resources

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WIT Life is a periodic series written by professional Writer/Interpreter/Translator Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03).  She starts her day by watching Fujisankei’s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends along with her own observations.

Early this month I attended a Japan Society event regarding empowering women in the U.S. and Japan.  The featured speakers were former Diet member, Minister of the Environment and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi, and Morgan Stanley Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat.  The conversation was moderated by Columbia Professor of History Carol Gluck, a Japanologist who has written several books on Japanese history.  Some of the topics to be addressed were gender disparity issues, using quota systems to increase numbers of women executives and work-life balance, so it was guaranteed to be an interesting discussion.

Kawaguchi pointed out that a mentality change on the part of both employers and women themselves is needed.  Many Japanese women strive for nothing more than having a happy, healthy family, not even conceiving that they could reach the levels of upper management.  Of course, this creates a chicken and egg scenario as there are few female role models in these positions so they don’t have many predecessors in whose footsteps they can follow.  Porat remaked that when she started out there were few female managers she could look up to, but credited her advancement partially to male superiors who recognized her skills and took a chance on her.  Kawaguchi stressed that there is a Read More

Apr 12

JQ Magazine: JETAA Global Membership Outreach—An Analysis

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Members of the JET Alumni Association of New York volunteering in the annual Japan-a-Mania community event with Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, January 2014. (Courtesy of Monica Yuki)

By Eden Law (Fukushima-ken, 2010-11) for JQ magazine. Eden is JETAA New South Wales‘s webmaster, meaning he is the voice on all the online and social media for the Sydney-based chapter like Twitter, Instagram (both @jetaansw) and Facebook. Outside of JETAA, he doesn’t exist, and is merely a concept of a shadow of a dream of an enigma, wrapped in mystery and served with a side of salad. 

Introduction

The following is a shamelessly biased opinion: Being a member of JETAA is fantastic. One gets to help organise and be involved in events and projects that reach the general public here in Sydney (like the Japan Festival), hang out with a great group of like-minded people that know all the best Japanese places to eat, drink and be merry, and who are rarely inhibited in any karaoke session. There is ample opportunity to new people constantly, both inside and outside that chapter’s home city’s J-community, so in a way, the JET experience never truly ends.

That’s a personal assessment of what it’s like being a member of JETAA, the alumni association for former JETs. JETAA chapters exist all over the world from where the JET Programme has drawn its recruits. They give former JETs a way to connect with their local J-community and like-minded peers, and are essentially a non-profit social organisation with a Japanese cultural bent. And because JET is made up of a diverse group of people from all walks of life, JETAA chapters have great potential as a resource with links in government, business, education, academia and social networks.

But it can’t be denied that many chapters struggle with visibility or relevancy, in attracting members to events or to join their committees. The last point is especially important, as new members help to keep the organisation dynamic and active. And while the reasons for this are different for every situation, some similar and salient points can be discerned, notably from online forum comments (like LinkedIn). While a comprehensive discussion can probably fill a volume or ten, this article will nevertheless discuss these points.

So what does JETAA have to deal with?

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