Jan 19

2013 Career & Networking Forum: University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Studies

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Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even
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The JET Alumni Association and the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim will host the 2013 Career and Networking Forum.  JET Alumni and MAPS graduates are invited to attend the event, network with their peers and meet organizations looking for employees, interns and volunteers.

University of San Francisco McLaren Conference Center
2130 Fulton St
San Francisco, CA 94117
Friday, February 22, 2013 from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM (PST)

Details here:  https://2013cnf.eventbrite.com/

Jan 19

Job: TESOL Faculty Position in Japan at Ibaraki Christian University

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Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Assistant Professor
Posted by: Ibaraki Christian University
Type: One-year contract
Location: Ibaraki-Ken, Japan
Salary: N/A
Start Date: 1 April, 2013

Conditions of Employment
Assistant professor under the conditions of  “Rules of Employment for Assistant Professors at Ibaraki Christian University”

Area of Specialty
English as a Foreign Language or a related field

Planned Classes to be Taught
English (Please refer to the separate （Job Description） for details.)

Qualifications
(1) Native or near native English-language ability
(2) A completed Master’s degree or scheduled to complete a Master’s degree by March, 2013
(3) An understanding of the university’s fundamental principles founded in Christianity
(4) Can live in Ibaraki Prefecture Read More

Jan 19

Job: Director of The International English Center, University of Colorado Boulder (CO)

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Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Director of The International English Center
Posted by: University of Colorado Boulder
Type: N/A
Location: Boulder, CO
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A

Position Description:
The International English Center (IEC), a department within the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies (CEPS) invites applications for a full-time Director. The Director of the International English Center reports to the Executive Director of the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies. The IEC Director is responsible for planning, coordination, and administration of the IEC including supervision and management of faculty and staff in accordance with the policies and procedures of the University of Colorado Boulder campus and the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies. The IEC is a self-supporting program within CE and serves approximately 250+ students each 8-week session.

The IEC Director is a senior level position responsible for the administration and management of the IEC, including providing leadership and supervision of faculty and staff; budget planning and control; facilities management; adherence to immigration regulations; promotional activities including marketing and student recruitment; and personnel/program evaluation in accordance with state/university requirements. The Director must have a strong commitment to the values of a research university and matriculating international students from the IEC into undergraduate and graduate degree programs at CU Boulder. Read More

Jan 19

Job: Program Coordinator for JET & Educational Affairs

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Thanks to JET alum John Charlton for sharing this posting. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Program Coordinator for JET & Educational Affairs
Posted by: Consulate General of Japan
Type: N/A
Location: San Francisco
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A

Position Description:
The Program Coordinator for JET & Educational Affairs will work closely with consulate officers and other local staff to implement administration for the JET program and other related educational programs within Northern California and Nevada. This position requires a strong familiarity with the JET Program and the Japanese educational system; the ideal candidate should also have excellent communications, outreach, and public presentation skills. Successful candidates should also be prepared to work as part of a larger Consulate team on other public outreach projects as needed. Read More

Jan 18

Job: Call Center Agent in Mt. View, CA Fluent in Japanese (Speak and Write)

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Job listing received directly form Randstad Staffing.  If you apply, please let them know that you learned of the job listing via JETwit:

TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK:  https://interview.harqen.com/interviewnow/9054/6311

Jan 18

Candidates welcome for next AJET National Council

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Thanks to Appiah Boakye, AJET Block 9 Representative, for posting this on the Tottori JET Facebook group:

Jan 17

JET alum Japanese teacher’s class visited by Delaware governor

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Thanks to Virginia Murray for catching this article and posting it to the JETAA Southeast Facebook group. It seems that Linnea Bradshaw, a fellow JET of Virginia’s from 1988, is a Japanese teacher at a high school in Delaware whose class was recently visited by Delaware’s Governor Jack Markell. Go JET!

Delaware’s Governor visited the Level II language class at Appoquinimink High School Tuesday morning to share his experiences in Japan and to take questions from the class he video-chatted with from the foreign country during his trip last year.

Here are some excerpts from the article:

“Governor Jack Markell told students in Linnea Bradshaw’s Japanese class Tuesday that speaking multiple languages gives them a leg-up in the job market. Delaware’s Governor visited the Level II language class at Appoquinimink High School Tuesday morning to share his experiences in Japan and to take questions from the class he video-chatted with from the foreign country during his trip last year.”

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“Markell wasn’t the only one in the room Tuesday who has experienced Japan. Last summer, Bradshaw took 23 students from both Middletown and Appoquinimink High Schools to Japan to immerse them in the culture. Bradshaw said that her highest-level students can speak sentences, and understand, write and read Japanese.”

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“During his multi-city trip of the country, Markell, his wife, and staff, met with several businesses in the Miyagi area in hopes of building a stronger partnership between Delaware and Miyagi.”

Click here to read the full article on the Middletown Transcript’s website as well as see a photo of Linnea with the Governor: http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20130108/NEWS/130109810/0/SEARCH

Jan 15

Job: Secretary/ Administrative Assistant for Pharmaceutical Company (Princeton, NJ)

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Via Actus Consulting  Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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** Note: If you apply, please make sure to let them know you learned of the listing via JETwit. Thanks.**

Position: Secretary/ Administrative Assistant for Pharmaceutical Company
Posted by: Actus Consulting
Type: Full-time
Location: Princeton, NJ
Salary: $40k~ (DOE)
Start Date: N/A

Company Overview:
Established in 2002 as the US subsidiary of Japanese pharmaceutical company.
·Parent company is among the 50 largest in the world by revenue.
·The company focuses on developing anticancer drugs. The US office provides direct management of research and development programs for obtaining
marketing approvals of those drugs.
·The NJ office has 30 employees.
·The company appreciates its employees- EXCELLENT BENEFITS- 100% Medical, Dental, Vision including dependents. Read More

Jan 15

Job: Middle and Upper School Japanese Teaching Position at Charles Wright Academy (WA)

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Via JETAA PNW.  Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Middle and Upper School Japanese Teacher
Posted by: Charles Wright Academy
Type: Full-time
Location: Tacoma, WA
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A

Company Overview:
Charles Wright Academy is an independent coeducational day school offering a broad curriculum in the liberal arts.  Founded in 1957, the school enrolls 680 students in grades preschool through twelve. We are located in a suburban neighborhood southwest of Tacoma, approximately 1 mile from Puget Sound and within the shadow of Mt. Rainier.

The Mission of Charles Wright Academy is to provide a rigorous liberal arts program guided by an ethos of excellence and compassion.  Within a diverse learning community, we foster self-reliance, integrity, social responsibility, and humor empowering our students to achieve their personal best in mind, body, and spirit.

This position is a full-time faculty appointment for the 2013-14 academic year.  This position will teach Middle School and advanced Japanese. Read More

Jan 14

WIT LIfe #225: Tofu Barrel Politics

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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 together with her own observations.

Last week Japan’s new prime minister Shinzo Abe announced a $116 billion stimulus package consisting of public-works spending (with an emphasis on Fukushima), investment tax credits and increased spending on education and health care.  This is a great departure from the fiscal austerity practiced by the DPJ, but Paul Krugman takes the announcement with a grain of salt, saying “Now, people who know something about Japanese politics warn me not to think of Mr. Abe as a good guy. His foreign policy, they tell me, is very bad, and his support for stimulus may have more to do with old-fashioned pork-barrel (tofu barrel?) politics than with a sophisticated rejection of conventional wisdom.”  I love the “tofu barrel” reference, and plan to use it going forward.

There was also an editorial in the Times today on the same subject, praising Abe’s fiscal plan as a start but at the same time stressing the need for structural reforms to accompany it if Japan wants to Read More

Jan 14

Job: TOMODACHI Marketing Position in Tokyo

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Via JETAA DC.  Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Marketing Specialists
Posted by:TOMODACHI
Type: N/A
Location: LA
Salary:
Start Date: N/A
The TOMODACHI Initiative is a public-private partnership forged after the Great East Japan Earthquake and led by the U.S. Government, the Japanese Government and the U.S.-Japan Council, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.  It is supported by corporations, organization and individuals from the United States and Japan. TOMODACHI’s mission is to support initiatives that benefit Japan’s short-term needs resulting from the Great East Japan Earthquake, and to invest in the next generation of Japanese and Americans by creating opportunities for cross-cultural exchange, entrepreneurship and leadership that enhance long-term competitiveness and strengthen connections between the United States and Japan. Our vision is to help create a future generation of Japanese and Americans, a TOMODACHI generation, of driven doers, thinkers and creators who are invested in the future of U.S.-Japan relations with an appreciation of each other’s culture and countries and with global skills and mindsets. Read More

Jan 14

Job: Program Coordinator (Cultural Diplomacy) at the Japanese Consulate in Los Angeles

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Thanks to JET alum Tiffany Dyer for sharing this posting.  Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Program Coordinator
Posted by: The Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles
Type: N/A
Location: LA
Salary:
Start Date: N/A

Overview:
The Japan Information and Culture Center at the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles is seeking to fill an entry level Program Coordinator position to advance our cultural diplomacy objectives. The ideal candidate should have a firm understanding of Japanese culture and society, as well as Japan’s foreign policies. The candidate should have strong communication skills, an event organizing background and outreach capabilities including web design and the use of social media. The candidate must be able to function as a team player in a Japanese bureaucracy and understand the role of the Japanese Consulate. Read More

Jan 14

Job: Sales Representative at Japanese Chemical Company- Hackensack, NJ

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Via Actus Consulting.  Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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** Please let them know you learned of the job via JETwit if you apply.**

Position: Sales Representative
Posted by: Actus Consulting
Type: N/A
Location: NJ
Salary: Salary:$55~65K (DOE)+ Possible Bonus
Start Date: N/A

Company Overview:

·  The parent company was established in 1910’s in Japan. The hiring company is US subsidiary office with 4 employees.
·  Specializes in chemical products such as Semiconductor Products, Plastic Additives, Surface Active Agents & Lubricants and Functional
Polymers.
·  The clients include Fortune 500 companies in various industries.
·  Global company- has offices in more than 10 countries around the world. The company provides employees with a global opportunity. Read More

Jan 14

Job: Sales Account Manager atJapanese High-quality Digital Microscope System Manufacturer- Hackensack, NJ

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Via Actus Consulting.  Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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** Please let them know you learned of the job via JETwit if you apply.**

Position: Sales Account Manager
Posted by: Actus Consulting
Type: N/A
Location: NJ
Salary: $38~39K + Possible Bonus
Start Date: N/A

Company Overview:

• 100% subsidiary of Top-Quality Digital Microscope System Manufacturer in Japan . Headquartered in Japan, in the past 20 years
  starting as a lens maker, their business has been growing both technically and geographically having offices in US, China, Korea, Hong
  Kong and France.  US office opened in 2001.
• Small-size organization – up and coming company with fresh and friendly and team oriented atmosphere.
• Unique markets such as military organizations, chemical industry, educational facilities, medical and cosmetic industry. Read More

Jan 14

Job: Technology and Information Coordinator at Chicago Consulate — Deadline is Jan. 18th

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Thanks to Julian Wesley, Media Relations Coordinator at the Japan Information Center at the Consulate in Chicago, for sharing this JET-relevant opening.  Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Technology and Information Coordinator
Posted by: The Japan Information Center at the Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
Type: N/A
Location: Chicago, IL
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A

Responsibilities:
Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Japan Information Center

1) Edit and manage all content on the Consulate’s English website
2) Write, edit, and publish a monthly e-mail newsletter detailing Japan-related events in the Consulate’s 10-state jurisdiction
3) Coordinate the Consulate’s social media presence on Facebook and Twitter
4) Assist organizing cultural events and Japan-related presentations to local schools
5) Draft speeches/remarks for Consul General and other staff
6) General office responsibilities, including assisting for conferences/receptions and supporting other staff members as need arises Read More