May 15

Jobs for Change: New non-profit job site

Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06)–webmaster for both JETAA NY and JetWit–just shared a great new site for non-profit jobs: Jobs For Change (jobs.change.org/).

Jobs for Change seeks to spark a nationwide movement toward careers in the nonprofit, government, and social enterprise sectors. (Read more about their mission.)

May 15

Job: Assistant to General and Public Affairs at Japanese Consulate (Chicago)

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Via JETAA Chicago:

JOB OPENING: ASSISTANT TO GENERAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Job: Northwest Marine Trade Association – Sponsorship and Membership Director (Seattle)

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Via JETAA Pacific Northwest:

Job Opening at NMTA – Northwest Marine Trade Association

Friends – We are looking for a new Sponsor and Membership Director because Alashia Wartelle (who has done a wonderful job for us) left recently to have her first baby. Mother and daughter Lilly are doing fine J. She is not planning on coming back to work right away…..thus an opportunity for someone. Read More

May 14

Has JetWit helped you find work?

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We post a lot of jobs and other work opportunities on JetWit. Occasionally I happen hear from JET alums I know that they got a job from a posting on JetWit, or they picked up freelance translation work perhaps.

Anecdotal is nice, but I’d like to get a more concrete sense of how helpful the site has been for finding work or income.

So if you’ve found a job or work opportunity or even a volunteer opportunity through a posting on JetWit, I’d like to ask you to write a short post about it here. Or feel free to put it in an e-mail to jetwit [at] jetwit [dot] com.

Thanks and yoroshiku.

May 14

Job: Covidien interviewing in Seattle for Tokyo office

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Via JETAA Pacific Northwest:

Next Monday, at the University of Washington, an American health-care product maker, Covidien, is going to have a presentation followed by interviews with students interested in working for its Tokyo branch. You can read more about the company online (www.covidien.com), and here are the details for the UW event:

Time: May 18, 2009. 5pm – 8pm
Location: Mary Gates Hall, 074

Schedule: 5pm – 6pm Company presentation, Q&A
6pm – 8pm Private interviews
*6pm – 8pm – staff from kikokugo.com will provide consultation about job search in Japan for those interested.

If you are thinking about staying for the interview, don’t forget to bring your resumes and wear business attire.

May 14

Jobs: International education programs (Chronicle of Higher Ed)

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Via the Chronicle of Higher Education’s international education programs job listings:

5/14/2009

Troy University (Alabama) : Director, Study Abroad Programs

5/13/2009

Marshall University (West Virginia) : Director, International Admissions

5/8/2009

Longwood University (Virginia) : Director of International Affairs
Learn more in our Employer Profiles

5/6/2009

Institute for Study Abroad Butler University () : Resident Director, Egypt Programs and Director of Latin American Programs

May 13

Job: Interpreting job in Sacramento

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By translator and writer Jamie Graves (Saitama-Ken 2002-2003)

Via the Honyaku group:

Dates: conference dates are: 8/18, 19, 21, 23 and 25
Location: Sacramento, California
Subject: company meeting, dealing with agricultural issues (they are a
prune grower)
Notes: They will pay transportation, but _no lodging_.

If you are interested please contact Luis Miguel at Avant Page in Davis,
CA (l…@avantpage.com)

You find the original post here.

May 12

Job: Assistant English Teacher (Hokkaido)

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Via JETAA Pacific Northwest:

Greetings from Hokkaido,

I remember this gig as being a sweet one if anyone is interested in coming back to Japan and living up in Kamui Mintara (Ainu for “God’s Country”) of Hokkaido. If so, please check out the below and get in touch with them directly.

If you are interested in coming over to the Kamui Mintara this summer for some good ol’ fashioned (straw bale) wall raising, check out the blog listed in my signature for information on our workshop the first weekend in August.

I hope all is well back in The Pac. NW!! Ogenki de!!

-Toby
Hokkaido, Japan, Earth
http://maikotobybomber.blogspot.com

*************

The Shintoku BOE is seeking an enthusiastic applicant to fill one of its two Assistant English Teacher (AET) positions. Read More

May 12

Job: Bilingual English/Korean Assistant Recruiter (Southern California)

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Via JETAA Southern California:

Assistant Recruiter Wanted

Description
Major Japanese trading company is looking for Assistant Recruiter(Human Resource Department)! This company holds nineteen branch offices througout the United States, Canada, Tokyo, Kobe and Shanghai China. They offers Japanese food to the world , and offers international food to Japan. Read More

May 11

Job: English editor, Chinese>English translation for bank (Hong Kong)

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Via JET alum Tim Tsang (CIR Hyogo-ken) of the Tardis Group, a global executive search firm:

A Chinese bank is searching for an English editor for the research department in Hong Kong. Successful candidate will edit English professionally and is capable of translating Mandarin Chinese to English as well. Current writing/editing experienced candidates only please. Please send an email/call for an initial confidential discussion.

http://www.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=67&PageNumber=1&JobID=15307214

May 11

New scholarship for JET alumni

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Via JETAA Texoma (Chapter 9):

Dear Texoma JET Alumni:

The Consulate-General of Japan at Houston is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for a special Research Student Scholarship available only to past JET Program participants. Like ordinary Research Student Scholarships, this opportunity provides recipients with round-trip airfare to Japan, all tuition expenses, and a monthly allowance of 152,000 yen (approx. $1450) per month. The scholarship term will be one-and-a-half to two years, extendable if the recipient is accepted to a masters or PhD program.

To qualify, applicants must be previous JET participants, citizens of the United States, have been born on or after April 2, 1975, and should be in good health. Furthermore, applicants must be able to arrive in Japan between April 1 and April 7 or between October 1 and October 7, 2010 and have intermediate or higher level Japanese ability. Proposed fields of study should be the same or related to a field applicants studied previously.

More details can be found at: http://www.houston.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/culture/page11-2.htm. The deadline for applications is June 26, 2009, so please start your applications soon. Be sure to include your JET experience on your application. If you have any questions, please contact me at 713-652-2977 x2114 or jetcoord@cgjhou. org. This is a tremendous opportunity, so we hope many of you will apply.