Job: Bilingual Admin Assistant (Chicago area)
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From JETAA Chicago:
$45K-52K depending on level of experience
Corp office in Vernon Hills President here from Japan needing assistant.
1. Must be Japanese/English bilingual: speak, read, write and translate both ways.
2. Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
3. Knowledge of the Japanese Culture as it pertains to business conduct and communication.
4. Professional demeanor, high degree of initiative, sound judgment and discretion in managing confidential materials.
5. Flexible to work overtime- if necessary. Minimal travel required for event coordination. Read More
Job: Sales Account Exec for Kintetsu (Chicago)
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From JETAA Chicago:
KIE / Kintetsu International Travel Consultant Company has position available for a Sales Account Executive based in Chicago. Strong sales background, preferably in the travel industry and bilingual desirable (English and Japanese).
Email your resume to: chicago@kintetsu. com Read More
Job: Tech & Info Officer for Japanese Consulate (Chicago)
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From JETAA Chicago. The Consulate General of Japan is looking for a Technology & Information Coordinator.
Go here for the full description: http://www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp/JIC/News/IT_position.html
Job: Tech Manager Position at Prince George’s Community College (DC area)
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A job listing from Nicole Ives (Nara-ken, 2001-04), who works for Prince George Community College, via the JETAA DC email:
Tech Manager Position Open
For online application and procedures, visit http://jobs. pgcc.edu
Prince George’s Community College located in Largo, MD (just outside Washington, DC) has a position open for Technical Manager – Distance Learning. Read More
More interesting info from JETAA Chicago:
Applications are now being accepted for the Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Advanced Studies in Economics. (http://www.imf.org/external/np/ins/english/scholar.htm#Japimfa)
Procedure for Applying: Students generally apply for the Japan-IMF Scholarship either the year before beginning their graduate studies in economics or in their first year of graduate school. For more information and to download an application, please go to: http://www.imf.org/external/np/ins/english/scholar.htm#Japimfa. The application deadline is December 31, 2008. Read More
Japan Outreach Initiative Program
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From the JETAA Chicago webletter. Apparently there’s a sort of reverse JET Program going on:
Do you know any Japanese citizens who would like to work in the United States promoting Japanese culture? If so, please forward this information to them!
Accepting Applications to the Japan Outreach Initiative Program. Deadline: January 7, 2009
JOI is seeking outgoing, energetic Japanese nationals interested in joining the program (a monthly stipend is provided, see www.laurasian.org/joi for more details about the program and other financial support). Read More
Job opportunity: Recruit/Refer Japanese students for Lake Washington Technical College
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Alexia Shafia (Hyogo-ken, 2002-03) writes:
Konnichiwa minna-san,
Lake Washington Technical College (www.lwtc.edu) has openings for freelance recruiters.
I’m working at a state college & we’re looking for Japanese students interested in study abroad in academic & technical programs. The school gives 15% of 1st year’s tuition (~$900) per student as kick back to any agent (foreign or domestic) who recruits Japanese students for study abroad.
LWTC, as the most affordable state college in the region, has over 100 different certificate & degree program & issues I20s for student visa sponsorship. All students need is an official bank statement reflecting at least 16K in balance for INS to issue their F1 visa.
Here is the website for all kinds of info www.lwtc.edu including how to apply & here is a Japanese one www.lwtc.edu/international
Happy student hunting.
-Alex DS ^^
JETAA Ongaku Connection Update
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The JETAA Ongaku Connection Group (a new JET alum group formed recently by JET alums Adren Hart and Justin Tedaldi) has some events coming up. For more info, visit and/or join the Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/jetaa-ongaku-connection.
A few highlights:
- MUCC – Free tickets available through the Ongaku Connection group – “In town for one night only,
Ibaraki-ken’s finest will hit the Fillmore at Irving Plaza on Sunday, December 7.” - NIPPON JAZZ NYC – Jazz Holiday Jam Session w/ Okaru Lovelace
Sunday, December 7th @ 8pm – 11:00pm; Blue Owl Cocktail Lounge; 196 Second Ave. (on 12th St.); Cover: $5 (This is a monthly show put together every month by Adren Hart.)
Haiku Challenge! #1 – “Fewmets”
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Welcome to the first JetWit Haiku Challenge! The challenge is to submit one or more haiku using the designated word. The best haiku submitted wins the prize.
This week’s challenge will be judged by James Kennedy (Nara-ken, 2004-06), author of The Order of Odd-Fish.
- Designated word (chosen by James): “Fewmets“ (a Medieval English word that means the droppings of an animal, by which the hunter identifies the prey. Mentioned in Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wind In The Door, specifically as dragon droppings.)
- Deadline: Thursday, December 11, before 5:00p.m. EST
- Prize: Free copy of The Order of Odd-Fish mailed to you.
- Form: Haiku are typically 5-7-5 and have a seasonal reference. Though the form actually has a fair amount of flexibility. Ultimately, James is the judge. If you look at his website or read a page from his book, you’ll get a pretty quick read on his sensibilities.
- E-mail responses to: jetwit /atto/ jetwit /dotto/ com
Job: Program Coordinator, International Student Recruiting and Visitor Exchange (Miami, FL)
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From the Chronic-(what?)-cle of Higher Ed jobs site:
Position: Program Coordinator, International Student Recruiting and Visitor Exchange
Institution: Miami Dade College
Location: Florida
Date posted: 12/2/2008 Read More
Tadaima! #3 – Knocking on doors
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My name is Rick Ambrosio (Ibaraki-ken, 2006-08). And whether readjusting to post-JET life is something you’re facing now, will deal with in the future or if you just enjoy reconnecting with that awkwardly uncertain feeling you had when you got back from Japan, come along with me as I look for a new job, a new apartment, and yes, mow the lawn of my parent’s house. Tadaima!
I scored my lucky seat on the train. You see, on the LIRR, there is always a fold down seat right near the doors between cars. Granted it wasn’t rush hour or anything, I just always love getting that seat.
I sat carefully in a futile attempt to not wrinkle the pants of my navy suit. I also liked my orange tie that I picked up in the Harajuku Zara back in Japan. I needed to dress to impress, because it was offense time. Read More
Thanks to writer/designer Meredith Hodges-Boos (Ehime-ken, Uwajima-shi, Yoshida-cho, 2003-05), JetWit now has some funky new merchandise. Chotto mite kudasai!
A-Kind online travel agency – Discount Air Tickets
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JetWit is pleased to welcome A-Kind online travel agency as its newest sponsor – a good source for discount tickets to Japan. They also advertise in the JETAA NY Newsletter.
Get JetWit email updates by joining the JetWit yahoogroup
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You can now get JetWit email updates by signing up for the JetWit yahoogroup (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JetWit/).
JetWit Success Story #2
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Omedetou to freelance writer/editor Jonathan Trace (Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08) who just got an internship with a publishing company thanks to his work with JetWit as the JETAA Chapter Beat guy!
He found out about it through Julie Matysik (who herself got an internship at the same publishing company after a JET alum who works there saw her first two Editorial Pursuits posts on JetWit), who found out about the latest internship opportunity and passed it on to Jonathan because she knew through JetWit that he was looking for similar opportunities.
This is one of the strengths of the JET alumni network. There are lots more connections and opportunities out there, even in this tough economy. We just have to dig a little and sometimes be creative to find them.
Note: The internships are unpaid, albeit good places to start, which means Julie and Jonathan are both still in the market for paying jobs if anyone wants to hire them. (The JET alumni network is strong, but it’s not all-powerful. Not yet anyway. :-)
