{"id":4426,"date":"2009-03-24T18:45:11","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T18:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=4426"},"modified":"2009-03-24T18:45:46","modified_gmt":"2009-03-24T18:45:46","slug":"getting-out-of-the-japan-pigeonhole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/24\/getting-out-of-the-japan-pigeonhole\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting out of the &#8220;Japan pigeonhole&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e9\/Pigeons-in-holes.jpg\/180px-Pigeons-in-holes.jpg\" alt=\"For the sake of this post, assume that these pigeons have all passed the nikkyu.\" width=\"180\" height=\"146\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">For the sake of this post, assume that these pigeons have all passed the nikkyu.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While many JET alums strive to find jobs and careers related to Japan, many JET alums also reach a point where they&#8217;d like to redefine themselves as something beyond a &#8220;Japan person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to ask JetWit readers who have some perspective or experience with redefining their careers to share their own experience or advice regarding getting out of the &#8220;Japan pigeonhole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Submit comments to this post, or feel free to also email them to jetwit at jetwit dot com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While many JET alums strive to find jobs and careers related to Japan, many JET alums also reach a point where they&#8217;d like to redefine themselves as something beyond a &#8220;Japan person.&#8221; I&#8217;d like to ask JetWit readers who have some perspective or experience with redefining their careers to share their own experience or advice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[73,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-career"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - 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