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Travel Info I'm wanting to teach English in Japan next year and was interested in being an ALT. In early January, I am planning to go to China and then to Japan for the start of the school year. However, my problem is that I have found that most ALT positions do interviews only once a year in October or whatever and I was wondering if this leaves enough time for everything to be organised (placement, visas etc) before I go to China? Or are there any good companies that do year round interviews in Australia? Or, should I alternativly, just apply for an Eikaiwa school (most probably AEON as this seems to get less bad reviews),who do interviews year round, and change to an ALT position after a year? I would love to hear from people who have done something similar. Travel Tips i applied for a position with one of those other companies in december, and i arrived in japan at the start of april. this was heaps of time to organize everything - including getting the original copy of my birth certificate so as i could get a passport, getting a passport, organizing the landing permit and visa, etc. Oh, and i planned a wedding in that time too! if you apply in october, and (if your application is successful) you tell them that you are leaving aus in january, they will try to organise everything for you. will you be going directly to japan from china? if so, you may have trouble with the japanese visa - its usually issued one to two weeks before you are due to arrive, and you have to get it put into your passport by the japanese embassy, but you may be able to do this in china, i'm not sure. contact the ALT employment department and ask them your question, if that doesn't help, check with the japanese embassy. you should be able to organize everything before you go to china. If you do decide to go with option b, i think you have to return to aus to do the interview for ALT positions - just something to consider. Source(s): http://www.mustseesights.com Other Travel Tips Why don't you consider teaching in China? There are more jobs there than in Japan! NOT TRUE. Big companies like Aeon, Nova, Berlitz and others interview year round. I worked for a medium sized school called WinBe and I loved it. I also did a telephone interview. Anything is possible. www.gaijinpot.com October? You are talking about JET program? I am not sure what school or program you are talking about. Those big companies are private language schools. ALT is a position which usually public organizations (Japanese government, local governments, etc) hire you as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) or Assistant Cultural Exchange Teachers (ACETs). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jet_program... If you mean JET, ppl start to prepare much more in advance. Look at Current JETS--->Year at a Glance http://www.jetprogramme.org/ http://www.jetalumni.org/mos/index.php... ----- read whole the information carefully. >>don't allow them outside your country You can have an interview in the Japanese embassy in your country as well. I know I'm not answering all of your questions here but whatever you end up doing STAY AWAY FROM NOVA. They are in serious financial trouble after: http://www.letsjapan.org/?q=meti-puts-th... And this isn't the whole story. They're under further investigation for bid rigging. Do yourself a favor and avoid the whole mess. Go Berlitz, ECC, GEOS, AEON etc, but steer well clear of NOVA 'cos they're going under!!! |
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