INSTRUCTOR OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (IEFL)

5,200,000yen/year. Collaborate with experienced language professors, and support the principles of Christian education upon which the school was founded over a hundred years ago. "Class size will vary with assigned activities, but the usual class will have thirty to forty students. Instructors will carry a maximum of 10 classes of 90 minutes a week each term with other duties at the School of Economics limited to around ten hours per week. Special between-term courses will be held but duty hours will be not more than 15 hours per week." MA (in TESOL, Applied Linguistics, or a related field) required. Experience in ESP/EST training and/or teaching preferred. Accommodation "housing partially subsidized, but utility expenses are borne by the teacher." Round-trip economy air fare is paid from the teacher’s home to Kansai International Airport, health insurance partially subsidized, personal research allowances, and travel funds for in-service meetings. One-year contract, renewable up to a total of four years. Application deadline June 20, 2012. Interviews begins late July, 2012. Position begins April, 2013. Apply with CV/resume, two (or more) letters of recommendation, copy of graduate diploma and official transcript, written statement of view on teaching and career objectives (1-2 pages), and a 5-10 minute segment of applicant's actual teaching ("the most welcome type of medium is DVD or CD disk for Windows Media Player or Real Player"). Contact Professor Hiromi Otaka. School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University. 1-1-155 Uegahara, Nishinomiya 662-8501. 0798-54-6299. Fax 0798-51-0944.
mailto:12econ-iefl@kwansei.ac.jp 

The Dark side of Gaijinpot

Hello readers, this time let´s talk about the most popular gaijin website so far. 

Due to the number of visits, I think most of the foreigners end up at least checking that website when looking for a job, I knew about gaijinpot.com like 5 years before coming to Japan.

To make a review, I searched the page in Japanese and I was shocked to find out many fishy things there, first, they make statements with poor or no evidence or research about how "bad" the gaijin are, things like:

" 34% of job seekers in the experience on the resume, have described the obvious lies such as education and job skills."  

" International qualification of 1/4 is at least incorrect"  

" There is a documented 53% of all application documents are not exactly correct" 

" 34% of job seekers in the experience on the resume, have described the obvious lies such as education and job skills." 

" 11% of job seekers do not misrepresent the reasons for retirement of the previous job." 

" 49% of 3,100 of the person responsible for the adoption of the cooperation committee is to be met to the applicants that may have modified several points in the resume information" " 9 percent of job seekers have falsely stated in a previous job history and degree." 

And so on, just check this page  https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/hrclub/ja/pre-employment-screening-background-checks  

They throw all that info to scare the Japanese employers to sell their background check service, that Is not right at all, not by hurting the foreigner community´s reputation, specially knowing the way Japanese tend to label foreigners.

Maybe some people can say there is no problem to be searched if there is nothing to hide, but that´s not the point, the point is, this statements damage our reputation, also, they lie in their User Agreement, they don´t mention that your resumes will be subject to that scan without your consent, as a matter of fact they say the opposite in the point 6 from their privacy policy https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/privacy 

I.e. people with 2 mayors or people that is qualified for more than one position and has 2 different resumes made for each kind of job, why should you mention your hospitality experience to apply for a teaching job and vice-verse? what´s the criteria they follow? not even a notification to explain yourself? Why they don´t mention that in a ToS or somewhere? people have the right to know. 

They don´t care too much on hiding that info, maybe because they expect all new arrivals are japanese illiterate, thus noone will visit the japanese pages.

Also, they level of censorship in their forums is high. They don´t let the people denounce bad employers in their forums, just try to complain about any employer that advertise with them, the case in the website http://www.debito.org/?p=2993 is a good example or google "working for niichi gakkan" or nova, or Gaba, etc. and you´ll find some posts denouncing those employers, (you have to use the google cache because they are deleted from gaijinpot forums).

They are everything except a helpful website that will never side with the gaijin, the ones that are the reason of that website to exist, people can´t get information about potential bad employers, etc.

That is just the tip of the iceberg in that kind of unscrupulous websites that use the good will and trust of the people to make cash without care about how bad they can hurt our reputation, or how hard Is to find a job and find a source of info about things in Japan, maybe they don´t even care, their their domain is registered in PA, USA, and as far as I know they are subject to the USA laws, not to the japanese laws as they state, and even If they aren´t breaking any laws, they way they do It and hide the info from the applicants and delete non-harmful post using their freedom of speech, is just not ethic.

My 2 cents.

NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHERS.

Part-time, weekdays or weekends. 3000-4000yen/hour. Teach conversational English to children and adults one-on-one at student's home, teacher's home, or a cafe. Teaching location Wakayama, Hiroshima, Okayama, Kumamoto and Kita-Kyushu. "Teaching days and times are negotiable, accepted from once a week." Native English speaker required. "Students welcome." Transportation allowance. Apply by e-mail with CV/resume. ACE English in Kansai.
mailto:ace@ace-school.com

BUSINESS AND CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH INSTRUCTORS (Job)

Part-time, flexible schedule. 3500-5000yen/hour. Teach corporate classes. Course materials provided. Teaching location Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya, and Kyoto. Native English speaker, proper visa, and BA/BS required. Business degree, knowledge, and work experience preferred. Transportation allowance. Apply by e-mail with CV/resume. BIZ English School.
mailto:biz@ace-school.com

NATIVE ENGLISH BABYSITTERS (Job)

Part-time, weekdays or weekends. 4000-4500yen/90 minutes. Take care of infants and young children at students homes. Teaching location Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, Kyoto, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Amagasaki and Ikoma. Native English speaker required. "Students welcome." Transportation allowance. Apply by e-mail with CV/resume. English Baby Sitting School.
mailto:ebs@ace-school.com

NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHERS (Job)

Part-time, weekdays or weekends. 3000-4000yen/hour. Teach conversational English to children and adults one-on-one at student's home, teacher's home, or a cafe. Teaching location Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka. "Teaching days and times are negotiable, accepted from once a week." Native English speaker required. "Students welcome." Transportation allowance. Apply by e-mail with CV/resume. FIT English School.
mailto:fit@ace-school.com

TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR. (Job)

Teach courses in Japanology, Japanese language or international education to promote international student exchange programs on campus. Ph.D. or equivalent qualifications in teaching and research, and Japanese ability required. The International Student Center, University of Tsukuba.
http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/update/jobs/pdf/h24boshu_isc.pdf
Inquiries only (no applications):
Futoshi Kinoshita 029-853-2776.
mailto:fkinoshi@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp

INSTRUCTOR OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (Job)

Full-time. 5,200,000yen/year. Teach in the Intensive English Program at the Language Center. MA (in TESOL or Applied Linguistics), and relevant teaching experience required. Accommodation: partially subsidized. Round-trip economy airfare (for the most direct available route between the teacher's home and Kansai International Airport), health insurance partially subsidized, personal research allowance and business trip allowance. Application deadline May 1, 2012. Position begins September 1, 2012. Apply by postal mail (write "IEFL-September, 2012" on the envelope) with CV/resume, list of publications and presentations with a 150-word abstract for each, 5-10 minute segment of actual teaching ("the most welcome type of medium is DVD or CD disk but video tape is also acceptable"), at least one letter of recommendation, copy of diploma and transcript, written statement of views on teaching and career objectives (500-800 words), and copies of two major research articles published in academic journals (three sets). Contact Associate Professor Junko Okabe, English Programs Coordinator. Language Center, Kwansei Gakuin University. 1-1-155 Uegahara, Nishinomiya 662-8501.
Inquiries only (no applications):
mailto:IEFL2012@kwansei.ac.jp

English Teacher (job)

Full-time, 35-40 working hours/week, 20-25 teaching/class hours/week, 7-8 hours/day, average 5 days/week. 230,000-250,000yen/month. Take care of babies (over 2 years old) and teach English conversation classes for kids and adults. Make lesson schedule, create teaching materials or administration work. Teaching location Matsuyama-city, 15-minutes by bike from JR Matsuyama station. Proper visa, BA, over 2 years teaching experience (especially for children), Japanese speaking ability, and "like singing songs and outdoors" required. TESL/TEFL/TESOL/CELTA certification or teaching license preferred. Applicant NOT REQUIRED to reside in Japan. Will sponsor or renew visa. Accommodation: "We will help looking for the accommodation. The cost will be less than \42,000/month." Paid holidays, transportation allowance, and paid vacation. One-year contract, renewable 3 times or more. Application deadline April 28, 2012. Position begins May 17, 2012. Apply by mail, fax, telephone or e-mail with CV/resume, diploma(s), letter of introduction, photo, letters of recommendation, availability, passport page, and health certificate. Contact Kaji Masako. Step School. 1-18-18, Furukawa-Kita, Matsuyama-city, Ehime 790-0942. 090-9550-5072. Fax 089-958-0605.

English Instructor (job)

Full-time. 250,000yen/month. 
"We maintain two language schools with lively and creative educational programs, teaching small classes for a range of ages (from small children to adults) as well as organizing occasional extracurricular activities for schools, companies and community groups."
 Teaching location Hiroshima-ken. Two years experience in the Japanese EFL industry, teaching from younger children to adults, required. "Please note: this position is most suitable for an energetic native Western applicant in his or her mid-career with intermediate Japanese ability." Sponsorship available. Accommodation: "furnished apartment at Y57,000 per month." Application deadline ASAP. Position begins May or June, 2012. Apply by e-mail with CV/resume (including an e-mail address, Skype number and telephone number), cover letter, and recent color photo. "Professional references will be required." Contact Kevin Mushinsky, Principal.K&F English Academy.