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Originally Posted by Keaton421
When should I really start hunting and applying for the positions? Is our school's Japanese teacher a good resource for this?
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Applications for the JET programme are sent in sometime around August or September of your senior year. Maybe it is later but check the website, a link can be found on the 1st page of Teaching in the JP. For all other teaching positions, most companies and schools begin hiring for positions starting in the fall around April/May. But new positions will continue to be posted throughout the summer since some recruiters are either a) overworked or b) lazy. I know examples of each. Positions starting in the spring, the application and interviewing takes place from the end of October. Most companies/schools like to have their positions filled about three months ahead of time for visa purposes, but there are a lot that don't follow immigration procedures to the letter.
Your Japanese teacher is not going to have any idea about getting a job as an English in Japan. He/she may know about the JET programme and most will encourage you go that route. Of course they will also know about Nova and will probably discourage you, and rightly so, from that one. The greatest thing your Japanese teacher can provide you with is a letter of reference. When I applied, I had a Japanese teacher for one reference, another professor to comment on my English/writing ability, and a third that was my manager at the restaurant I worked at.
ps~ It's green dammit.