The Inside Japan Podcast

This week Vickie, Director of the not-for-profit Mental Health Organization Tell Japan. We get into exactly how TELL helps people, how VIckie got her position, and go over some issues Japan still has to deal with in terms of mental health. Enjoooy.

 

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Topics Discussed:

* 2:30 - What Vickie does at TELL

* 3:40 - How Vickie started working in Japan

* 8:00 - What TELL Japan does

* 14:45 - Suicide in Japan and what might be the cause

* 21:30 - Balance of the country offering support for foreigners and the responsibility of the foreigners themselves

* 24:00 - How do you know when you might need help?

* 29:00 Bullying in Japan

* 33:40 - Final Advice

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This week University Teacher Ben from Retire Japan drops in to share his wealth of knowledge about the very important, but rarely talked about topic of preparing for retirement while in Japan. Enjoooy.

(Apologies for my mic dropping out for about 45 seconds at the 19:00 minute mark. Consider it an Easter Egg.)

 

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Topics Discussed:

* 3:08 - Intro - Ben's beginnings in Japan on JET

* 5:29 - Ben's path through Japan (getting dropped by the BOE and finding a University Job)

* 12:00 - Transitioning from Eikaiwa Manager to HR Manager with a different company

* 16:45 - Basics of Retirement/Investing while in Japan

* 23:00 - Should People that don't want to live in Japan forever still invest in Japan?

* 25:45 - What's a robo-advisor?

* 29:00 - Final Advice

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This week Philip from the dispatch company Wing drops in to take us through his path from teacher in Taiwan to HR manager in Tokyo. Enjooooy.

 

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Topics Discussed:

* 1:55 - How Philip found his first job in Japan from his previous job in Taiwan

* 5:29 - How he networked to find his next job in Japan

* 11:38 - Transitioning from Eikaiwa Manager to HR Manager with a different company

* 17:00 - Cool new school idea Tokyo Global Gateway

* 21:20 - Common Mistakes on Resumes and at Interviews

* 24:45 - Is HR a good next step from being a teacher in Japan?

* 28:15 - Future outlook for teaching in Japan on the compensation side of things

* 30:20 - Final Advice

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This week Peter from JobsinJapan.com goes through some of the common mistakes he sees job seekers make at Job Fairs that throw themselves right out of the running for landing ANY job. Enjooooy.

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Photo Evidence of just some of the points Peter brings up:

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This week David Sweet from FocusCore drops in to outline his path through Japan. David started as a JET, and now works for his own company in Tokyo. He's also an author. Enjoooooy.

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Some of the topics discussed include:

 

2:30 - What David does

3:10 - David getting on the JET Program

5:10 - How David made the jump from JET to Recruiting

9:20 - David returns to the US and starts a company, and then goes back to Japan

11:10 - Starting FocusCore

13:10 - David's networking strategy

16:10 - What sort of people make the best recruiters?

20:40 - Advice on getting a non-teaching job in Japan

22:40 - How can I network?

25:30 - Anything you would have done differently in your time through Japan?

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This week Brian from Link Japan Careers drops in to walk up through his epic path through Japan, which even includes sitting in on the meeting where Interac decided to give the whole ALT thing a try... Enjoy

The Sim Card for JETs Brian mentions can be found here- > https://mobile.link-jc.co.jp/online/

 

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Some of the topics discussed include:

 

2:40 - What Brian is doing these days + The Beginning of his career in Japan

4:55 - Brian joins Interac + Interac decides to create an ALT division

10:15 - What Brian thought of being an ALT Trainer

13:50 - Brian gets into the curriculum side of Interac and Teacher Training

16:20 - What do you think of the ALT position in 2018?

22:00 - Brian's work in Tohuku after the 2011 earthquake

24:50 - The Jump from Interac to Link Japan Careers

27:40 - What Brian is working on now, a sim card for new JETs

34:15 - Advice for finding a job in Japan

40:00 - How would you change the ALT Position in Japan

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This week Victor from Frame of Travel drops in to walk us through his career in Japan, which did not start with a teaching gig as it does for so many of us. Listen and Learn. Enjoy.

 

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Some of the topics discussed include:

The Post mentioned about resending missed mail

2:55 - About Daniel

4:45 - Victor's first and next job in Japan

7:55 - How Victor got into freelancing more

8:30 - Marketing Meet-up Strategy

12:40 - What his freelance jobs usually entail

18:45 - Victor's Social Media Strategy

21:10 - How about the pay?

26:00 - How can you get a job in SNS/Marketing in your in the thicc inaka?

32:00 - Final Advice

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Following up on his presentation at JALT International Conference entitled, "JET 30 Years On: Still Meeting Needs?", this week Daniel Ussher from L2Education drops in to dig deep into how the JET Program can and needs to improve in 2018 and beyond. Enjoy.

 

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* What is JET?

* Daniel's Presentation on the same topic

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Some of the topics discussed include:

5:15 - About Daniel

7:00 - Overview of Daniel's Presentation about improving the JET Program

10:05 - How Expectations of ALTs have changed since JET started

11:50 - Daniel's Steps for Improvement (and I explain why I don't think they will work)

21:40 - Raise Requirements/Raise Salary? Responsibilities?

34:45 - Why do you think JET is losing so much market share?

44:30 - Dispatch Companies are a better option for BOE's now

48:10 - What will it take for JET to change something?

53:50 - Can current JETs do anything to help the change?

1:07:00 - What's wrong with AJET?

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This week Jordan drops in to regale us with his tale of making the jump from Interac Teacher to his position in the Tech field. Enjoooy.

 

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Some of the topics discussed include:

2:23 - What Jordan does now

2:50 - The Question Jordan sent me more than a year ago

7:30 - The New Interac Contract Talk

10:00 - Quitting his job at Interac

13:30 - Finding his new job

17:20 - His First Day

20:00 - What's your work life like? How's the money?

24:30 - Anything you wish you did differently?

32:00 - His strategy for applying for jobs

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Simon from Modern English drops in this week to share his tale of going from Eikaiwa Teacher to CEO of a Eikaiwa Franchise Company (and a lot more). Enjoooy.

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More of Simon -> Modern English - Happy Valley - MELearning - Linkedin

 

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Some of the topics discussed include:

 

2:30 - What Simon does now

3:30 - Simon's humble beginnings in Japan

8:10 - Advice for Private lessons and getting students

10:00 - Starting his own school

13:30 - Getting into Franchising

20:30 - What kind of person should look into starting their own school?

24:50 - What is something you wish you knew when you first started out?

28:10 - How to you attract good employees? What do you look for when hiring people?

32:00 - How do you find new business opportunities?

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