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applied to 5 english-teaching jobs in tohoku and hokkaido tonight; avoided 1 job that obviously sounded really bad (lo and behold, when i googled for reviews of it later it was nicknamed "the mcdonald's of english schools). the jobs at kindergartens, pre-schools and daycares definitely sound the best - sure kids are brats and it's hard to "teach" people so young, but unlike in the big companies, the teachers aren't expecting you to be super formal, they know you need breaks, etc. the pay's the same, and i'll actually get to use japanese during class / at school.
i applied to one place right by my house and messed up when i wrote the freaking email - i said "i saw you were hiring in july" instead of "in april", which i'm sure is going to confuse them and/or make them think i'm really stupid. i'm pretty sure this is the same place that offered me an interview a few months ago but it got lost in my spam folder so i never saw it, and when i replied a month late they never responded. so these guys, if they remember me, have a reaaaaaaaaally bad impression of me... but if i were to be hired there that'd be the best, i could basically just move two neighbourhoods over.
applied for one place in fukushima which is probably near where the tsunami happened. i'm not happy about it but another tsunami is very unlikely to happen so soon and i can just switch jobs after a year or two.
anyway, i don't really feel nervous about emailing and asking about jobs in japanese... i've met so many japanese people by now that i sort of know who's behind the computer, if you know what i mean. but i still feel bad about making stupid mistakes.
i applied to one place right by my house and messed up when i wrote the freaking email - i said "i saw you were hiring in july" instead of "in april", which i'm sure is going to confuse them and/or make them think i'm really stupid. i'm pretty sure this is the same place that offered me an interview a few months ago but it got lost in my spam folder so i never saw it, and when i replied a month late they never responded. so these guys, if they remember me, have a reaaaaaaaaally bad impression of me... but if i were to be hired there that'd be the best, i could basically just move two neighbourhoods over.
applied for one place in fukushima which is probably near where the tsunami happened. i'm not happy about it but another tsunami is very unlikely to happen so soon and i can just switch jobs after a year or two.
anyway, i don't really feel nervous about emailing and asking about jobs in japanese... i've met so many japanese people by now that i sort of know who's behind the computer, if you know what i mean. but i still feel bad about making stupid mistakes.
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I also applied for a handful of jobs recently as well, and have a telephone interview on Monday. Wish me luck. It's PT, but that's kinda what I need right now. With Thomas working, and then my other PT job with IP, I think it could really workout. I'd like to eventually go back to school too...Maybe some freelancing too on the side (wishful thinking).