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got an email (less than 24 hours later!) saying they had actually finished the interview season but would interview me the next day anyway and to please call. i called, got an interview for tomorrow at 11. the lady i talked to was super nice, casual and normal-american-sounding on the phone, but it's her boss who'll see me for the interview >.> i don't even know if the interview will be in japanese or english but i'm assuming english because it's a job for teaching english and they seem to be preferring to speak/write to me in english so far...
skipped school in order to go suit shopping; eventually got a mostly-linen (= summer) suit, bag, socks, shoes, shirt, undershirt, tie etc for 21,000 yen (like $200), only problem so far is the shoes are slightly too big and eat into my heels so i stuffed some cloth into the toes and hope that will help (i'll just change into the shoes right before we reach the place, and indoors i'll be wearing guest slippers anyway).
googled as hard as i could and it's undetermined whether or not a kindergarten is either going to expect you to wear a suit or laugh at you for wearing a suit, so i'm going in a semi-casual suit, meaning a patterned shirt, no tie, and no creases in my trousers. bringing everything that they could possibly want with me, including my school transcripts, a manga in swedish (that i tend to show kids), thank-you letters from elementary schools, a doctor's note with my eyesight, etc. this job is the best out of the 5 i applied to - relatively nice working hours, near to where i live now, they seem relatively casual (no super-formal language), they give you a "housing allowance" if you move to help pay for your initial moving costs (dunno if i'd qualify for that).
there's a LOT of conflicting info on what KIND of suit to get. basically speaking any suit that fits is fine (no special style needed) BUT the argument is about colors: most people claim you need a black suit, black shoes, black tie and black bag. other people claim any dark color suit is fine and don't mention bags etc.
got an email (less than 24 hours later!) saying they had actually finished the interview season but would interview me the next day anyway and to please call. i called, got an interview for tomorrow at 11. the lady i talked to was super nice, casual and normal-american-sounding on the phone, but it's her boss who'll see me for the interview >.> i don't even know if the interview will be in japanese or english but i'm assuming english because it's a job for teaching english and they seem to be preferring to speak/write to me in english so far...
skipped school in order to go suit shopping; eventually got a mostly-linen (= summer) suit, bag, socks, shoes, shirt, undershirt, tie etc for 21,000 yen (like $200), only problem so far is the shoes are slightly too big and eat into my heels so i stuffed some cloth into the toes and hope that will help (i'll just change into the shoes right before we reach the place, and indoors i'll be wearing guest slippers anyway).
googled as hard as i could and it's undetermined whether or not a kindergarten is either going to expect you to wear a suit or laugh at you for wearing a suit, so i'm going in a semi-casual suit, meaning a patterned shirt, no tie, and no creases in my trousers. bringing everything that they could possibly want with me, including my school transcripts, a manga in swedish (that i tend to show kids), thank-you letters from elementary schools, a doctor's note with my eyesight, etc. this job is the best out of the 5 i applied to - relatively nice working hours, near to where i live now, they seem relatively casual (no super-formal language), they give you a "housing allowance" if you move to help pay for your initial moving costs (dunno if i'd qualify for that).
there's a LOT of conflicting info on what KIND of suit to get. basically speaking any suit that fits is fine (no special style needed) BUT the argument is about colors: most people claim you need a black suit, black shoes, black tie and black bag. other people claim any dark color suit is fine and don't mention bags etc.
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