raven_guest
Gackt's Girl
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I've been researching and you have to have a degree to teach English in Japan? I have no degree but have teaching experience, would that not be good enough?
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Um, they don't hire students. They hire teachers.You don't need it [experience] if you're looking for a plain meat and potatoes entry level English conversation instructor position. The fact of the matter is that the biggest English schools hire students left and right without experience.
Opinion about whether 250K is "fairly attractive", especially if you live in Tokyo. The factual error here is the omission, not the fact. Yes, some schools pay more, but a lot pay less, too!your salary is fairly attractive, 250,000 yen per month, for those just starting out. Some schools pay more.
They are covering their butts by putting those quotation marks in, but there is no further explanation for what they mean, so I will strike out by saying that there IS no minimum wage of 250K for ESL teachers.Expect to be paid 250,000 yen per month for a standard contract. This is the "minimum wage" for full-time sponsored ESL instructors.
Balderdash!Don't be surprised if after you're gone, your host wipes down the floors where you walked. Note: this applies to private homes, cultural landmarks and such, and not to department stores, banks and post offices etc.
There are no visa processing fees that an employer has to pay. It is up to you to pay the 4000 yen for the stamp. A generous employer may do so, but it is not obligatory.They ask for "visa processing fees" or some other administrative fee. Payment of these fees is the responsibility of your employer and not you.
While true most of the time, this is not an absolute.Keep in mind that Nova, Aeon and many other giant English conversations schools don't hire from within Japan.
No substantiation to this at all.Most large chain schools don't hire teachers over 35.
They used to, but a huge number these days are lower. This site has not been updated for a year, but this information is pitifully out of date.Full-time positions start at 250,000 yen.
They are covering their butts by putting those quotation marks in, but there is no further explanation for what they mean, so I will strike out by saying that there IS no minimum wage of 250K for ESL teachers.
There are no visa processing fees that an employer has to pay. It is up to you to pay the 4000 yen for the stamp. A generous employer may do so, but it is not obligatory.
Do you have some evidence or information that shows that this is what immigration uses as a benchmark?This is the "minimum" that Immigration will allow them to pay before they consider it 'too little' to survive on in Japan and deny applicants
A company would have to have someone do the processing, which means filling in forms, going there, handing in lots and lots of forms... most use a lawyer, and they charge money.
At the very least someone has to do it, and that someone is paid to do it.
Minimum they would allow? People have made 250,000 for two decades as a set standard at most eikaiwas, but there is no legal minimum that says this figure is required. The only requirement is for foreigners to make at least as much as a Japanese doing equivalent work. There is no "talk" about offering less; in the past 2-3 years, contracts have offered far less and people take it, so I guess immigration turns a blind eye to equivalency and just decides based on whether you can live on that wage. I've seen salaries offered as low as 150,000 yen/month for FT work! Lately, it seems that the "average" is 200,000 to 250,000.This (250,000 yen/month) is the "minimum" that Immigration will allow them to pay before they consider it 'too little' to survive on in Japan and deny applicants (therefor the company) a working visa for them. In recent years theres been talk of people with contracts offering less gettings visas showing that Immigration doesn't have a hard limit, and its not 250,000 any longer.
They don't have to provide tons of forms. A contract, proof of who they are (and what size the company is), plus a tax record.A company would have to have someone do the processing, which means filling in forms, going there, handing in lots and lots of forms... most use a lawyer, and they charge money.
At the very least someone has to do it, and that someone is paid to do it.