Job in Siberia-lite

[Taro Toporific]

Teaching English
Reply to: jobs@joyworld.com
tokyo.craigslist.org Date: 2005-11-22, 1:59AM JST

JOY English Academy. (located in Obihiro, Hokkaido) will hire one new foreign teachers. Foreign teachers must be native speakers of English and possess a university or college degree. The position begins in mid-March. Working hours are seven hours and 45 minutes a day (split shifts), five days a week, with Saturday and Sundays and Japanese national holidays off. There is an 8-day paid summer vacation and a five-day paid winter vacation. The starting salary is 250,000 yen per month (non-negotiable). The employee's visa documents will be arranged by JOY, but they are responsible for their travel expenses.

If you are interested in applying please send, to JOY English Academy, a resume and a one-page essay explaining what you think your greatest strengths and weaknesses would be as an English teacher. Applications that do not include an essay will not be considered. Deadline for applications 12/31/05

Resumes and essays can be mailed or sent by e-mail, preferably as a Microsoft Word Document attachment or as a text file attachment. Please include your family name in the file name of the attachment.

Please no phone inquiries. Before you e-mail questions make sure you check the FAQs at http://www.joyworld.com/english/static/archives/catd:%20employment/how_to_apply.php

* Job location is Obihiro, Hokkaido
* Compensation: 250,000 yen per month plus enrolled in national health and pension. The school pays half of premium.

[Greener]

I worked in Hokkaido last year and it wasn't that horrible. In fact Canadian winters are nastier than Hokkaido winters 10 times out of 10.

[Greji]

I worked in Hokkaido last year and it wasn't that horrible. In fact Canadian winters are nastier than Hokkaido winters 10 times out of 10.

I am definately not a cold weather person. My old lady is a Dosanko and we just had to have a place up there. Yeah, right. I was stationed in Canada before and you are right there also, Canada is colder. But what's to that? Everytime I go to Hokkaido, I come back sans gonads. They're both colder than a well digger's asshole!

I'll dodge hotel bombers on Bali anyday if the other choice is Frosty the snowman!

[dingosatemybaby]

Teaching English
Reply to: jobs@joyworld.com
tokyo.craigslist.org Date: 2005-11-22, 1:59AM JST

JOY English Academy. (located in Obihiro, Hokkaido) will hire one new foreign teachers. Foreign teachers must be native speakers of English and possess a university or college degree. The position begins in mid-March. Working hours are seven hours and 45 minutes a day (split shifts), five days a week, with Saturday and Sundays and Japanese national holidays off. There is an 8-day paid summer vacation and a five-day paid winter vacation. The starting salary is 250,000 yen per month (non-negotiable). The employee's visa documents will be arranged by JOY, but they are responsible for their travel expenses.

If you are interested in applying please send, to JOY English Academy, a resume and a one-page essay explaining what you think your greatest strengths and weaknesses would be as an English teacher. Applications that do not include an essay will not be considered. Deadline for applications 12/31/05

Resumes and essays can be mailed or sent by e-mail, preferably as a Microsoft Word Document attachment or as a text file attachment. Please include your family name in the file name of the attachment.

Please no phone inquiries. Before you e-mail questions make sure you check the FAQs at http://www.joyworld.com/english/static/archives/catd:%20employment/how_to_apply.php

* Job location is Obihiro, Hokkaido
* Compensation: 250,000 yen per month plus enrolled in national health and pension. The school pays half of premium.

Craigslist is where the engrish teachers find their jobs now?

[FG Lurker]

I worked in Hokkaido last year and it wasn't that horrible. In fact Canadian winters are nastier than Hokkaido winters 10 times out of 10.

Want to hear something crazy? My sister is going to move from Victoria to Manitoba! Why the fuck anyone would freely move to rural Manitoba is beyond the realm of my understanding.

Her and her husband say they want to move there because the land is cheap... Yeah, I suppose that is true. But there is a reason the land is cheap -- no one in their right mind would move there! Especially not from Victoria.

[canman]

Winterpeg for nothing Lurker. Man that is like moving from the sun to Pluto. What a contrast. What do they do anyway. I also hope they like mosquitos, since I heard Manitoba is thee worst place for them all spring and summer.
I'm surprised that Eikaiwa's are still offering the same basic salary they were more that 15 years ago. You'd think there would a bit of an increase, even though there is more competition, both in terms of schools and gaijin warm bodies to fill the positions. How about jet has their basic salary increased in the past ten years or so?

[FG Lurker]

Winterpeg for nothing Lurker. Man that is like moving from the sun to Pluto. What a contrast. What do they do anyway. I also hope they like mosquitos, since I heard Manitoba is thee worst place for them all spring and summer.

I know... I've pointed this out to them too. Mosquitoes, horse flies...man, sounds like a great place to move to! He's a floor-layer, she's a housewife. They're both bright enough that they should be able to see this isn't a wise thing to do, but they seem stuck on it.

I'm surprised that Eikaiwa's are still offering the same basic salary they were more that 15 years ago. You'd think there would a bit of an increase, even though there is more competition, both in terms of schools and gaijin warm bodies to fill the positions. How about jet has their basic salary increased in the past ten years or so?

I think the salaries haven't gone up because of the reasons you mentioned -- lots of warm bodies around. Also Japan has been going through deflation, so although the salaries haven't gone up technically buying power has.