Your Next Dream Teaching Post

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1. I might work on my MA one day. I’m curious, how tough is it to get publications. 🙂

2. > 4. Not currently a university student *(i.e. you’re unemployed, retired, or on an extended holiday)*

   Or you’re just… working elsewhere?

   The fact that it’s part-time isn’t the best, but the rest is easy for anyone who’s been working in the field. It doesn’t sound like the best position by any means, but I guess I don’t understand what’s so audacious about it either… am I missing something?

3. I personally know a guy that taught English there part time. He had none of those qualifications. He had a bachelors, corporate experience in Japan at multiple large multinationals, 10 years teaching experience in Japan and PR. The market is saturated over here so that is why you see shit like this. He did say that it was easy stress free work and that it gave him time to do other things that he wanted.

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5. What are you on about? That qualified teachers should all have full-time jobs and not part-time ones? You’re not considering people who already work a main job and are looking to supplement their income with a few koma at another university.

   The deal breaker for a lot of people I think will be the split shift. People looking for part-time work want to work 3-4 classes and then get out of there, not commute to campus, teach 90 minutes, then come back again to do it tomorrow.

6. Supply far outweighs demand. For every 1 part time uni gig, there are hundreds of ALTs with their distance learning MA in TESOL wanting to further their career in Japan.

   It will get even more competitive when international travel resumes and all the uni teachers overseas that have been waiting for 2 years can finally come join the market. And by then, I’m sure the goalpost will have been even further.

7. >Are any of you reprobates actually accepting these types of positions?

   Yes, I’m sure someone will apply for this position.

   >Am I missing something?

   Yes. These qualifications are pretty standard for university teaching positions. Not including a salary figure is also pretty common. You can take a look [at comparable jobs on JREC](https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorSearch?fn=4&dt=3&page=1&sort=0&keyword_and=&keyword_or=&keyword_not=&bg1=00001&sm1=00001&bg2=&sm2=&bg3=&sm3=&bg4=&sm4=&bg5=&sm5=&bg6=&sm6=&bgCode1=00001&smCode1=00001&bgCode2=&smCode2=&bgCode3=&smCode3=&bgCode4=&smCode4=&bgCode5=&smCode5=&bgCode6=&smCode6=&area_6=00006&prefecture_6=00025&prefecture_6=00026&prefecture_6=00027&prefecture_6=00028&prefecture_6=00029&prefecture_6=00030&jobkind=00016&jobform=&jobterm=&dispcount=50) and, as of the day of this post, only about half include a yen figure. There is nothing unusual about this job post.

   >Will just working at Doshisha University look so good on ones (already rather star-spangled resume)

   Well, it *is* one of the 関関同立 schools so, yeah, it looks good on your resume, which, again, you just need a standard MA, pubs, and some experience. They’re not asking for Nobel laureates.

   >that even if one worked as a part-time shit-kicker there

   Given the student population of that particular university, I think “shit kicking” is…wrong.

   >the doors of one’s academic career would swing wide such that one might imagine that in the near future one might need to start having to turn down bags of free money offered at one’s feet?

   What the hell are you so mad about? Keep scrolling through other university teaching jobs on the JALT jobs page, look through JREC, check out the posts on the JACET jobs page. You’ll see that the job you linked is not at all an outlier. Are you just new? Is this all a shock to your system?

8. Don’t really see the problem with it being a part-time job. Those who want a part-time job will apply for it, as I’m sure there are those who do want a part time job.

9. This is, unfortunately, what adjunct lecturer job postings look like even for PhDs in other subjects here. Japan universities are more and more relying on part time adjunct instructors (like the U.S. and a few other nations). It is pathetic, and there are lots of PhDs living in poverty.

10. Id apply for that job if I had the prerequisites and it was in right area lol.

    Not listing wages is a big red flag though.

11. Considering Doshisha has been in the news recently for treating their employees like shit. .-.

12. I’ve seen quite a few job listings requiring CELTA and an MA while paying 250k yen a month, 29.5 hours. It’s like they all believe the gaijin should be more than happy with this pay since they get to take a vacation in glorious Japan.

13. This is a pretty typical job post for universities. Most universities offer only 5 year full-time contracts. Although this is changing as some schools are shifting to 10 year contracts. Working at universities has many perks (longer vacations, higher pay, lax time requirements, funding for conferences/resources/advanced degrees) however having to find a new job every 5-10 years is certainly the main drawback.

    As a result, many teachers choose to work 2-3 part-time jobs as those jobs tend to not have year limits. Although commuting time is a huge hassle, many people prefer this, and the money can be really good. A friend of mine used to work 3 jobs like the one you posted about and made about 60 man a month.

14. > Found this gem of an opportunity **on JALT publications**

    Actually, this is a red flag in and of itself. They may be, but Doshisha should be advertising on JACET and JREC, first and foremost.