Looking for Better English Teaching Job

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1. Amity, Aeon, Kids duo and Berlitz all offer around 250-270k. Honestly workload wise it doesn’t get too much better. Online jobs typically pay less than Nova but are more flexible.

   275k is about the cieling right now for chain Eikaiwa. To graduate to something a bit more competitive you will need a couple years of suffering. Another route is to go mom and pop but those are really hit or miss and don’t offer much in terms of job security (visa danger).

   Finally there is Kindergarten but that can be really competitive to get into and super stressful once your in but the pay can easily go over 300k.

2. There really isn’t. You may find places with slightly better pay but no more than 25 man a month. Unless you had the qualifications before coming to Japan there is no real way for you to find better employment as a teacher. Don’t listen to the clowns that say things like online degrees and international schools, you can’t get the experience required while living here.

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   You fell into the trap that many others do. “Teaching” English is a gap year thing with no advancement. We try to warn people but people would rather listen to the hopefuls that haven’t even stepped foot in Japan.

3. Unless you are willing to relocate, your options may be very limited.

4. Keep in mind that if you’re in a Nova apartment, they will kick you out the minute you quit. And finding a new apartment on your own is pretty expensive, so you either need to save up 400,000 yen, or contract with another chain that provides apartments, like Aeon.

   Good luck.

5. go back while you still can

6. I teach at an electronic company for 17 hours a week (by choice, I have other projects I’m doing and cannot dedicate more than this) and the pay is about 254-260,000 a month. I work completely online (by choice).

   I’ve been doing this since 2020 when the pandemic started. I gave up on some jobs (face to face ) and ended up having to do some bargaining through the union with some of these shitty eikaiwa and dispatch mentioned here (hence them not renewing me ) .

   I found this job by sheer luck. The pay is 3500 yen per hour for lower level classes and 4000 per hour for skilled classes (presentation, negotiation etc) . I enjoy teaching business English. I joined when the project was just about to start and now one of the “veterans” of this project. Reports are also paid. There was paid training and any on going trainings are paid..

   Before this, I used to be registered with these companies :

   Shane Corp -3500 per hour, freelance , face to face mostly , can choose if you want to teach kids

   Nova corp-3500-5000 per hour , freelance , face to face, just subscribe to the email and reply. No interview.

   Cosmo- 20,000 a day, short term camps; you have to be on good terms with the head instructor/recruiter or be a handsome man😂

   Linguage-3500 per hour , freelance ,face to face , mostly business English

   Kanda Gaigo-3500 per hour, freelance – face to face,mostly business English

   ALC(?)- 3500 per hour, freelance , online, face to face, business English

   ISA -4000 yen per hour -camps, short term

   *Rates not updated, may have changed . Also may be different depending on nationality(what I heard) , may depend on experience.
   These companies advertise online so you should find them on one of those big job sites!

   Also most jobs are in downtown Tokyo. You might have to move.

   I cannot remember the names of the others .I created my own schedule depending on the offers and location. This was mostly pre-pandemic though, when I was struggling and willing to travel.

   I know some of my previous coworkers are still there and some of the older people who can’t do online lessons (don’t know how to use the computer for example) are still doing mostly face to face classes. At the beginning you might have to do what I did and when they realize you’re reliable ,they’d let you cherry pick classes based on schdule/location and other criteria.

   This is also a good way to network . Start networking. I met some people through Nova Corp who wanted to give up on some private business classes they were doing and they were charging 7000 for 50 min (needed to travel to Ueno once a week though). They gave this to me. Unfortunately this gig ended with corona. You’re not going to find these online, just network . Good luck !

7. Consider getting a CELTA to make yourself more marketable, I think most programs are only a month long.

8. I worked in Ibaraki once. While I didn’t like the Kanto region, Tsukuba had some pretty good private eikaiwas in the area.

9. The only way I’ve realized how to survive in Japan doing teaching is getting a Japanese teaching license and getting hired by private schools. Anything lower than 3 mil a year is poverty wages in my opinion.

10. Probably not a popular opinion, but Peppy has short hours and is about 240 a month. If you want some income while having until about 3pm free every day to learn new skills, it’s probably a good shout.

    People always shit on it but they’re either not teaching English or they aren’t good with kids. Working 17:00-20:30 most days beats the hell out of 9:00-17:00/13:00-21:30. Especially when it’s for the same pay or more sometimes.

11. Ibaraki is very limited for English teaching positions. You have to work in the bigger city of Mito or tsukuba to find better job opportunities.

    There are of unknowns about you.
    Where are you located in ibaraki?
    Do you have a vehicle?
    Are you willing to relocate?

    I lived in ibaraki and the only way to increase opportunities is to have reliable transportation.
    I would recommend if you are going to stay in ibaraki, move to tsukuba. There are alot more positions and the transportation system can take you to Tokyo quickly for p/t or contracted work.

    I knew a person who lived in ibaraki close to the border limits of Chiba was able to find more.