{"id":1,"date":"2013-03-13T17:18:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T17:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ksuzuki-workinginjapan\/?p=1"},"modified":"2014-02-12T16:19:43","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T20:19:43","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ksuzuki-workinginjapan\/2013\/03\/13\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Hydusik – Teaching English in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

I would say so far working for Interac has been very similar to working for the JET program. I would say there are slightly more rules, like a stricter dress code but that overall they are the same job. My experience so far has been pretty good. I like my placement and the town I work with.<\/p>\n

The interview process I thought was easier than JET. You just go to their website and fill out an application. If you make it past the online screening they will call and schedule a phone interview. And if you pass that you schedule to go to a group interview (basically if you make it that far you have the job you just need to show up and show that you’re not a crazy person haha. They do have you conduct a short 5 minute demo lesson that they record on camera. It’s not hard though. Basically a self introduction and sing head shoulders knees and toes)<\/p>\n

With Interac there is also a lot shorter waiting period because they recruit twice a year as opposed to once. And they are pretty good about communicating with you.<\/p>\n

I work at 5 different elementary schools. Basically I go to a different elementary school every day of the week. I have class with 5\/6 graders every week but I will teach 1-4 on a varying schedule.<\/p>\n

I would say the most immediate tip I can think of is if it’s JET or Interac show genuine excitement for wanting to live in Japan and be a part of the community. Also understand that urban placements are very rare. So be flexible if you want to increase your chances of being accepted.<\/p>\n

Please email zhydusik@riacc.com if you want to ask me questions directly (or you can contact me through Facebook as well.)<\/p>\n

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I would say so far working for Interac has been very similar to working for the JET program. I would say there are slightly more rules, like a stricter dress code but that overall they are the same job. My experience so far has been pretty good. I like my placement and the town I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":357,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106582],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching-english-in-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ksuzuki-workinginjapan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ksuzuki-workinginjapan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ksuzuki-workinginjapan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ksuzuki-workinginjapan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/357"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ksuzuki-workinginjapan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ksuzuki-workinginjapan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ksuzuki-workinginjapan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ksuzuki-workinginjapan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ksuzuki-workinginjapan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ksuzuki-workinginjapan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}