Teach English in Japan with AEON Corporation!

  Japan

• Tokyo: 
Tokyo
• All Other Areas: 
Kobe,  Hiroshima,  Okazaki,  Kawagoe,  Hiratsuka,  Kanazawa,  Kasugai,  Nagoya,  Kyoto,  Aizuwakamatsu,  Akita,  Asahikawa,  Yamaguchi,  Beppu,  Chiba,  Fukuoka,  Fukushima,  Fukuyama,  Gifu,  Nagano,  Hamamatsu,  Hirakata,  Osaka,  Hitachi,  Kanto,  Kansai,  Kawasaki,  Hokkaido,  Mihara,  Morioka,  Gunma,  Nagasaki,  Niigata,  Nishinomiya,  Odawara,  Saitama,  Sanda,  Hyogo,  Sapporo,  Sendai,  Shizuoka,  Suzuka,  Tachikawa,  Nara,  Shibata,  Tokuyama,  Aichi,  Machida,  Oita,  Kanagawa,  Okinawa,  Yokohama,  Tsukuba,  Tsuyama,  Okayama,  Kitakyushu,  Fuchu,  Kagoshima,  Kochi,  Miyazaki,  Sasebo,  Takamatsu,  Toyota,  Toyama,  Tokushima

Length of Position: One year contract
Dates: All year

Description: AEON Corporation is one of Japan's largest English Conversation schools. We are currently recruiting ESL Teachers in the following cities: Atlanta, GA - Nov. 14, San Francisco, CA - Nov. 21, Vancouver, BC - Nov. (TBD), Chicago, IL - Dec. 5, and Austin, TX - Dec. 21. We also recruit year round in New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Sydney.

With more than 300 schools located on all 5 main islands of Japan, AEON provides the opportunity to live and work in bustling metropolises like Osaka and Tokyo or the quiet serene settings of the Japanese countryside. AEON provides a private apartment furnished to Japanese standards with a subsidized rent of 55,000 yen a month, a competitive salary, commuting expense reimbursement, and a contract completion bonus. All contracts are for one calendar year and we have positions starting every month. For consideration, please submit both a resume and a 1-page essay about why you want to live and work in Japan to one of our 5 recruiting offices located in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Sydney. Our New York office also recruits in London 2 to 3 times a year. For a complete list of our recruiting locations, please visit our website by clicking the link at the top of this page.

Highlights: At AEON, there is an emphasis not only on the academic qualifications of the teaching staff, but also on their personal qualifications. AEON selects teachers from all over the world, bringing a diversity of culture to our classrooms in Japan. While learning the English language, our students enjoy and benefit from their interaction with their teachers.

Although the diversity and the individuality of each of our foreign staff members are important, there are certain qualities shared by all of our foreign teaching staff: professionalism, flexibility, respect, organization, creativity, perseverance, and most importantly, enthusiasm. During the teacher selection process, successful candidates display all of these qualities.

Qualifications:
-BA/BS degree required in any major. Candidates must have completed all of their elementary and secondary education in English only.
-Teaching experience is beneficial but not necessary.
-Japanese language ability is also helpful but not necessary.

* For consideration, please submit both a resume and a one page (500 word) essay titled, "Why I Would Like to Live and Work in Japan." Please note that resumes received without essays will neither be reviewed nor considered.

Minimum Education: Bachelors

Salary / Pay: The monthly starting salary is 270,000 yen (regardless of postgraduate degrees) for a 5-day, 38-hour work week with a maximum of 25 teaching hours. One week or more of paid training in Japan. 5 personal days per year. Japanese national holidays and 3 weeks of vacation. Private apartment furnished to Japanese standards with subsidized rent (55,000 yen/month). Health and Pension Insurance coverage through the Japanese Social Insurance System. Bonus provided upon completion of final contract. Knowledge of branch school location prior to signing contract.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi and South African Participants.

Participants Travel to Japan Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview Required
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Resume
• Written Application

Year Founded: 1973