It’s about that time a year when JET applicants learn whether or not they got an interview. I, of course, offer my congratulations to those who made it, but I thought I’d give those of you who didn’t make it past the interview stage this year some words of wisdom or encouragement or at least [...]
The fact that I passed the application stage of the 2007 JET Programme was quite an accomplishment for me because that meant I was a step further than I was the previous year.
But it also caused me plenty of new stress. Now I actually had to met them face to face and show them why [...]
There are any number of people on the JET Programme who apply during their senior year of college, are granted interviews with no problem, and receive the good news in April that they will be heading to the Land of the Rising Sun three months after their graduation.
This was sadly not my story.
In 2005 I [...]