NOVA is a ship sinking faster than the Titanic.

One guy replied for the question of one spanish girl about her wish to find a job in japan.
Nova is a most famous English school in Japan and recently it is also known that they have plenty of problems including labors' condition.
When I was working in the Irish Pub in Kyoto, I talked with some of people who work there and heard similar issues.

---
As this is a very serious issue, I feel it is only in
yours and everyones best interest to reply to this
post.
I used to work for branch, but most of my friends work
for MM currently and have for a long time (3-6 years).
To be honest, as shit as it is, unless you are rich
and DONT have to worry about money or work for a
while, you should go with option #2, i.e. stay home
and suck up the cost of a lost ticket.
NOVA is a ship sinking faster than the Titanic. Trust
me, i live here in Osaka as a teacher at a JHS (so
therefore I am alternately, safely employed and not
freaking out about not getting paid like all the NOVA
employees rightfully are) and hear about it/see it
everyday getting worse for my friends.
And if you do choose to come over, then you are faced
with about 5,000 suddenly unemployed people with way
more Japan experience competing with you for limited
jobs.
Also, finding a new job can sometimes be easy but it
takes a while and is a seasonal thing here in Japan,
with most jobs starting in March/April or
August/September. Most jobs favor native English
speakers who have experience working in japan and if
possible know a bit of Japanese.
Unless you have an MA degree or TEFL cert. to set
yourself apart, you may come here to find no job, so
therefore no money, and probably no apt to live as
NOVA is bankrupt and most NOVA apartments will be
gone.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. But NOVA is NOT at
all a sure thing. I think that in this case that goes
for all NOVA teachers, both non-native and native
speakers in both MM center and branch offices.
---

The other guy:
---
I agree with xxxx that Nova has been corrupted and
collapsed, and even worse, employee has got little
right in Japan if compare with most of developed
European nations.

Company has much stronger power than workers and
employer doesn't worry what happens on their workers
fired at all.

And if you worry about money, anyway you can't make
saving by working in japan. Japan is no longer a RICH
country.
---

I cant agree the point, Japan is not rich. Comparing most of asian or african countries, most of japanese have a tv, refregerator, so many clothes.... hey we are rich at all.

one more repliy for this issue:----

I'm sorry you are in such a tough situation! I'm an
English teacher at a different major English company
(who hopes to benefit on NOVA's collapse).

A couple of things you should know

(eikaiwa = English conversation school)

Most other eikaiwas only hire Native English
speakers--i.e. at least secondary and university in an
English speaking country for teaching English
positions.

Most eikaiwas (other than NOVA) don't hire
domestically, only in England, Canada, America, etc.
for English teaching positions but DO hire locally for
other languages. That said, I have no idea how
saturated the market is.

Many places that hire domestically only do it if you
ALREADY have a working visa. The Spanish teachers
working in my eikaiwa are either Japanese citizens or
married to Japanese people-- so they don't have visa
issues.

Most teaching jobs that hire locally are usually with
kids, such as private day care centers/ preschools
etc. The majority will want you to play with the kids
in English but many don't care if you are a native
speaker or not.

So... sorry to give you more bad news but if Nova has
not already sponsored your work visa, it's going to be
really hard to get a job. If you have your working
visa in hand and like kids... you could give it a try.

you can check out some of the typical jobs available at
websites like gaijinpot.com

I agree that you should not count on working for NOVA--
one of the reasons they went bankrupt is that the
government punished them for not refunding students
who quit and other shady business practices. If the
current situation doesn't bankrupt them, there may be
more trouble in the future too.

best of luck! trust your gut.
----

IHT: Myanmar generals begin crackdown to rein in protests

This is fuckin' shit!

Myanmar generals begin crackdown to rein in protests

Ahmadinejad

We dont have homosexual like your country.



IHT: Gays in Iran remain in the closet

more photos from Freiburg

Especially the people here.

IHT: A restless Sarkozy vows to lead Europe into a new era

Asked about a long, decorative silver sword that sits on his coffee table, he reinforced what he called his message of peace. "It is," he said, "a sword of peace."

IHT: A restless Sarkozy vows to lead Europe into a new era

Christian Science Monitor: Yasuo Fukuda: A steadier hand for Japan’s helm?

"I think the LDP is definitely trying to divert attention from Abe and make people forget his failures by monopolizing media coverage with these 'around the country' speech tours by Fukuda and Aso," says Krauss. "And I think it is at least partially working – mostly because the media coverage is allowing it to."

Christian Science Monitor: Yasuo Fukuda: A steadier hand for Japan’s helm?

Freiburg Photos

IHT: Calls for a breakup grow louder in Belgium

We are not living easily...

IHT: Calls for a breakup grow louder in Belgium

Laptop Recovered!!

Now I am coming back to the virtual world with my sweet laptop with samsung hard disk :)

For my friends and family

Since my laptop was broken, the communication via internet becomes quite difficult. I apologise for this inconvinient situation.
I am totally fine. Now I am in Freiburg and have some moments to reseach for my future.
On Nov. I am going to the festival in France. That is only one thing fixed until now.
I hope you are fine too.

love and kisses,

Hajime

"parole" on googlevideo

Now my represented work "parole" is avaiable to see on the google video.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1472664087170664959