Hey Folks! I launched a new channel recently that covers anime and gaming. If that interests you please check out the link! ruclips.net/channel/UC6Z1yNTKs53SKN7e_fVMVgQ
Hi, since the classes were back to back as you mentioned, did you have to spend time off work to prepare for the lessons the day after? how much time everyday did you spend to prepare for your classes? Did you have a burnout working at NOVA?
Here’s advice to everyone thinking of working in Japan: use these major corporate chains to get the visa, but quit ASAP once you’re there. They’re brutally exploitative and will ruin your experience in Japan if you stay there. The ideal situation is to get sponsored by some company that pays you on the lower end in exchange for a light schedule. Then you can amass a bunch of private lessons or part time jobs. This’ll end up giving you a lot more monthly income and more free time than anything you’ll get at a NOVA or AEON.
The part of the contract that says you cant hang out with students outside of NOVA was actually contested in court and was found unlawful. They still keep it in the contract but they actually don't have legal power to fire you over it or anything. My coworker did a lot of homework on this issue and has battled the executives about it lol. He says the rule isolates him in his small town community and threatens his security, which is kinda true. I personally like the rule cuz it gives me an out when i've got students I need to say no to (I had one student come to my university's campus and try to find me. He also followed me to my bus stop once) But if one of my other students whom I think I could hang out with in a healthy manner invited me somewhere I could go and not be punished by NOVA or anything. You dont have to tell anyone you hung out with someone anyway.
hey man i work at nova too, and im quieting tomorrow be careful man. if you miss 1 day they will charge you 20,000 yen per lesson. so a 8 lesson day thats like 180,000 yen $1500 us. thats your entire damn paycheck. they will screw you over.
wtf? That sounds straight up illegal. Sadly Nova is kicking the ass of the small eikaiwa that I'm working at. Nova already had a location not too far but their new location is really taking students away from us. They are fucking evil.
Hi!! I am currently on the JET Programme and have just been collecting a few ideas for what I want to do after.. I definitely am interested in staying in Japan to work and was wondering how difficult it was in terms of visa status and all of that paperwork and just in general how difficult is it to change jobs in Japan once you choose to leave the JET Programme?
Hi Ben! I got offered a position lately but not sure of the location. What do you think Nova will be like in the Chiba area? Which city are you located? Thanks for the video, quite informative!
I’m over in Kobe and unfortunately I’m not too informed about the Chiba area. I’ve had many students at my NOVA that come from that area and they frequently praise that it’s close to Tokyo and Disney without being too metropolitan. The NOVA people in that area will probably be pretty nice as most people who work this job have a pretty laid back disposition I’ve found.
Thanks for the reply Ben! I've been working in China as a teacher for a public school and they also have a laid back disposition. I was a little worried as to what I was getting myself into heading to Japan with Nova. I guess I'm afraid of giving up this relaxed environment for one that was going to be very intense and very by the book. Well I will have to see where Nova decides to place me.
Ashley Loren since Chiba is close to Tokyo you'll have some after school shopping and hobbies but at the same time there really isn't much there, if you're a fan of Disneyland there's that too
Victoria B yes i did but only for a few months. It was a very depressing time for me because the sense of loneliness was too unbearable. I lived in Shizuoka city and it’s not a very happening city. My only regret is not moving to a big city.
How long do you plan on teaching English there? Did you want to teach English (in Japan) when you first came into the JET program? Is this gonna be your career or just a job placeholder? Nice video btw, I love hearing about Japan. Also, *first comment*
+Goddess Luna I plan on teaching Japanese for about another year and when I signed up for the JET program I was absolutely excited to teach. It was a great experience. I plan on going back home after all of this is said and done. Maybe a few months in Australia on a working holiday visa.
Nice! I really want to go teach in Japan too, currently going to community college to get my Associate's in Japanese. I'm not really sure what I want to major in exactly, but I'm thinking either engineering or game design (or something like that) since most my all time favorite games come from Japan (Monster hunter/Dark Souls). btw, have you ever heard of Monster Hunter in Japan? I hear it's super popular over there. Also looking forward to your next upload.
How do you have an apartment that big in Japan!? I was on JET and my CO completely screwed me over in numerous ways. We paid top dollar (or yen rather) for apartments that were advertised to locals as a half-way house solution for those moving to other places or those who were desperate. As a result they were extremely expensive for what they were. I had a JET nightmare for other reasons - bullying, terrible management, a lot of abusive people at the top micromanaging all of us at the bottom and I ended up quitting. I'm guessing that there will be no chance of me going back to Japan any time soon, but it'd be nice considering I spent 3 years of my life studying Japanese in order to teach over there.
JET is pretty awful. You're much better going to a conversation school. It's much tougher at first because you need to get students but once you get them it's so much easier and some schools won't move you around and you can rent your own apartment nearby which is great. Unfortunately most teaching companies are pretty bad but there are ways around it.
If you get super qualified before you come over, that can widen your options tremendously. I don't exactly have a dream job now but I'd take what I'm doing 100 times over an English conversation school or being an ALT.
@@ALeaud I'm basically an administrator at a university. It pays a lot better than an English conversation school, plus I get more time off (paid time, mind you).
@@brianconnelly8107 That's pretty cool. I'd love to work at a university someday. I make about 350000 a month (Monday to Friday) but we don't get paid leave, unfortunately.
I have some very serious and important questions. I am a senior in high school entering college in the fall and I want to teach in Japan through the JET program. After the JET program, can you find a job elsewhere and stay in Japan? Because I want to stay in Japan after the contract ends. Can you renew the contract? Can you stay in Japan as a permanent citizen or do you have to leave eventually? If theirs a way I can contact you please let me know because I have many questions.
The only ads I've seen these days for NOVA offer part time pay (about 2600 yen an hour, or about $23.50 an hour). According to Glassdoor, however, monthly pay seems to be about 260,000 yen ($2,350).
First, ONLY JET is a programme. NOVA etc. are ruthless private business companies. I can save a viewer 10 1/2 minutes...here's all you need to know: JET rocks! NOVA sucks! All eikaiwas & dispatch companies suck! This guy is being way too kind on NOVA.
My comment on Nove English, after perfunctory incomplete research. The founder of Nova, connected to at least one cofounder of Aeon English, was convicted of fraud and embezzlement, consequently serving 3 years in prison. He was also kidnapped in Nihonbashi, Japan, for not paying his Yakuza fees. Nova closed temporarily in 2007, failing to pay its teachers. It reopened due to a loan. Last week, it made the news again for forcing teachers to risk Coronavirus Covid 19 infections by working in unsanitary conditions and also penalizing teachers by deducting from salaries, for students who canceled classes. Nova English is a company for the inexperienced, unqualified, a rogue rag tag of misfits desperately seeking some modicum of respectability under the false title of English teacher😂😂 Its staff are those possessing sufficent integrity to persist in accumulating a monthly adolescent's allowance from Nova, while simultaneously sacrificing their own integrity in oiling a machinery, which benefits criminals in suits who devalue education and human rights 👍
I JUST finished my training at Nova! Starting my first proper day all by myself tomorrow! I feel the training wasnt enough and have the absolute fear haha!
![Six Hundred Strike [EPIC: The Musical] Full Animatic](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zov6NXIAuow/mqdefault.jpg)
Hey Folks! I launched a new channel recently that covers anime and gaming. If that interests you please check out the link!
ruclips.net/channel/UC6Z1yNTKs53SKN7e_fVMVgQ
Hi, since the classes were back to back as you mentioned, did you have to spend time off work to prepare for the lessons the day after? how much time everyday did you spend to prepare for your classes? Did you have a burnout working at NOVA?
Here’s advice to everyone thinking of working in Japan: use these major corporate chains to get the visa, but quit ASAP once you’re there. They’re brutally exploitative and will ruin your experience in Japan if you stay there. The ideal situation is to get sponsored by some company that pays you on the lower end in exchange for a light schedule. Then you can amass a bunch of private lessons or part time jobs. This’ll end up giving you a lot more monthly income and more free time than anything you’ll get at a NOVA or AEON.
So..... can you write a guide? LOL
The part of the contract that says you cant hang out with students outside of NOVA was actually contested in court and was found unlawful. They still keep it in the contract but they actually don't have legal power to fire you over it or anything. My coworker did a lot of homework on this issue and has battled the executives about it lol. He says the rule isolates him in his small town community and threatens his security, which is kinda true. I personally like the rule cuz it gives me an out when i've got students I need to say no to (I had one student come to my university's campus and try to find me. He also followed me to my bus stop once) But if one of my other students whom I think I could hang out with in a healthy manner invited me somewhere I could go and not be punished by NOVA or anything. You dont have to tell anyone you hung out with someone anyway.
You can hang out with your students. I know many teachers who do (and much more than just 'hangout').
That's interesting. Could you elaborate on the homework your friend did? I'm curious where he got the info.
hey man i work at nova too, and im quieting tomorrow be careful man. if you miss 1 day they will charge you 20,000 yen per lesson. so a 8 lesson day thats like 180,000 yen $1500 us. thats your entire damn paycheck. they will screw you over.
wtf? That sounds straight up illegal. Sadly Nova is kicking the ass of the small eikaiwa that I'm working at. Nova already had a location not too far but their new location is really taking students away from us. They are fucking evil.
@@chappiescollectables What's the small eikaiwa you were/are working for?
Hello, I would like to know if Nova provided the apartment and how much did it costs?
Very informative. Thank you so much for sharing online.
Thanks for making this video; this will help me decide which type of job to pursue when I move over
Hi!! I am currently on the JET Programme and have just been collecting a few ideas for what I want to do after.. I definitely am interested in staying in Japan to work and was wondering how difficult it was in terms of visa status and all of that paperwork and just in general how difficult is it to change jobs in Japan once you choose to leave the JET Programme?
Leave JET and apply at a conversation school. They'll sponsor you if you have a university degree or related qualifications.
@@ALeaud how much japanese do you need to know to transition to a conversation school...?
@@ando1135 None. The lessons are conducted in 100% English.
Doing a Japanese 2 year course in college probably will carry onto some sort of teacher, getting more ideas here on what it'll be like.
+WeStY It's a great and really fun job if you decide to go for it. The people you'll meet and the fun you'll have will make it worth it.
Thank you for sharing.... Where do u now teach or u are still with them? And why did u leave jet?
Hi Ben! I got offered a position lately but not sure of the location. What do you think Nova will be like in the Chiba area? Which city are you located? Thanks for the video, quite informative!
I’m over in Kobe and unfortunately I’m not too informed about the Chiba area. I’ve had many students at my NOVA that come from that area and they frequently praise that it’s close to Tokyo and Disney without being too metropolitan. The NOVA people in that area will probably be pretty nice as most people who work this job have a pretty laid back disposition I’ve found.
Thanks for the reply Ben! I've been working in China as a teacher for a public school and they also have a laid back disposition. I was a little worried as to what I was getting myself into heading to Japan with Nova. I guess I'm afraid of giving up this relaxed environment for one that was going to be very intense and very by the book. Well I will have to see where Nova decides to place me.
Ashley Loren since Chiba is close to Tokyo you'll have some after school shopping and hobbies but at the same time there really isn't much there, if you're a fan of Disneyland there's that too
@@ashleylaflor22 Any updates on your experience with the change since a year has passed? Did you end up working for NOVA?
Victoria B yes i did but only for a few months. It was a very depressing time for me because the sense of loneliness was too unbearable. I lived in Shizuoka city and it’s not a very happening city. My only regret is not moving to a big city.
So did your contract end with JET or did you cancel your contract and how soon after JET's contract finished did you get the new job?
question? have you ever heard of the Y&K Narita International School, i wanted to know if they were legit
Any changes in the Nova program?
Does NOVA pay your airfare?
How long do you plan on teaching English there?
Did you want to teach English (in Japan) when you first came into the JET program?
Is this gonna be your career or just a job placeholder?
Nice video btw, I love hearing about Japan.
Also, *first comment*
+Goddess Luna I plan on teaching Japanese for about another year and when I signed up for the JET program I was absolutely excited to teach. It was a great experience.
I plan on going back home after all of this is said and done. Maybe a few months in Australia on a working holiday visa.
Nice! I really want to go teach in Japan too, currently going to community college to get my Associate's in Japanese.
I'm not really sure what I want to major in exactly, but I'm thinking either engineering or game design (or something like that) since most my all time favorite games come from Japan (Monster hunter/Dark Souls).
btw, have you ever heard of Monster Hunter in Japan? I hear it's super popular over there.
Also looking forward to your next upload.
How do you have an apartment that big in Japan!?
I was on JET and my CO completely screwed me over in numerous ways. We paid top dollar (or yen rather) for apartments that were advertised to locals as a half-way house solution for those moving to other places or those who were desperate. As a result they were extremely expensive for what they were.
I had a JET nightmare for other reasons - bullying, terrible management, a lot of abusive people at the top micromanaging all of us at the bottom and I ended up quitting. I'm guessing that there will be no chance of me going back to Japan any time soon, but it'd be nice considering I spent 3 years of my life studying Japanese in order to teach over there.
JET is pretty awful. You're much better going to a conversation school. It's much tougher at first because you need to get students but once you get them it's so much easier and some schools won't move you around and you can rent your own apartment nearby which is great. Unfortunately most teaching companies are pretty bad but there are ways around it.
If you get super qualified before you come over, that can widen your options tremendously. I don't exactly have a dream job now but I'd take what I'm doing 100 times over an English conversation school or being an ALT.
@@brianconnelly8107 What kind of job are you doing? Does it pay better than an English conversation school?
@@ALeaud I'm basically an administrator at a university. It pays a lot better than an English conversation school, plus I get more time off (paid time, mind you).
@@brianconnelly8107 That's pretty cool. I'd love to work at a university someday. I make about 350000 a month (Monday to Friday) but we don't get paid leave, unfortunately.
I have some very serious and important questions. I am a senior in high school entering college in the fall and I want to teach in Japan through the JET program. After the JET program, can you find a job elsewhere and stay in Japan? Because I want to stay in Japan after the contract ends. Can you renew the contract? Can you stay in Japan as a permanent citizen or do you have to leave eventually? If theirs a way I can contact you please let me know because I have many questions.
Joshua Yanez I have those same questions! I would love to know the answers too please!
You have the option of renewing the contract. I think that JET has a Max of 5 years
You never mentioned how much they pay you at Nova for. Full-time
The only ads I've seen these days for NOVA offer part time pay (about 2600 yen an hour, or about $23.50 an hour). According to Glassdoor, however, monthly pay seems to be about 260,000 yen ($2,350).
remember you have to pay for your days off
First, ONLY JET is a programme. NOVA etc. are ruthless private business companies. I can save a viewer 10 1/2 minutes...here's all you need to know: JET rocks! NOVA sucks! All eikaiwas & dispatch companies suck! This guy is being way too kind on NOVA.
My comment on Nove English, after perfunctory incomplete research.
The founder of Nova, connected to at least one cofounder of Aeon English, was convicted of fraud and embezzlement, consequently serving 3 years in prison. He was also kidnapped in Nihonbashi, Japan, for not paying his Yakuza fees.
Nova closed temporarily in 2007, failing to pay its teachers. It reopened due to a loan. Last week, it made the news again for forcing teachers to risk
Coronavirus Covid 19 infections by working in unsanitary conditions and also penalizing teachers by deducting from salaries, for students who canceled classes.
Nova English is a company for the inexperienced, unqualified, a rogue rag tag of misfits desperately seeking some modicum of respectability under the false title of English teacher😂😂
Its staff are those possessing sufficent integrity to persist in accumulating a monthly adolescent's allowance from Nova, while simultaneously sacrificing their own integrity in oiling a machinery, which benefits criminals in suits who devalue education and human rights 👍
Siraj: Well put!
I thought NOVA went bankrupt years ago.
They came back around.
I JUST finished my training at Nova! Starting my first proper day all by myself tomorrow! I feel the training wasnt enough and have the absolute fear haha!
how has the first few months gone for you?
I work at GABA and they only trained us for three freaking days. I wish I was kidding.
well...how did it work? still there or did you take the first flight back? lol
Would like to know your experience of Nova. I'm taking an interview with them next week. Would you recommend.