Upcoming Event: Professional Development Webinar

28 February, 2024

7-8:30 PM (ET)

This event will focus on providing you insight into the local US-Japan job market and landscape across Florida.

We will discuss techniques to translate soft skills learned on JET into your next career, how to utilize career coaches and recruiters and what networking actually is and how to do it well.

JETAA Rocky Mountain completed a successful Career Compass Workshop and Networking event last week. The event featured panelists, Jennifer Basco, Emily Frank, Claudine Locascio, and Takeshi Yamagishi who discussed the Japan-related job market in the Rocky Mountain region, how to translate soft skills learned on JET to your resume, and made the workshop an enlightening and enriching experience.

Like many other jobs and industries, the JET Program has its fair share of acronyms and unique terms that can be confusing and even overwhelming when you are going through the application and interview process of becoming a JET.

So USJETAA has put together this reference sheet to help familiarize you with all the terms you will encounter as you begin your journey as a JET.

Co-hosted by JETAA Portland, JETAABC, and JETAA Alaska, the chapters hosted their fourth event in their annual JETAA Bento Workshop series: Onigiri Edition.

Erik M. Jacobs (Hyogo, 2013-2016)

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly emerged as an S&T focus for both national security and economic policy in the United States and Japan. AI, and other emerging technology issues, are likely to play a larger role in U.S.-Japan relations in the years to come.

JETs on Japan: January, 2024

Last month, JETAADC hosted its second Alumni Talks panel on Careers in the Private Sector, with three fantastic JET alumni: Kendaal Strailey (Ehime, 2006-2008), Alex Melillo (2012-2015), and Jenny Kai (Nara, 2015-2016). They discussed the importance of networking and the variety of career opportunities in the private sector.

In partnership with Japan Society of Boston, USJETAA is proud to share the JSB Meets JET Alumni interview series which explores the JET experience across Japan.

This month, Japan Society of Boston got to know Michael Gilbertson (Saga, 2018-2020).

Join us on Feb 8th for an online webinar and tasting session which dives into the essence of the sake industry in the US, providing insights into its unique characteristics compared to traditional Japanese sake.