News & Updates
Career Ascent Event: March 19, 2024
Join us for our Career Ascent career development seminars and networking events.
These are specifically designed for professionals and career changers. They offer a valuable opportunity to enhance career-building skills and expand your professional network.
Attend one or both of the two professional-oriented webinars to level up your career aspirations with actionable insights from industry leaders. Then connect with career experts and fellow JET alums through a structured, intimate virtual networking session.
We’re Hiring!
Programs & Membership Coordinator
Application Deadline: March 25, 2024
USJETAA seeks a well-organized, detail-oriented individual with exceptional writing and editing skills to join our team as the next Programs & Membership Coordinator. This person should enjoy relationship building, and creating and executing events/programs.
Neko-nnection
Christopher Dedrick R. Conwi (Kagoshima, 2023-present)
“As an animal lover, coming home to an empty apartment that didn’t allow pets was a bit of an adjustment.“
Read about current JET Christopher Dedrick R. Conwi’s experience volunteering at an animal shelter/cat cafe.
USJETAA Japanese Reading Group - March 2024
In March, we'll read the second half of the story 鶴の笛 (The Crane's Flute) by well known writer Hayashi Fumiko, who is often considered to be in the canon of feminist literature in Japan.
Koto Lessons and Old War Stories: Building Bridges Through Music Exchange
Alyssa Cantrell (Akita, 2016-2019)
International exchange centered around music has an important, and often overlooked, role to play in U.S.-Japan relations. In the space that music provides, stories can be told. . . regardless of nationality, age, or background, everyone has a story worth telling. The important thing is to just listen.
JETs on Japan: March, 2024
Career Ascent Events: March, 2024
Join us for our Career Ascent career development seminars and networking events.
These are specifically designed for professionals and career changers. They offer a valuable opportunity to enhance career-building skills and expand your professional network.
Attend one or both of the two professional-oriented webinars to level up your career aspirations with actionable insights from industry leaders. Then connect with career experts and fellow JET alums through a structured, intimate virtual networking session.
We’re Hiring!
Programs & Membership Coordinator
Application Deadline: March 28, 2024
USJETAA seeks a well-organized, detail-oriented individual with exceptional writing and editing skills to join our team as the next Programs & Membership Coordinator. This person should enjoy relationship building, and creating and executing events/programs.
JETAAFL: Career Compass
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.