JETAA Chapter Leader Webinar Series
Supported by the Japan Foundation CGP and CLAIRThis series provides helpful information on chapter leadership to engage all officers of JET alumni chapters. Topics include information about developing membership, effective communications strategies, obtaining 501(c)(3) non-profit status, and more. Each webinar includes two or three speakers with expertise in the topic. View the webinars here!
Professional Development Webinar Series
This newly launched webinar series is intended to provide guidance and instruction to JET alumni across the country on a variety of careers and professional development topics. Topics include "How to become a Japanese teacher after JET," "How to find a career," "You’ve finished the JET Program. Now what?" and many more. Each webinar includes one to three speakers with expertise in the topic. View the webinars here!
Welcome to the JET Network & Finding Your Career Path After JET
Welcome back to the US, JETs! You’re joining a national network of JET alumni. This webinar includes a primer on how the JET alumni network and local chapters can support you and a step-by-step guide to finding your post-JET career path. Event was co-hosted by USJETAA and PNW JETAA. Event is sponsored by Two Birds One Stone Learning.
1) Welcome to the JET alumni network! (~10 mins)
2) “Finding Your Career Path After JET” with Emily Frank of Denver Career Catalyst (~30-45 mins)
3) Additional career resources (~5 mins)
Becoming a Life Coach
Life coach? That’s a profession? Really?!? I’ve never heard of it! Perhaps you’ve heard of a life coach but aren’t quite sure exactly what it entails. Or maybe this is truly your first time. In this professional development webinar for JET alumni, join USJETAA and JET alum Jeff Singal who will kick off this event with a brief background on his journey from being a JET in Mie (1995-1997) to how he learned about life coaching as a profession and why and how he decided to enter this profession. READ MORE »
JETs in the Gaming Industry
Are you interested in pursuing a career in the gaming industry? Our JET Alumni speakers share their own journeys after JET and how they got started in the gaming industry. Watch the webinar to hear tips and advice for landing a job in the field.
Racial and Social Justice in Cross-Cultural Contexts: Meaning and Action in the U.S.-Japan Community
Join Dr. Mya Fisher (JET in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, 2000-2002) from Global Equity Forward for a 90-minute training on “Racial and Social Justice in Cross-Cultural Contexts: Meaning and Action in the U.S.-Japan Community.” The session will use presentations and interactive breakouts to examine the challenges presented by the way Japan and the U.S. understand terms like diversity, racial and social justice. Discussions will focus on how these issues impact organizations and members of the U.S.-Japan community.
Making Your Own Luck after JET
Join our speakers and USJETAA for a discussion on how you can be proactive after JET in finding your next big opportunity. Our speaker will share their own journeys after JET and how they have utilize the JET alumni community to kickstart their careers. This webinar will equip everyone with the ways to start connecting and getting involved in the JET alumni community.
Speakers
Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, Kariya-shi, 1992-94), also known as the JETwit guy,
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