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Horizons Part 2: Job Hunting in Japan

When
April 17, 2026
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Location
Zoom
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2 registrants

Registration

(depends on selected options)

Base fee:

Current JET Complimentary Registration
Please use the email associated with your "current JET" USJETAA membership. Free & supporting memberships available.
Friend of JET/General Public – $10.00
Please select this option if you are not a JET.
USJETAA Member Ticket – $5.00
For all registered JET alums and corporate sponsors. Please use the email associated with your USJETAA membership account. (Not a member? Free & supporting memberships are available.)

This session is for current JETs and alumni who are exploring post-JET work in Japan. Learn what the job hunt and interview process looks like in Japan, what industries are looking for a global workforce, the skills you'll need and more. Speakers include JET alumni and JET-familiar individuals from recruiting firms Quick USA, Pasona and Nisshin Global who have extensive experience recruiting for and working to place expats and JETs with companies throughout Japan and Japanese companies in the US.

Featured Speakers:

Brett Huestis (Hyogo, 2017-2023), Nisshin Global Corporation
Kristy Ishii (Gunma, 2016-2018), Pasona NA
Takeshi Yamagishi (former student of a JET ALT), Quick USA
Jennifer Butler (Shizuoka, 2001-2004), Moderator, Minerva University

Check out our third and final event in this series:

Part 3: Pursuing a Master’s in Japan
April 24 @ 8PM ET (US) | April 25 @9am JT (JP)

JETs from Temple University Japan (TUJ), Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC), and GLOBIS University discuss how earning a degree in-country can advance your career in Japan.