Author Archive for: ALTInsider

James speaks with Branwen Dafis, Hiring Manager, at GABA.  While many know of  GABA and their 1-to-1 English lessons, there is a lot of misconceptions about working there. I think you will enjoy this behind the scenes interview.

Dispatch companies get a pretty bad reputation online. Go to almost any corner of the internet and you can find people complaining about this company or that company. Here is what you should do to improve your situation.

James speaks with Charlie who runs Live Work Play Japan. It is good when two people that know the Japan teaching and job scene well give advice on how to get by better in Japan, make more money, enjoy yourself more, how he quit his job(s), etc. Lots of solid good job tips. Enjoy.

Dispatch companies get a pretty bad reputation online. Go to almost any corner of the internet and you can find people complaining about this company or that company. Here is what you should do to improve your situation.

In this edition of the ALT Insider, James talks to Andy who is a 5-year JET participant. If you thinking to coming to Japan to teach or are a teacher now, do yourself a favor to listen to someone that has been there, done that, and gets it.

James does not have a guest on his ALT Insider podcast, so he goes to the mailbag.  No Punches pulled here as the listener asks “How can you with good conscience recommend that people become at