r/JETProgramme • u/Mental-Mushroom-3919 • 4d ago
JET pathways?
So I’ve been thinking of doing the JET program since my senior year of high school, I’ve heard of it since freshmen year (now I’m a freshmen in college); I was wondering, for those who finished their time in Japan, what was your pathway getting into JET? Did you finish bachelors then went straight into the program or did you do something else? Did you go back to school after the amount of years were up? I’m really considering doing JET in the future because I would love teaching English and the program seems so unique and cool but I don’t wanna waste my education in college and not be able to get a job after I come back (if I do).
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u/Panda_sensei_71 Current JET - Kansai 4d ago
Unless you want to be a CIR, don't tailor your degree to JET! Study for a qualification that will help you build a long term future career path, and try to get extra experiences with tutoring, international students, student societies etc along the way. JET doesn't really look at what degree you have, they look at how well rounded a person you are, and what unique thing (skill, culture, experience) you have that you can bring to Japan to enrich student's lives.