[jasonbvr]

You heard that it was easier to be hired to teach English in Japan while living in the US? Is that what you are asking?

If it is, the answer is simply no. It is easiest to be hired from within Japan after you have already been teaching here for one or two years. Here are the reasons why:

1. Living in Japan makes it easier for you to have a face to face interview with the company hiring you. In fact, a lot of companies will not hire people from overseas until they are convinced they can't find someone here.

2. If you are already in Japan and teaching, companies feel rather confident that they can hire you and have you visa easily renewed rather than having to go through the hassle of getting a new visa processed.

3. Teachers in Japan are already fairly well adjusted to life in Japan and there is less of the walking you through every step of the way sort of thing when you have a problem or something to do like visa renewal, etcetera.

These are the reasons why in most cases companies will prefer to hire from within Japan.

Now if you are asking specifically about the Aeon Eikaiwa company, the answer is different. Also it is a bit more complex. Aeon hires overseas candidates for forseeable vacancies. Aeon sets up interviews in major US, Canadian, UK and Australian cities. You will most likely have to fly there and get a hotel to do the interview. Which doesn't sound like a lot of fun if you don't get the job. However Aeon also hires from within Japan but usually for immediate vacancies. So is it easier to get a job with Aeon by applying from overseas, I think the answer is still no but in some cases would be a yes.