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Originally Posted by Saffy85
Hiya
If you get the TEFL (or equivalent etc) teaching qualifications, it should not matter if your from a native speaking English country or not, as long as you have the certificate to prove your fluent and can teach, then I see no problem with getting a job.
I have read though that the contracts for jobs tend to be given after a face to face interview, this is a way the Japanese schools can avoid dissapointment with you canceling due to no longer comeing to Japan etc.
Good luck and hope this info helps.
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It shouldn't matter, but it does. JET doesn't hire from non-native speaking countries and most Japanese who want to pay to learn English want to learn from a native speaker, not a former student of English. I am nost saying it is fair, but there are literally thousands of native speakers vying for those English teaching jobs on any given day, so best focus on the skll-set you have.