[ELTC]

Do NOT work for this company! I sent them my CV, indicating I wanted to apply for one of their direct hire jobs (A lie, seeing only Board of Educations (BOEs) or the school itself in rare cases will advertise direct hire jobs). This is the response I got:

"Sorry you cannot apply.
For the following reasons.
Not a native speaker.
No JET experience.
CELTA only pass. Not enough

You can apply for a regular alt position."


Now, I have no trouble with the 2nd & 3rd reasons. However, the first one is quite simply racist. Bear in mind, this email was sent without interviewing me, or testing my English ability in any way. After I sent a response to this email, a person by the name of Morishita responded in kind stating they had written that line because my name was "not a native English background name". Whatever that means.

There are some good ALT agencies in Japan. JALSS is obviously not one of them.