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And taking top honors in this week's classified gleenings...
...we have this gem:
Secretary to Senior Japanese Lawmaker
The private office of a high-profile Japanese lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Japan is currently seeking a female JET Alumnus, preferably a CIR, for the position of Secretary.
The candidate must be a native English speaker and have a high level of spoken and written Japanese (at least JLPT 2) as well as good all-round communication and interpersonal skills. An interest in Japanese politics would be an advantage but is not essential.
Tasks include reading the foreign press and translating appropriate articles, translating weekly reports from foreign contacts, handling telephone inquiries and contributing to the daily running of the office. The candidate must also assist in coordinating international visits or programs should they occur.
The position would be ideal for a recent JET who is interested in working in a typical Japanese office environment. There are great opportunities for networking and meeting various high-profile Japanese politicians.
A salary of approximately 300,000 yen per month plus accommodation within a 10 minutes walk from the office in Akasaka will be provided.
Oh, Japanese men. Look what centuries of societal catering to your every whim has brought you to.
I am just tickled by the way our guy assumes a college educated professional Western woman would want to be the tea-server, errand-runner, trophy foreign female office mascot, and sexual harrassment punching bag for an aging Japanese buristocrat.
That will be all.
Secretary to Senior Japanese Lawmaker
The private office of a high-profile Japanese lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Japan is currently seeking a female JET Alumnus, preferably a CIR, for the position of Secretary.
The candidate must be a native English speaker and have a high level of spoken and written Japanese (at least JLPT 2) as well as good all-round communication and interpersonal skills. An interest in Japanese politics would be an advantage but is not essential.
Tasks include reading the foreign press and translating appropriate articles, translating weekly reports from foreign contacts, handling telephone inquiries and contributing to the daily running of the office. The candidate must also assist in coordinating international visits or programs should they occur.
The position would be ideal for a recent JET who is interested in working in a typical Japanese office environment. There are great opportunities for networking and meeting various high-profile Japanese politicians.
A salary of approximately 300,000 yen per month plus accommodation within a 10 minutes walk from the office in Akasaka will be provided.
Oh, Japanese men. Look what centuries of societal catering to your every whim has brought you to.
I am just tickled by the way our guy assumes a college educated professional Western woman would want to be the tea-server, errand-runner, trophy foreign female office mascot, and sexual harrassment punching bag for an aging Japanese buristocrat.
That will be all.
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tea-server, errand-runner, trophy foreign female office mascot, and sexual harrassment punching bag for an aging Japanese buristocrat.
*look at my icon*
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I was thinking the same as hazardblue...looks like an awesome job! And thinking...hmm, maybe I ought to glance around at jobs in Japan before going home after next year..
In other options, my former coworker has a sweet ass job at the Australian consulate, and before that worked for a few months doing extremely high-level/high class (every day Chanel suits and wine tastings, and she got scolded for not wearing enough lipstick.. ><) business management type stuff for foreign companies' Japan division (like Coca-cola)...but that was originally supposed to be a job for a Japanese person, she just applied anyway not caring and got the job.
But perhaps I would be lost in the real world, because I'm not sure how to see the difference in job descriptions between what would likely be on those three examples to show which are awesome jobs and which are ochakumi...
I suppose it's that he is asking for a female for the job that it's suspicious, but I guess for that type of position in Japan having a male would be weird...it doesn't necessarily speak that there would be further sexual harassment or descrimination in the workplace beyond the job description itself! haha
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(Chronically behind on comments...)
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but I guess for that type of position in Japan having a male would be weird
And that hits the nail on the head. It would be weird having a guy do ochakumi/copying/receptionist duties/etc. Take my city hall, which specifically hires one woman for each section. Doesn't matter if she's more qualified than the guys, she still has to do the tea and wash all the dishes used by the department three times a day. Takes out the trash too. My department's woman is on maternity leave. Guess who has to do that stuff now? Guess what the other CIR who was hired with me has to do in her office? If this is happening under the auspices of the JET Programme, I can imagine that it would happen in a high-level government office where the foreign, female employee doesn't have CLAIR or PAs to turn to for backup.
If you're willing to overlook the gender discrimination, it probably would be a sweet job, and I'm not denying that there would be networking possibilities galore. A smart person would use it as a temporary jumping-off point, but I don't think I could put up with it, even temporarily. I'm just not good enough at letting stuff like that roll of my shoulders. Maybe the guy's actually really liberal, and that's why he's requesting a foreign woman, but nevertheless, my warning bells went off.
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I think it might be fun to punch their bags.
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