Ok so this definitely is a complicated and weird situation. I've seen one or two posts in other places but they all disappeared into the ether. So this December-January there was a job posting that led to an interview and then a letter from the Tokyo boe saying that I was available to be hired by schools in Tokyo. This whole thing was done with the interviews for the lists being outsourced to a company called DIC which apparently has a terrible reputation as an English school. This all seemed to be legitimate. They stated clearly that any contracts would be with the schools directly and dice would not be involved afterwards.
That all sounded pretty good until there was massive confusion on their part as to the parameters and reach of their lists and any actual information regarding the details. They seemed to think any school in Tokyo could hire you if you are on the list but that doesn't include any boe I've been in contact with(my current schools boe's were very shocked when I was mentioning the information to the schools.) essentially this company just completely dropped contact for months, there's been no contact from schools or any boe which they stated would and should be happening. Which is a bit confusing as I know most boe's aren't even concerned with making decisions until later this month if not April
. So the complete lack of any concrete information regarding the timing of things seems kinda sketchy to me. I'm kind of concerned as to if this is legitimate and the letter and situation is just a method for them as a dispatch to get potential employee information for their own interview process, a phishing scam, or if it's just the standard boe being completely chaotic and uncoordinated situation. Honestly I'd understand if i am just not an interesting person that schools want to hire that would kind of a standard job application situation. But being on any companies boe list generally means that you are considered qualified by the people who knows what the schools are looking for.
So I'm kind of just looking to see if anyone else has had experience with this situation. Or if anyone else did the interviews and got the letter and has already heard from schools.
by Evman933