Anytime the state of the ALT/eikaiwa job market is discussed on this sub, two contrasting takes come up.
When the discussion is about the increase in non-westerners in these positions, the take many people have is that nobody wants to come to Japan anymore, so these companies are hiring those folks as a "last resort." I've often seen these people saying that because "nobody wants to come to Japan anymore," that any native-speaking westerner is basically guaranteed a job, because they are so hard-pressed for them right now. Edit – to clear up some of the comments coming at me, I am not saying this is my personal take; this is a take I've seen repeatedly posted on here. This take is based on the problematic assumption that they were only selected due to not being able to find anyone else to do the job.
Over the past few months, however, I've noticed an increase of rejections from these "anyone with a pulse" companies being posted. In those discussions, the consensus tends to be that it’s becoming harder for people to land gigs here because "everybody wants to come to Japan right now." It switches up to the industry being completely oversaturated with applicants and people lining up out the door to live here.
Which is it? On one post, you'll see people saying the former, but then on the very next post, it switches up to the latter.
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