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Being an artist is not just a job, but a way of life. Many of us may have once dreamed about a creative career - drawing, painting or writing, but usually feel that the reality of paying bills and eating regularly outweigh the fantasy. But for Mr David Piper, there was simply no choice to really make once JET was over. - To see David's work: http://sundayink.com/ - Follow him on the Book of Faces: https://www.facebook.com/sundayink Music credits: Draw Me a Sheep (Act 1), Cartesian Reunion Memorial Orchestra: the little prince-a ballet in two acts by Lloyd Rodgers
Content Advisory Warning: In this episode, we talk about the work and experience relating to forensic investigation. If you're uncomfortable with talk about autopsies, etc, you might want to skip from the 20-min mark. Mention forensic investigation, and you'd be thinking of shows like CSI, Bones and Dexter. Our guest actually credits the X-Files for getting him into the field of forensic investigation, which is way cooler. We discuss the career path of the forensic investigator, in all sorts of fields, and how you shouldn't trust shows like CSI, Bones and Dexter. We also talk about the nature of police work in Japan, compared to that of the US, and also (at least for the US) how to get into the field. This page on JETAAI website: http://www.jetaainternational.org/forensic-investigation Brian Waters can be found on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-waters-2426474/ He's also on Twitter on a slightly less serious note @MyTwoYen And also a Wikipedia entry on the 'CSI Effect': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_effect
The vast majority of JETs work as ALTs, or Assistant Language Teachers. Therefore it's no surprise that some would continue that into an actual career in education. However, being a teacher can open up some opportunities and challenges in surprising ways, as our guest, Anna-Marie Prohaska, proves. Anna-Marie Prohaska is on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-marie-prohaska-141453bb/ Class Afloat: http://www.classafloat.com/
We speak to Andrea Jacques, who was involved with the After JET conferences in the 90s as a careers and life coach. She is also the founder and head of Kyosei Consulting, and has published a book, Wabi Sabi Wisdom (available on Amazon). We talk about her book and its themes on not only finding job satisfaction, but also finding meaning and purpose in life - gathered from her life living in Japan. Ms Jacques continues to be involved with the JET community, delivering the keynote speech at the AfterJET Career Conference (http://jetprogramme.org/en/after-con/) in Yokohama on February 20th, 2017 (to rave reviews!). Wabi Sabi Wisdom on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wabi-Sabi-Wisdom-Inspiration-Authentic-Life-ebook/dp/B01B8X8ALI More footnotes at: http://www.jetaainternational.org/love-what-you-do-the-life-coach
In 2016, CLAIR began the first ever work experience placements at participating companies in Kansai and Kanto area, for a period of a week, open to CIRs from 3rd year and up. We speak to two JETs who participated in the internship, Joshua Leong and Paige Norris (thanks you two!). Note that we can't divulge certain details like location and company name, as well as too much about the selection process for the internship, as requested by CLAIR. Want to find out more? If you're a 3rd year CIR, and you'd like to find out more, head over the JET Programme site. And remember to keep your email address current with CLAIR and be nice to your supervisors! They'll be the ones who will recommend you.
We continue with our discussion on content marketing - this time co-host David Reiling talks about his experience and his circuitous but highly eventful track to content marketing.
Content and digital marketing - some of the hottest jobs right now are in this area of online writing and promotions. We talk to Misty Ahmadi who works in content marketing at IBM, about her job and what she did to get into it. Along the way, we share some JET stories because that will happen when you gets JETs together in a conversation. Thanks very much to Misty Ahmadi! For more details, see: http://www.jetaainternational.org/word-it-right-content-marketing-1
Roll of the Dice: The OPC - 2 In this second part, we get into the more fun, geeky aspects of our discussion - about how Magic: The Gathering gets made (content-wise), and what's fuelling the boom of the analog games industry (hint: nostalgia and small kids becoming big kids with disposable incomes). We also talk about what are some good games to try, which you so totally should get into! Thanks to Brendan Weiskotten! Bonus - more game recommendations: http://www.jetaainternational.org/roll-of-the-dice-the-opc-2
Analog games! We've all played them - board games and card games, famous examples being Settlers of Catan and Magic: The Gathering. A good board game can be addictive - last year, at Oz Comic Con, my friends and I were so invested in this game called Carcassonne that we decided to skip one William Shatner's appearance and spent the rest of our time at the gaming table. The analog games industry is booming, despite the widespread use of digital equivalents everywhere. We speak to Brendan Weiskotten of Asmodee North America, who works as an Organised Play Coordinator (hence the OCP in the title). He speaks about getting into writing for Magic: The Gathering (I know right?), and how JET helped to develop his creativity and skills he uses for his career. We also share stories about when we were final year JETs, and reflect a bit on the experience since then. Also checkout the footnotes for great games recommendations! For footnotes: http://www.jetaainternational.org/roll-of-the-dice-the-opc-1
We talk about what it's like to work as a game master for a Tokyo mobile gaming company. See ma, playing games instead of studying CAN get you a job. Guest: Leslie (Game Master) and introducing David Reiling as co-host. For more details see: http://www.jetaainternational.org/serious-play-the-game-master
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