Category Archives: undergraduate

CFN Tokyo Winter Career Forum 2012

CareerForum.Net Tokyo Winter Career Forum 2012 Career Forum is a job fair organized by DISCO International, where companies recruit their future employees. Likewise, candidates, primarily graduating students and mid-career professionals, can visit and interview with recruiters at their respective company … Continue reading

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CFN New York Career Forum 2013

The sixth annual New York Career Forum will be held this winter! Global companies will be actively looking for not just Japanese-English bilinguals, but candidates like you who have gained numerous professional skills and knowledge through your education and/or careers. … Continue reading

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Managing your Digital Reputation

For better or for worse, the days are gone where we were judged purely by our CVs, job interviews, and the like – today, despite laws prohibiting them from doing so, potential employers look at our Facebook profiles, and Google … Continue reading

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Internship Opportunity: 2013 Summer Print News Internship, Bloomberg Tokyo

Company: Bloomberg News Location: Tokyo Pay status: unspecified Dates: beginning June 2013, 10 weeks Education: at least 3 years of undergraduate program or equivalent experience The Company Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision … Continue reading

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From Application to Research: Fulbright in Japan

Aloha friends! I’m Pamela Runestad, a PhD candidate in medical anthropology from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Paula Curtis of Shinpai Deshō asked me if I would share a little about my experience with scholarships in general and with … Continue reading

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Resource: Podcasts on Japanese Literature and Culture

As many of you know, we love podcasts. With all this newfangled technology, podcasts are an excellent way to practice language or learn about topics you have no previous experience with. Last year a friend of mine who specializes in … Continue reading

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Conference: New England Re-entry Conference, Stonehill College, MA, September 22, 2012

Are you a student who recently returned from study abroad, living in the Boston area, looking to network, and access vital information for the future? Check out the New England Study Abroad Re-entry Conference, happening this month! Fall 2012 Conference: … Continue reading

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Job [internship]: University of Otago, International Office

Are you a current student looking for an internship in New Zealand for your professional development in international education? Applications are invited for an internship position within the University of Otago International Office. This is an unpaid position and is … Continue reading

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Resource: Medical English Dictionary Online

Today we offer a short introduction to the Medical English Dictionary Online (http://www.medo.jp/0.htm), a resource for people looking to translate difficult medical terms from English to Japanese and Japanese to English. Provided by the 医学情報研究所 (igakujōhōkenkyūsho), or Medical Information Organization Network (an NPO), … Continue reading

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Funding: [general] Mesothelioma Help

Beth, a reader, kindly pointed me in the direction of this $100- $5,000 scholarship which can be used for study abroad for both undergraduate and graduate students. The deadlines are September 21st and October 12th, so check it out! — … Continue reading

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