Personal Statement - linking JET to future career aspiration
Nov 4, 2020 9:38:43 GMT 9
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Post by octopuspasta on Nov 4, 2020 9:38:43 GMT 9
Hi there,
First of all I want to say thank you to everyone who replied to my previous thread. I have decided to go ahead and try to apply for the CIR position as I have nothing to lose.
I have written a (terrible) first draft of my personal statement. I know I have a lot to work on, but one thing that really struck me whilst writing was trying to add in how the JET programme will contribute to my future career aspirations. I was wondering how specific do these need to be?
Personally right now ideally I'd like to be a CIR, then go into grad school in Japan studying either global studies/international relations or Japanese studies (I know what I want to research and have contacted professors before I failed MEXT hue) I think having the CIR experience would definitely help me in grad school, especially as I want to focus on researching minority populations so having some experience in seeing how cultural exchange is conducted on a local level would give me some perspective.
As for a career, I honestly don't know. I don't have a specific job title that springs to mind. My first thought is to work for an NPO that focuses on UK-Japan relations (Daiwa and JPF spring to mind as examples) but that doesn't seem clear or specific enough. Translation/localisation are also interests of mine but I don't know if that would seem good on an application?
Ultimately I know that only *I* can figure what career I want to go into, but I guess my qualms are if my current views are really acceptable enough to put in my personal statement, or if I should do more soul-searching and try find a specific role to put down and link that to the CIR program?
First of all I want to say thank you to everyone who replied to my previous thread. I have decided to go ahead and try to apply for the CIR position as I have nothing to lose.
I have written a (terrible) first draft of my personal statement. I know I have a lot to work on, but one thing that really struck me whilst writing was trying to add in how the JET programme will contribute to my future career aspirations. I was wondering how specific do these need to be?
Personally right now ideally I'd like to be a CIR, then go into grad school in Japan studying either global studies/international relations or Japanese studies (I know what I want to research and have contacted professors before I failed MEXT hue) I think having the CIR experience would definitely help me in grad school, especially as I want to focus on researching minority populations so having some experience in seeing how cultural exchange is conducted on a local level would give me some perspective.
As for a career, I honestly don't know. I don't have a specific job title that springs to mind. My first thought is to work for an NPO that focuses on UK-Japan relations (Daiwa and JPF spring to mind as examples) but that doesn't seem clear or specific enough. Translation/localisation are also interests of mine but I don't know if that would seem good on an application?
Ultimately I know that only *I* can figure what career I want to go into, but I guess my qualms are if my current views are really acceptable enough to put in my personal statement, or if I should do more soul-searching and try find a specific role to put down and link that to the CIR program?
