Month: July 2016

Having a professional experience is important?

Many of host families who are currently looking for a Japanese au pair prefer an individual with few years of professional experiences. Idea is that people with working experiences tend to be mature, and they would perhaps do cooking, cleaning and with more time management.

Maybe, yes, maybe no, I think.

Some of our au pairs are full time university students and they are currently living on their own which means they have to cook and clean up their apartments. Most of them have a part time job along with their life as university students. Students need to have a time management skill to balance their study and work. I think including university students or newly graduates without enough professional experiences for your au pair candidates is a great idea.

Many of university students have experienced study abroad or volunteer abroad that gave them an excellent global sense which you may like. Many of those younger au pairs have good English skills which you may want to consider.

So, why not conducting an interview first and see if you like her/him.

Au Pair Seminar in Tokyo

I had a great time meeting with prospective au pairs in Tokyo. They learned a lot about the au pair program in the US, and asked questions to previous au pairs.
I also conducted interviews to people who have already started applications.

Each year, I feel that the US au pair program is getting popularity among Japanese people.

Through my 6-week stay in Japan, I have talked with many prospective Japanese au pairs. Once I get back to the U.S. I will have to review their documents and my communication report about them. So, I will be extremely busy.

By the way, please check our currently available Japanese au pairs. I will work hard to have more Japanese au pairs complete their applications, too!

Tomorrow, I will go back to the U.S.

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Summer matching season is almost ending

My Japan visit is almost ending. It was so fast. BUT before returning back to the U.S., I will have an au pair seminar in Tokyo on July 16th.

I have already conducted a seminar in Osaka, and had a great time with prospective Japanese au pairs. I do look forward to seeing future au pairs again in Tokyo. We are scheduled to conduct interviews with au pairs who has started their applications.

We are going to push further to increase Japanese au pairs to arrive in the U.S. in 2016.

We met many au pairs, but each person is unique. Their qualifications are unique as well. Of course we always have pre-school or kindergarten teachers, but also we have university students with education major, or professionals with experience with special needs children. Many of them have experienced study abroad before, or like to travel around the world.

I look forward to meeting with more prospective au pairs. Summer matching season is almost ending, but hope we can help assist matching more excellent host families before the year 2016 ends.

We will do our best!

July 4th is an exciting day for Japanese au paris, too!

This is July 4th weekend in the US. This holiday is definitely a one of the very exciting events for Japanese au pairs as well.

As a foreign national, learning about another culture and history is important. The one of the core purposes of the J-1 VISA program is definitely teaching foreign nationals with American culture and have them like the country.

The United States’ Independence Day has many interesting activities such as music concerts, fireworks, and of course parties. There is also family events such as doing a BBQ party. There are many things for Japanese au pairs to learn through enjoying themselves.

I am looking forward to hearing from my au pairs who are already in the U.S. on what they did and how they felt about the holiday.

Thank you so much for giving them great opportunities to learning about the U.S. culture.

Have a wonderful July 4th weekend!