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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.

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!

How do Japanese people find out about Au Pair program in the USA?

I have been visiting Japan for two weeks already! Oops, before, I know, it will be time for me to return back to the U.S.
But I have been talking face to face or over the phone, SKYPE with many prospective au pairs. It is good to know that the au pair program in the US is getting popularity among Japanese people now.

Why Japanese people think the au pair program in the US is attractive?
Because they think au pair can give them an opportunity to live in the U.S. for at least 1 year with least amount of money compare to other ways of coming to the U.S.
Of course, people who are interested in the au pair program like associating with children and some of them have already been working as childcare professionals.

So, how do they found out about the au pair program? I try to ask this question to each single person I had communicated with.
They said they found out about the au pair program in the U.S. by surfing the net and coincidentally the word ” Au Pair” popped up on their computer screen. Without the power of internet, they would not know anything about the program.

Unlike Europe or North America, the word Au Pair is not familiar with Japanese nationals. So, the Japanese nationals do not directly type the word au pair through search engines, instead, they put related words such as home stay, or working holiday in the U.S. (even though US doesn’t have working holiday program), then they somehow found out about au pair.

Many of them who sent inquiries to our office just found out about the US Au Pair program. So, I hope within few years the word au pair will be more popular. I will do my best to promote the au pair program in the U.S.

Meeting with prospective Japanese au pairs

It’s June, and I am going to Japan soon. Japan is my native county and I have my parents, brother and sister, almost everybody is there. So, during the summer as soon as my child finish school, we will head to Japan. My daughter will spend four weeks studying at a Japanese elementary school, spending ONLY Japanese time with her friends. That is one of the most important reasons why we will go to Japan each year. Just to have my child experience real Japan. I truly understand why you are thinking about having a Japanese au pair, because Japanese au pairs can bring and show REAL Japan.

While I am in Japan, I organize several events for prospective au pairs in Osaka and Tokyo. I will explain on how to be an au pair, as well as trying to clarify many of their questions. Some of them already working on the au pair application and have been collecting required documents. Upon conducting face-to-face interviews with them. their applications will be ready for review. So, more new applications are coming!

I am excited that I am going back to Japan and meeting with prospective au pairs.

I will keep you posted!

Driving skills of Japanese au pairs

You may have a question about how Japanese people drive. I will have to explain how we obtain driver’s license in Japan. It is very different from the US system.

First we all have to go to a school to learn driving skills and traffic regulations. Some people go to the driving school for few months before they try for pre-exam at the school. Or some people decide to go to few week long intensive schooling with boarding included.

In any case, Japanese people will have to complete driving training and taking lectures, then try for pre-exam. Sometimes, people will have to challenge several times before they pass. Then finally people with passing grade from the driving school allow to go to a driver’s license center for license exam.

Compare to American roads, Japanese roads are narrow and people are everywhere. They need to be very careful. Plus Japanese driving school teach strictly about how to park. Even if Japanese people just obtained a car license, it still means they went through intensive training on driving.

Only they need to do is getting used to driving in the U.S. I do feel that driving in the U.S. is easier than driving in Japan.

So, please do not judge on when they obtained driving license, instead, please ask how often they are driving.

Introducing excellent Japanese au pair: Rina

Throughout the year, we have Japanese nationals trying to match with a host family in the United States. Starting from maybe April to June is the busiest season for matching with host families. So, this is the month, many communications between au pairs and host families are taking place.

Today, let me introduce one of my Japanese au pairs who are currently available to match.
Rina is 26 years old female au pair from Tokyo. She has over 1000 hours of childcare experience including taking care of infants.

She is very active and as a fact, she used to live in Canada for almost 1 year upon completing high school and studied English. Because she experienced study abroad when she was younger, she is very independent and mature. Rina also has professional experiences upon returning back to Japan.

What makes Rina unique is that Rina has studied nutrition and obtained a certificate for food and life adviser. Not only she likes cooking, but she also can think about what is healthy for your children.

My staff met with her in Tokyo in March, 2016. According to my staff, Rina is cheerful, kind and active. We hope Rina will find a great host family soon.

If you are interested in reviewing Rina’s profile, please contact us. You may also access to InterExchange Au Pair USA’s web site and sign-up as a host family.
You don’t need to pay anything until you are officially matched with a host family. So, please sign-up and explore Japanese au pairs.