The JETAA Chicago and Japan America Society of Chicago YPC Book Club continues with a meeting on Wednesday, August 27th!

Our book club highlights voices and stories with a solid connection to Japan. For our next meeting,  we chose "Beast in the Shadows" by Edogawa Rampo. A mystery writer turns detective to protect the woman he loves. But is he the hunter or the hunted?  The chance meeting between a crime novelist and a married woman blossoms into friendship. When she confides to him that she has been receiving threatening and sadistic letters from an ex-lover, who says he is watching her in the shadows, he knows he must help her. But the trail unexpectedly leads to another writer, Oe Shundei, the mysterious and secretive author of works of grotesque violence. Suddenly, nothing is as it seems, and nobody is safe.

Be sure to pick up a copy of the book and join us for an evening of casual discussion in a virtual space via Zoom! Registrations are limited, so grab a spot while you can!

Sign up here! 

This event is for JET alumni, JASC YPC members and friends.

Questions? Contact Joe at networking@jetaachicago.com

2025 Virtual Career Development Workshop

Join us Saturday, August 16th, from 11 am-1:00 pm CST, for the JETAA Chicago Career Development Workshop! If you are a JET alum currently navigating the job market after JET, considering a career switch, or simply pondering what’s next for you, your attendance is welcome! This event is designed to bring together JETAA members seeking career advice at all stages of their career trajectory.

Our speaker will be Kasia Lynch from Ikigai Connections, who will be able to answer your questions about finding a new position.

The workshop theme is Be your best advocate: Marketing your JET experience for the US job search.  The workshop content will focus on the following:

• Resumes: keywords, master vs custom resume

• Cover letters: use this opportunity to connect the dots for the company

• The actual job search: what’s out there (with examples)

• Connect with the JET alum network to get inspiration (with examples). What are realistic expectations?

• Networking: local US-Japan events, meishi

The first ten people to sign up AND attend the event will receive a thirty-minute

one-on-one session with Kasia, free of charge, on the topic of their choice.

Preference will be given to JETAA Chicago members.

Please join us for this free workshop, which will offer invaluable advice to help advance your career after the JET Program.

Sign up here!

This event is for JET alumni only.

Questions? Contact Joe at networking@jetaachicago.com

JETAA Wisconsin - Outgoing JET Q&A Session

JETAA Wisconsin is holding an Outgoing JET Q&A Session. This Q&A Session is virtual and open to short-listed and alternate JETs and alumni mentors from any state.  The information we give will help you to make your best first impression and hopefully make tackling your new experience much easier.  

The Q&A session will cover a range of topics, and topic requests are welcome.

Please join us on: 

Monday July 14, 2025, 6pm - 9pm CST

Online via Zoom

Please take a moment to let us know if you will be joining the session. The Zoom link will be sent after registering. Registration is required if you will be attending:  Registration form for the Q&A Session

Questions? email jetaawisubchapter@gmail.com or leave comments on the registration form.