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JET 2027 opens next month: prepare your application now
- JET pays 4,020,000 yen in year one and opens for applications in September
- EPIK Spring 2027 is rolling now, with no deadline to work back from
- italki closed its English intake this week, Preply and Taiwan stay open
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WIRE OPEN · ED.1 · AUG 2026Figures checked against official programme sources, 5 Aug 2026.
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Editor’s note
The Hire Wire exists because TEFL job hunting runs on rumour. This edition follows the official JET timeline and document checklist, then sets it beside the routes that are open now. We check programme pages, ministry notices and government boards, print the date we checked them, and correct a line in place when a source moves. Katie’s own teaching experience in Zambia and Abu Dhabi keeps the briefing focused on what a teacher needs to act on next.
Katie Troy · Managing Director, The TEFL Institute · Issue 003 lands 1 September — the autumn application season: JET opens, Korea’s spring intake, and the paperwork to start now
Deadline alerts
We will warn you before the window shuts
JET closes in November. TAPIF opens in November and closes in January. NALCAP goes in April. Pick the places you care about and we email you in time to actually apply — nothing else.
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- August 2026
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- Katie Troy, Managing Director
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