AACE No Longer Handling Australia Recruiting for Nova

Filed under: Japan in the News
Posted by Ken Worsley at 4:52 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2007

AACE is was Nova’s recruiting agent in Australia. Earlier today, this note appeared on their website:

As of October 1st 2007, AACE no longer conducts recruitment on behalf of Nova Group in Japan. Discussions toward recruitment for 2008 commenced in July, however the parties could not conclude agreement and given a three month visa processing period, recruiting operations effectively ceased on October 1st, 2007.

There have been a number of commercial considerations contributing to the above decision, including changing labour market conditions, sudden and significant changes in currency exchange rates, restructuring within the greater AACE organisation and recent developments.

Recent reports concerning Nova Group’s financial position have led us to update our website to provide information that may assist current instructors in Japan. We encourage you to visit our website for updated information.

AACE has ceased accepting applications, informed September arrivals prior to their departure, and also fully informed current applicants being processed, of known information and our concerns. We will be communicating the above information on or about October 1, 2007 to all current instructors recruited for and on behalf of Nova Group by the AACE Office.

This represents an end to the 15 year plus recruitment relationship between AACE and NOVA Group. AACE would like to acknowledge the unique and significant contribution by NOVA Group in providing opportunities for not only thousands of Australians, but many more from around the world to live, work and experience Japanese culture first-hand.

We are left wondering if AACE has received its commissions from Nova. Anyone in a position to resolve that question?


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Comment by Phillip

October 3, 2007 @ 9:13 pm

How much of NOVA recruiting is done by contracting? I was recruited via the Boston office, but was under the impression that they were actually NOVA employees.

Comment by Demon

October 3, 2007 @ 9:31 pm

Australia and Canada - Have offices and I believe the rest are contracted out. Brisbane and Sydney are done by Nova - Ex AAM etc but the other states in Australia are contracted.

Comment by Demon

October 3, 2007 @ 9:42 pm

This is a little old BUT puts all the stories into 1 BIG one.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/hard-lessons-in-broken-english/2006/03/14/1142098460885.html

Comment by Phillip

October 4, 2007 @ 1:07 pm

By all accounts, NOVA is still recruiting to at least some degree from their foreign offices. I called the Boston office this morning and left a message begging them not to subject any more Americans to this nightmare, or at least to warn people about what is going on. All the office contact info is at www.teachinjapan.com.

Comment by crease

October 11, 2007 @ 12:44 am

these are the 2 missing paragraphs from the statement:

These developments include recently being informed by NOVA Group that some instructor salaries and other payments have been delayed. Also, AACE has not received payment for its services in recent months. In our experience, this is highly unusual. To the best of our knowledge, Nova Group has never delayed payments. We have sought clarification from them, but have yet to receive an adequate or satisfactory explanation for any of these delays or non-payments.

AACE is not in a position to act or respond to unauthorised, unattributed, and unsubstantiated reports. However, these recent developments concern us. We are updating our website to reflect these circumstances. Our website will also serve as a medium to continue to facilitate those instructors who coordinated their flights and insurance through AACE.

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