I knew a couple of ESL teachers who learned Japanese well enough to move on to other jobs, one at an international center/chamber of commerce sort of place, and another as an editor at a manufacturing company. She edited the work of translators to correct grammar and spelling, and to make them move really smoothly.
I also knew people who got positions at universities, but they had master's degrees in English literature, and one had started work on her PhD. University jobs pay very well for very little work. If you are flexible and willing to live anywhere you can get a job, consider spending a year or more teaching ESL, and during that time try to pick up extra work teaching a class or two at a university. Then look for a university position.
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