Finding a job in Japan
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Finding a job in Japan
This is mainly for foreigners who are living in or have lived in Japan, but maybe others can provide some helpful info as well.
Anyway, I decided to find a job in Japan so I was wondering what do you guys think is the best way for a foreigner to find a job in Japan? My Japanese speaking skills are at about the conversational level (not quite business level), and I know about ~700 kanji. I registered at several Japan job sites, and I'm planning on attending the big Japan job fair in Boston this fall. So what do you guys think, is this a good start, or is there somewhere else I should be looking?
Also, for the foreigners in Japan, how did you find your job?
Anyway, I decided to find a job in Japan so I was wondering what do you guys think is the best way for a foreigner to find a job in Japan? My Japanese speaking skills are at about the conversational level (not quite business level), and I know about ~700 kanji. I registered at several Japan job sites, and I'm planning on attending the big Japan job fair in Boston this fall. So what do you guys think, is this a good start, or is there somewhere else I should be looking?
Also, for the foreigners in Japan, how did you find your job?
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Japan is great - I would love to relocate there for a few years (but my wife would divorce me - she didn't like it as she felt the place was sexist). I did a lot of consulting work there a few years back (when I lived in Singapore) for the various international banks (JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lunch, ABN, UBS, Toronto Dominion etc - everyone in these companies had to speak English so I survived).
I had several friends from England who worked there for many years - the ones just out of school/college without work experience got jobs teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL I believe), not great pay by any means but they got to experience the country. Another friend with a few years programming experience got on a plane to Tokyo and spent a month looking for a job via some local agencies - got hired by Merrill (before the recession) and spent 4 years there before going back to the UK (where he started working for Enron - poor chap).
I had several friends from England who worked there for many years - the ones just out of school/college without work experience got jobs teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL I believe), not great pay by any means but they got to experience the country. Another friend with a few years programming experience got on a plane to Tokyo and spent a month looking for a job via some local agencies - got hired by Merrill (before the recession) and spent 4 years there before going back to the UK (where he started working for Enron - poor chap).
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I'm thinking about going back to be a salaryman for a couple years. How's IT doing now?
Maybe I can sell all my worldly possessions and fullfill one of my dreams by going to a racing school in Japan and one day drive in the JGTC :D How do drivers in Japan get discovered?
Maybe I can sell all my worldly possessions and fullfill one of my dreams by going to a racing school in Japan and one day drive in the JGTC :D How do drivers in Japan get discovered?
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Originally posted by Jt-Imports
Damn bro, what do you want to do?
Damn bro, what do you want to do?
Can you speak JP?
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