getting a job in japan.

[KarmaPolice]

I have lived in japan before and studied there for quite a bit of time. I love it there and I want to live there. I am having a hard time figuring out what to do. i can graduate and teach english there but that isnt really a career i want to stick with and would be only a temp job. I am a business major and would like to work in a business career while I am there. Anyone have any thoughts. I am REALLY trying to find a internship there but its close to impossible

 

[CountZero]

Look into JET, it is an english teaching gig but you gets you in the country and allows you save up. My friend went out after college spent two years in the middle of nowhere japan making good money and paying $100 for a seaside large apartment and saved something in the neighborhood of $20k-$30k I think. Used that money to move in with his GF in Tokyo and took him about 1.5 months to find a job. He used the time in JET to take some type of japanese proficiency and business japanese proficiency tests getting basically the highest ones you could get.

I've asked him about it and basically he thinks doing JET first made a huge difference in letting him find a real job. I know that isn't many details but its a start.

 

[Mr Incognito]

I assume you can speak Japanese. If so I don't see what would stop you from finding a job even though I have heard that it is tough to obtain a visa. Good luck though, I need to visit there some day.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Getting a "real job" in Japan will be very difficult if not impossible, if you cannot fully read and write Japanese. It's not exactly a forgiving place for foreigners even if it appears foreign friendly.

What you could try instead is to work for a US company with an office in Japan. Have you looked into that yet?

 

[KarmaPolice]

Originally posted by: Mr Incognito
I assume you can speak Japanese. If so I don't see what would stop you from finding a job even though I have heard that it is tough to obtain a visa. Good luck though, I need to visit there some day.

If i spoke fluent Japaneses I would get a insta job even if i didn't have a business degree.

What you could try instead is to work for a US company with an office in Japan. Have you looked into that yet?

I dont think any company would want to hire someone for a entry level job to go to Japan. I am an accounting/finance major with a minor in CS....the no experience thing is the thing lol.

its basically impossible I think.

 

[Mr Incognito]

Well get a couple of years in the US under your belt and see if anything opens up. It doesn't sound like you are anywhere near the end of your career.

Also, what is the best place to visit in Japan?

 

[chipy]

The JET thing might be a good idea, at least to start with. I know the military has bases in Japan as well, but that might not appeal to you. The State department also has some offices in Japan in the form of U.S. Embassies and Consulates. You may also want to consider working for a small family business in Japan.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Originally posted by: chipy
The JET thing might be a good idea, at least to start with. I know the military has bases in Japan as well, but that might not appeal to you. The State department also has some offices in Japan in the form of U.S. Embassies and Consulates. You may also want to consider working for a small family business in Japan.

Yeah I know i can get a job teaching English right when i graduate, thats a sure bet no worries there...I just would rather start a career in my major.

I do know this family there that has a very very successful jewelry business but I don't know how much good i would be there.

 

[nageov3t]

learn japanese... are US companies hiring french interns who can't speak english?

 

[NoShangriLa]

Teaching-English-in-Japan.net is the site that my sister frequently look up when she is back here in Canada.

My sis has been in Japan for almost 9 years teaching ESL at hight school level, business level, and university level. At the best of time (8-9 years ago) she doesn't really rake in the money as stories that we hear, and now the market is saturated & interest in English has cool down a bit. (She got her BA in language & ESL teaching diploma from Canada, and MA & PHd in Asian languages in Japan).

[add] Secrets on Teaching English in Japan-- EFL/ESL

[grammar edit] Take everything that you hear with a grain of salt, because it isn't as rosy as you think.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Originally posted by: NoShangriLa
Teaching-English-in-Japan.net is the site that my sister frequently look up when she is back here in Canada.

My sis has been in Japan for almost 9 years teaching ESL at hight school level, business level, and university level. At the best of time (8-9 years ago) she doesn't really rake in the money as stories that we hear, and now the market is saturated & interest in English has cool down a bit. (She got her BA in language & ESL teaching diploma from Canada, and MA & PHd in Asian languages in Japan).

[add] Secrets on Teaching English in Japan-- EFL/ESL

Don't take everything that you hear with a grain of salt because it isn't as rosy as you think.

Oh i have no illusions of big pay teaching English. I have two friends doing it right now and they are having a great time in japan but deff not saving for their future lol.