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How to get a job in Japan?

How do I get Job in Japan?

  • I have got 6+ yrs of experience in SAP and Web Technologies i.e., PHP and ASP.NET. My current job is on SAP and working for a Japanese customer. I have been to Japan twice. It is really a nice place but the only difficult I found is with the language. I've started learning Japanese Level 5 recently and I have few questions in mind to migrate to Japan. How do I get an IT job in Japan? Are there any consultancies which hire the bilingual work force? How are the salary packages compared to US market?

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    there are several companies that specialize in placing IT staff in bilingual functions (mainly in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and in Okinawa) Do a bit of search on the Internet and you should able to locate several companies that can help. Do know though that the income may not be as high as the US and living expenses will be much much more than the US Hoe to get a job? options include: - bite the bullet, go to Japan on a tourist visa and look for a job there. If you find something, temporary or permanent, you should be able to get the sponsor company to get you a work visa so you can start work. Issue: might end up taking 1 week, 1 month, 3 months or ??? to secure a job. Since you are not a resident you cannot rent an aprtment (but you should be able to find cheap temporary accomodation) - Stay in the US and contact headhunters in the hope they can find you something. Issue: headhunters are not paid to find you a job. They are paid to fill a position. Even if you are the best possible candidate, most will take the lazy way out and present a "quicker" option to their client - contact companies operating in Japan (you should be able to get the list from the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan) and try to get recruited in the US. You can then express your interest in moving overseas (i.e. Tokyo). Potential targets are financial institutions (brokerage firms, banks, insurance companies). Issue: tough to land a job to start with and even tougher getting them to approve your transfer Check out http://www.skillhouse.co.jp/en/index.html (they are Tokyo based). They list current open positions, language preference/requirements, salary ranges (although those tend to be a bit negotiable) and all sorts of fun details. There are other companies that advertise too - do a little search. PS. I am not kidding when saying that you need to worry about cost of living here versus the US. Taxes are higher, food costs more, transportation is more expensive, beer/soda/coffee costs more, good luck finding shoes your size, going out/entertainment is quite up there, etc. so keep that in mind before deciding

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Trying to get a job in Japan is really frustrating. You can't get a job in Japan unless you have a working visa, but you can't get that work visa unless you have a sponsor (AKA a job) lined up in Japan. It's a complete catch-22 and it drives everybody up the wall. The sponsor is legally obligated to buy you a plane ticket to your home country if you prove that you have insufficient finances, so you can see why most people don't sponsor just any random qualified person that mails his/her resume over from abroad. They have to trust you. Over 90% of foreigners who are employed in Japan got that job by applying in person, in Japan.

You do SAP like i do:) well like any country you need to learn the language and find some company who can sponsor you. It might be best to look for Specialist recruiters in the US or multinational companies who usually send their employees abroad to work (in this case Japan). If you get a transfer to Japan, the company will do all the legwork for you. The truth is that if you go down there yourself to search, the local person would usually be given the first shot at the job regardless of how skilled they are (similar in the U.S). So bear that in mind. Have you considered other areas in the region like Hong kong, Bangkok?

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search newspaper and apply it.

Here's a good site with a lot of links for jobs teaching English and otherwise: http://www.accessj.com/2010/11/resources-for-finding-job-in-japan.html

To get a job in Japan you need the become a resident of Japan first. Once you become a resident of Japan, than you can look for a job in the newspaper or the internet.

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