Is there a job in Japan if you not fluent in Japanese besides English teaching? - Feed Post by miadesu
Is there a job in Japan if you not fluent in Japanese besides English teaching?
posted by miadesu
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i'd imagine there are labor jobs available. Or military is also an option if ur still in U.S and can join military can be sent to japan But idk im only 15 XD
yeah i'm only 15 too
http://japaneseclass.jp/forum/thread/1533
↑I'm surprised there wasn't any interest in this job offer posted 4 days ago on here. For young working-age people from countries that have a working holiday visa deal with Japan (such as the UK), this offer looked pretty attractive for an easy way to spend a few months working in Japan.
I think there is no chances. If Japanese level is not Native, Fluent or level - God, no jobs and no chances. I know one American who lives in Japan for 5,5 years and yeah, he got N3, but still can't pass N2. (he has a full time teaching position with 25 万, but he want to try to get something different, in America he was a realtor or something like this, and he want to do this too in Japan.)
So with N3 he can be a .... Waiter or do another similar job. If people want real job - means FULL TIME 衣食住。
Then minimum N2 or 5 years working experience in some very specific areas or/and one year working experience in Japan (which mean FULL TIME and ONE COMPANY, if it will be full time but two companies it will not count).
So nearly no chances except some luck ...
Ya I am around the N3 level but never took the tests. I know lots of N2 and N1 kanji and vocabulary but I always mess up on grammar. I currently am an English teacher in Yamanashi-ken (My town is the town you start from to climb Mt. Fuji) but next year I need to switch jobs as my wife and I are moving. While looking for jobs I replied to every posting I could and they stated that I needed the N2 or higher. I would conduct my interviews 100% in Japanese and then after about 15 min or so they would ask if I have N2 and then say sorry but they would not be able to hire me. I even applied to manual labor jobs and they said that for safety reasons they could not hire me if I did not have at least the N2. In one interview they pulled out the daily newspaper and said please read this back to me. All I can say is if you want to get a job other than an English teaching position be prepared to be tested fully.
Okay so if I start doing interviews I'll make sure to have a copy of the newspaper everyday for the previous week and that day, making sure I can at least read through the front page.
well there are many programmers job which require English only (they talk with English in the office) and some of them offer Dorms so you wont need to be fluent in Japanese- @shirokitsune
And the most crazy thing is that most of the jobs does not require that level. This is simply crazy. N2 is something similar to European system B2-C1. In Germany for example B1 is enough to go to study for a Cook, Mechanic, office assistant and many similar jobs. B2 is enough for University.
And in Japan even for casual job they need a one of the highest level. Japanese mechanics write every week an Essay how I spent my Summer learning Quantum Physics and making a research about missing Mendeley elements? =D
How about the hearing part? My friend passed grammar but can t pass the hearing part, because it is to hard. Did you pass the hearing?
- @devan_desu
There are no so many programmers jobs as you think. 50 of them are very specific directly for Japan, the most of them will ask you about 3-5-8 years of experience and experience in Japan also will be preferred. And not just like I finished my studying and are you ready to hire me? This mostly won't work. But yeah, Japanese ability are not required. - @DragonR33UA
yeah maybe not that many but me and 3 of my friends got a chance to apply to ISFnet Japan and then they interviewed us based on our CVs they say they dont mind our GPA (1 of my friend had 2.3 out of 4.0 GPA and they let him in) . Me and my friends are on our last year of college developing our thesis. There are another company too but I forgot the name ACICA or something that offer internship or fresh graduate works without any experiences beforehand (greenhorns-freelancers-fresh graduates and no Japanese required) and for @miadesu if you really search hard youll find some of similar companies not limited to programmers. In my case Im just lucky that there are companies like that hiring in my country - and my college. Still friends and connections are the best option out there for jobs. - When your country has a special System then that's different. I am talking when people are looking for the job in Japan without any programs. Simply apply for a many different jobs opportunities. That is all.
