Bumping the thread just to share some my thoughts as I start my own job search for real now.
I'm starting a tad bit early looking into companies to apply for since I graduate at the end of this year, but it's a little disheartening. CFN has a few jobs I need to look into that looks like it could fit the bill, but a few aren't exactly within my field. Will need to look into them more. A lot of the listings on GaijinPot seem to require you to already be living in Japan or have N1 or above (even if you have N2 and even if the posting only says business level Japanese required). GaijinPot seems pretty much useless unless you are already in Japan or want to be an English teacher. One of the other websites posted in this thread has the same exact layout as GaijinPot's job page but it has a lot more jobs available to overseas people for some reason.
Side note: I saw one company that had an average of 100+ hours of overtime a month according to a few different review websites. What the hell, Japan? I knew overtime was kind of to be expected of Japanese companies, but 100+ hours???
I already know I'm going to have to work pretty hard this year to get my business Japanese up to the point where I won't be completely bad in a Japanese business environment, and that it'd be harder because I need to find a company that is willing to sponsor a visa for me to come over, but it just feels kind of deflating (ESPECIALLY how a majority of the ads I see on CFN say they want native speakers only). I might look into another way of doing this if it comes to it. Maybe go to a school in Japan to practice my business Japanese and job search at the same time next year if needed. Or just go over there for a few months to do some job searching and hope for the best, since actually being there would help quite a bit I feel.
I wish I wasn't so stubborn about wanting to work in Japan, but life goals and all that good stuff. Part of me wants to make it happen even more because it's more challenging. I'm going to go over the other websites posted in this thread and also do some googling.
Edit: I'm feeling better after looking at some of the other websites that give me finer control of the search results (like Daijob). It feels like there's a lot more options now that I'm not hitting "母語レベル" for most of the results. Fingers crossed.
I'm starting a tad bit early looking into companies to apply for since I graduate at the end of this year, but it's a little disheartening. CFN has a few jobs I need to look into that looks like it could fit the bill, but a few aren't exactly within my field. Will need to look into them more. A lot of the listings on GaijinPot seem to require you to already be living in Japan or have N1 or above (even if you have N2 and even if the posting only says business level Japanese required). GaijinPot seems pretty much useless unless you are already in Japan or want to be an English teacher. One of the other websites posted in this thread has the same exact layout as GaijinPot's job page but it has a lot more jobs available to overseas people for some reason.
Side note: I saw one company that had an average of 100+ hours of overtime a month according to a few different review websites. What the hell, Japan? I knew overtime was kind of to be expected of Japanese companies, but 100+ hours???
I already know I'm going to have to work pretty hard this year to get my business Japanese up to the point where I won't be completely bad in a Japanese business environment, and that it'd be harder because I need to find a company that is willing to sponsor a visa for me to come over, but it just feels kind of deflating (ESPECIALLY how a majority of the ads I see on CFN say they want native speakers only). I might look into another way of doing this if it comes to it. Maybe go to a school in Japan to practice my business Japanese and job search at the same time next year if needed. Or just go over there for a few months to do some job searching and hope for the best, since actually being there would help quite a bit I feel.
I wish I wasn't so stubborn about wanting to work in Japan, but life goals and all that good stuff. Part of me wants to make it happen even more because it's more challenging. I'm going to go over the other websites posted in this thread and also do some googling.
Edit: I'm feeling better after looking at some of the other websites that give me finer control of the search results (like Daijob). It feels like there's a lot more options now that I'm not hitting "母語レベル" for most of the results. Fingers crossed.
Edited: 2016-02-10, 5:16 pm