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deekun
Joined: 13 Jan 2011
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 Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:59 pm Post subject: Math Jobs in Japan |
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What would you suggest as good math-related jobs in Japan? I have a Bachelors of math and have passed JLPT N3. I'll be spending one more year in Japan, then leaving to Canada for 2 years for a masters in math, then planning to work full-time after that.
Related question: what masters degree would be most useful in getting a job here?
More details, if relevant: I finished a Bmath in "C&O" in 2009, then came to Japan to be on the JET Programme. I was originally planning to come back home, do my masters, then teach at a college here. But now I'm looking into living long-term in Japan as another option (after meeting my new gf here...We're not sure if we'd want to live long-term in Canada or Japan..). As for Japanese ability, my listening and reading are ok, and my speaking/writing are below that. I'm aiming for JLPT2 for this winter.. ***Also I enjoy helping others (thus teaching and tutoring) and speaking to people directly. I don't really enjoy being in front of a computer all day for work...
Thanks for your help and patience! |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: Math Jobs in Japan |
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| deekun wrote: |
| What would you suggest as good math-related jobs in Japan? I have a Bachelors of math and have passed JLPT N3. |
Unless you have a teaching license and 2 years of experience from back home, so that you could teach math in an international school, I'd say your chances of teaching math are practically nil.
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I'll be spending one more year in Japan, then leaving to Canada for 2 years for a masters in math, then planning to work full-time after that.
Related question: what masters degree would be most useful in getting a job here? |
"Here" means Canada? You wrote about living in Japan long-term, so it's confusing.
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| I finished a Bmath in "C&O" in 2009 |
What are both of these terms? |
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deekun
Joined: 13 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:15 am Post subject: Re: Math Jobs in Japan |
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| Glenski wrote: |
| deekun wrote: |
| What would you suggest as good math-related jobs in Japan? I have a Bachelors of math and have passed JLPT N3. |
Unless you have a teaching license and 2 years of experience from back home, so that you could teach math in an international school, I'd say your chances of teaching math are practically nil. |
Cool, thanks! Do you know about other possible math-related jobs, not necessarily teaching jobs? Just ones that would require a background/degree in mathematics.
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I'll be spending one more year in Japan, then leaving to Canada for 2 years for a masters in math, then planning to work full-time after that.
Related question: what masters degree would be most useful in getting a job here? |
"Here" means Canada? You wrote about living in Japan long-term, so it's confusing. |
Sorry, here = Japan (I'm in Japan now). I was planning to work towards teaching at the college level in Canada. I've heard a masters in statistics is good for that, but probably any masters degree will do. But I'm also looking for long-term work in Japan, in case me and my gf decide to live long-term in Japan, instead of Canada. In that case, I was wondering if a different degree (finance or such) would be more related to the jobs available here.
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| I finished a Bmath in "C&O" in 2009 |
What are both of these terms? |
"C&O" = "Combinatorics and Optimization". It's the field of math used to optimize routes in google maps, to optimize data flow in computer networks, and to do cryptography, and such. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I haven't a clue about your field, but I can tell you that most non-teaching jobs in Japan will require strong Japanese language skills (spoken and written). Those that don't are usually in companies which are foreign entities that have chosen not to use as much Japanese in them, although they will have Japanese employees. You'd enter them directly or through an intracompany transfer after working with them abroad for a year. |
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aynnej
Joined: 03 May 2008
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Would you consider something IT related? I also no nothing of your field, but I've met loads of folks from India in the IT field with only mediocre-ish Japanese. And it seems to me you've likely gained at least some programming experience in pursuing your mathematics degree. |
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