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wintersweet
Joined: 18 Jan 2005
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Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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 Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:42 am Post subject: Order of business for onsite job search |
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- Buy plane tickets, pack, get documents together (TESOL, diploma, birth certificate, passport, copies of resume, etc.)
- Get a few thousand dollars of cash freed up
- Reserve room at some gaijin house in destination of choosing
- Send e-mails to try to arrange interviews ahead of time
- Fly to Japan
- Acquire cell phone
- Locate internet access
- Get business cards? (Is there any point if all I can put on there is a cell number and an e-mail address?)
- Start e-mailing and calling places
(- Land full-time job with a min. �250000 salary, accommodation assistance, max 40-hour workweek, 2 days off in a row/week, and some room for initiative  )
What am I missing?
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 4672
Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:29 am Post subject: Re: Order of business for onsite job search |
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| wintersweet wrote: |
- Buy plane tickets, pack, get documents together (TESOL, diploma, birth certificate, passport, copies of resume, etc.)
- Get a few thousand dollars of cash freed up
- Reserve room at some gaijin house in destination of choosing
- Send e-mails to try to arrange interviews ahead of time
- Fly to Japan
- Acquire cell phone
- Locate internet access
- Get business cards? (Is there any point if all I can put on there is a cell number and an e-mail address?)
- Start e-mailing and calling places
(- Land full-time job with a min. �250000 salary, accomodation assistance, 40-hour workweek/less, 2 days off in a row/week, and some room for initiative )
What am I missing? |
If you come on tourist visa you will have to change visa to working visa. Arrange sponsorship and change visa status at immigration.
Good luck trying to find a first time job with two consecutive days off, and they won't be Saturday and Sunday. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Posts: 12844
Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:59 am Post subject: |
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1. Travel insurance?
2. Get a discount travel pass for local transportation.
3. Map of the area. Study it. Know the location of the potential employers you contact (probably not on the map, so it means getting there on your own. Remember that buildings are not numbered sequentially here.)
4. Study Japanese.
5. Register yourself with the nearest consulate or embassy in case of emergencies.
Business cards won't hurt, even if the only things on it are your name and cell-phone number. You can get them made at home on your own computer, too.
Once you get the job, step 6 will be to register yourself at the nearest ward office so you can get the alien card. |
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wintersweet
Joined: 18 Jan 2005
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Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:50 am Post subject: |
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| Glenski wrote: |
1. Travel insurance?
2. Get a discount travel pass for local transportation.
3. Map of the area. Study it. Know the location of the potential employers you contact (probably not on the map, so it means getting there on your own. Remember that buildings are not numbered sequentially here.)
4. Study Japanese.
5. Register yourself with the nearest consulate or embassy in case of emergencies.
Business cards won't hurt, even if the only things on it are your name and cell-phone number. You can get them made at home on your own computer, too.
Once you get the job, step 6 will be to register yourself at the nearest ward office so you can get the alien card. |
1. I completely flaked on that. Thanks!
2. Passed through my mind and then was gone. Good reminder; will make going to interviews much cheaper.
3. Good idea.
4. Doing it! Every day. I have flash cards, tapes, and a new Japanese coffee pal.
5. Good idea.
6. Ah, yeah. I wasn't in Taiwan long enough (as a student) to jump through all those hoops, so I haven't been thinking of them.
As for business cards, I read once that Japanese people tend to dismiss any card that's not printed on decent stock and such. Not true, or not worth worrying about if I'm not some high-powered businesswoman or diplomat?
Thanks, Glenski! |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Wouldn't worry about paper quality for business cards. |
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wintersweet
Joined: 18 Jan 2005
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Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, yeah: get international driver's license, just in case. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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As long as you mentioned the international driver's permit, here's a bit more. If you plan to be here more than a year, you'll have to get a Japanese license. The IDP is not valid after that time.
To get a Japanese license, you will have to prove you drove on your current license back home for at least 3 months. If the dates on your license and passport don't prove this, you will have to get a document from your driver's license bureau attesting to the date that your license was initially issued, and that will prove what is needed. Of course, the whole process of getting a license involves getting JAF to translate documents like your license, paying fees, taking a written test, and taking a driving test, but those are other hurdles to be overcome later. Spending about 1000 yen for the Japan guidebook Rules of the Road will help. Knowing what the practice driving course is like will, too. |
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