Frankly speaking, after I started to work, I am too lazy to study. Since company pay for it, my session is just about checking emails, and work related questions without any syllabus.

Moving to a new country is not an easy thing. If you do get a job, you have to think how soon can you move over. Having moved to 2 countries, its really tiring mentally and physically.

whether i am going to have any change of mind on studying when i reach there, well, there is no way to know unless i know about my workload etc.

for the 2nd point, after serving 3 months at current company and get the visa ready in japan, i am able to move immediately. Tiring or not, well, that's secondary, since i do not have a family of my own

Of course, anything mentioned above is hard to be proven unless i get a job offer first

This post has been edited by gundamsp01: Dec 4 2018, 02:25 PM

Going alone is so much easier, especially if you are moving just with a suitcase. Try emailing some recruting firm like enworld. They have a few consultant that is non Japanese and see what are your chances. Good luck!

enworld, thanks
any other site for recommendations?

I think there are a few more sites that you can find via the internet. Reason I recommend enworld is because I work with them before. You can also try linkedin.

oh, i see, thanks for the recommendation, will submit my resume to them
LinkedIn has limited selection, and most of the time receive contact from Malaysia firm though, so it wasn't helpful for my case

Is this Thread dead? I hope it's not! It has been awhile since the first post back in 2016, after i read thru all the way down till the latest post. Minnasan dou desuka? minna genki? How are u guys doing now? @Flanegan @sacwoc @Innovation @Riolis @honesty tan. I'm sorry i dont know how to tag u guys properly, I hope u guys are doing awesome!, i'm looking forward to hear from u guys again.

What do you want to hear?

I wanted to know what u guys are doing now? Having a great life?

Btw, i really enjoyed reading this thread.

Have left Japan. Before that life has its up and down. In Tokyo there are so many things to see or do during the weekend, unlike in HK....

Owh so u (sacwoc) are in Hong Kong now? What about the other people? i mean what is your current job?

i wonder is it hard to get a job in japan?
qualification just until high school
i do have an admin experience but i wouldnt mind to work in factory jobs

Hi @orangegurl, i think it is hard if you dont have skills that are outstanding, like maybe software engineering, and etc, it's easier if u have degree, about speaking japanese, i think it depends on company, and honestly, i just started worked here for almost 1 week already, and i found out that every fcking thing is in Japanese, but of course there r sometimes got abit of english like the kiosk and etc, everything related to government stuff is all in Japanese (service, fill up document, etc). I got a degree in Electrical engineering, but i taught myself software engineering stuff, now i work as Software Engineer here in Sapporo. You can ask me anything related to work and etc on my email: herodotus94@gmail.com

Check out the new visa offered by Japan now. I think in the news, there is a request for people to work in blue collar job in Japan.

working in Japan need to know Japanese right? And if foreigner like us working in Japan, do we need to follow their working culture? Like OT = hardwoking, if i leave on time will be judge as lazy ?

Do you need to know Japanese in order to work in Japan? it also depends on the company, and also what kind of job, for example if sales kind of job of course you need good japanese, as for my case we just focus on coding and make great products, we dont need to talk to client and stuff (keigo), BUT!, we still need to able to speak basic Japanese in order to communicate with the Japanese in the company especially the HR staffs, besides that, u also need to be to communicate with the officer here in order to deal with the government and other stuff like post office, or create bank account and etc. You MUST at least know the basic, at least able to have a conversation in japanese, once you have that, the officer will try their best to help you out. Unless your company provide you a human translator or do everything for u.

Must follow their working culture? It really depends on the company you are working at, different company has different culture, but the still the general Japan culture is still there, but as for my case, all the Software Engineers in my company are foreigners, and the management staffs (all japanese) they understand and want us to work our best by letting us work with flexible hour and we are able to work remotely. Of course some japanese here also they dont work OT, like once their work is done, they just go back, of course they would say Osaki ni shitsurei shimasu , and inside your Malaysian heart would whisper aiyah beh hiao kin lah, just go bak and get a good rest lah dont worry. Nowadays japanese people are changing i guess? My company people are different from what i had in mind before i work there.

Anyway, i'm working on the story of how i change from fresh graduate as E & E engineer to become Self-taught software engineer and got employed in Japan. It's going to be on Medium. Stay tune~

how you get the job here? what's your motivation to work in jp? why not stay in MY?

Hi your post caught my eye, I'm just wondering what are my chances to work in Japan if currently I have 1.7 years of experience? I'm working as front-end dev, focusing on React.

VERy true in what you say. Cultures do depends much on the company though I can say most are still very traditional. Games/Software engineers I think are more open now. WHen I was working in Tokyo, the company beside mine is a game developer. I see quite alot of them dress so casually in shorts and tshirt. Also most company pays for OT if you are below managerial level and transport cost from your home to work are cover as well.

If you are in Tokyo, now a lot of kuyakusho documents have a few language. They have translator as weill to help you especially Chinese as they are the most gaijin in Tokyo. Banks will be a bit difficult though, especially Japan Post. Most branches still have problem conversing in English.

I'm doing good.. My 2nd stint here in Japan.

Currently based in Awaji Island in Kansai Region as part of fellowship program before moving to Tokyo.
Very excited for this stint this time.

I will try to visit this thread and forum as much as I can whether anyone wants to know hows the situation here.

Anyhow, here's some video I've uploaded on my Youtube channel so far.

Leaving Malaysia to Japan


Living in Japan's Countryside


Short trip to Tokyo


To see more... feel free to visit My Youtube Channel, I try to upload often during my free time.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbnUcbSmDDF44l6rjL-fxew

Hope everyone is doing well y'all.