Aaron Huang
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- 29 Apr 2015
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Hi guys,
I'm planning to apply for a working holiday visa to Japan for about a year and just have a few questions, sorry if they have been asked before. Would really appreciate it if someone can shed some light on my questions.
1. The conditions states that you should move around every 3 months or so, but does it really matter if I found stable work and I want to stay in the area? It's not against the law and they don't check right?
2. As for teaching English, they require you to be a native speaker. I am an Australian, born in China with Asian appearance, moved to Australia when I was 9 and I suppose my English should be regarded native level. I know Mandarin and Cantonese too. But would they not regard me as a native English speaker if I'm not born in Australia with a foreigner appearance? And does the multilingual help in other types of work instead? My Japanese is above conversational level and maybe near business level, haven't took the JPLT yet but plan to do so, I think I'm either N3 or N4.
3. I want to apply for jobs before I leave but most of the ads on Gaijinpot requires you to be in Japan. Will they completely disregard my application even if I state that I have solid plans to be in Japan by a particular month? I'm planning around July/August right now.
4. Also, when applying for jobs that is listed in both English and Japanese, would it be better to send a Japanese resume with the photo scanned as PDF? Or just a English format resume? I don't really have any Japanese friends and I might need some help translating some of the words....
Thanks in advance!
I'm planning to apply for a working holiday visa to Japan for about a year and just have a few questions, sorry if they have been asked before. Would really appreciate it if someone can shed some light on my questions.
1. The conditions states that you should move around every 3 months or so, but does it really matter if I found stable work and I want to stay in the area? It's not against the law and they don't check right?
2. As for teaching English, they require you to be a native speaker. I am an Australian, born in China with Asian appearance, moved to Australia when I was 9 and I suppose my English should be regarded native level. I know Mandarin and Cantonese too. But would they not regard me as a native English speaker if I'm not born in Australia with a foreigner appearance? And does the multilingual help in other types of work instead? My Japanese is above conversational level and maybe near business level, haven't took the JPLT yet but plan to do so, I think I'm either N3 or N4.
3. I want to apply for jobs before I leave but most of the ads on Gaijinpot requires you to be in Japan. Will they completely disregard my application even if I state that I have solid plans to be in Japan by a particular month? I'm planning around July/August right now.
4. Also, when applying for jobs that is listed in both English and Japanese, would it be better to send a Japanese resume with the photo scanned as PDF? Or just a English format resume? I don't really have any Japanese friends and I might need some help translating some of the words....
Thanks in advance!