squidpotato
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Hi,
I´m 17 years old and get to do my A-levels next summer.
Though I´m Korean, I´ve lived in Germany 99% of my life and barely speak any Korean at all.
I´m fluent in German tho.
I´ve always been fascinated by Japan since as a Korean I often get to hear interesting things about Japan.
One of my big interests would be to work there. Maybe even moving there if I happen to like it in Japan.
Though that could change by the time I get my first impression of Japan by actually going there.
Nevertheless I was curious as to what jobs foreigners get and how hard it is to move there.
Even though I don´t speak Japanese at all I´m pretty determined to learn Japanese (my mother would be ready to help me since she studied Japanese a couple of years ago) since I´m planning to visit Japan soon after my A-levels.
After reading a couple of blogs, articles (some on this site too) etc I got the impression that most foreigners tend to aim for English-teaching jobs in schools.
Some say that it´s pretty easy to get a job as an English teacher, others say that it´s quite a challenge.
Regarding that some of those comments date a couple years back and some are quite up to date I´m confused as to how the situation is at the moment and how it could possibly turn out to be in the future.
For example,
I´ve read that the interest in English spiked again due to the Summer-olympics 2020 being held in Japan.
A few minutes later I read that getting a job as an English-teacher is a going to be very hard in the near future because of the sheer mass of applications and the comparably high requirements.
Also having read that Japan prefers native english speakers over others and with it also higher requirements sound not very promising.
I would say I´m not bad in English having recieved straight A´s or A- for the last 2 years (and probably because I spend waaaaayyyy too much time on the internet hehe) but it´s definitely not my main interest.
But I´m also well aware that those grades don´t have a lot of meaning when it comes to studying English and that it´s a completely different league.
In addition to that my main interest is not English but chemistry and biology.
Of course I´ve read what opportunities foreign chemists/ biologists have but so far it doesn´t look too bright.
Chemistry/Biology doesn´t seem to be a field which lackes workforces.
IT and English teaching are far higher up the list.
Also that most chemists and biologists are expected to have a PhD to even be looked at chips away at my motivation.
I´ve even looked up TEACHING chemistry or biology but that doesn´t seem to be a viable option as well.
But I still have a lot of unanswered questions.
Germany having the worldlargest chemistry-industry what opportunities do I have here?
I´ve read about people working in companies which have workplaces in multiple countries and therefore having transferred to different countries to work there.
One example being the BASF which has more than a couple facilities in Japan.
Are there other things I can do in Japan (if possible chemistry/biology related)
It seems to me that I´ve exhausted google about those topics or I´m asking to specific questions (probably both) and I hope to find new things here.
I´d love to hear about what other options there are or experiences, recommendations,
anything would be fine.
Sorry if your eyes ended up sore and burning after reading this much text xD.
I´m 17 years old and get to do my A-levels next summer.
Though I´m Korean, I´ve lived in Germany 99% of my life and barely speak any Korean at all.
I´m fluent in German tho.
I´ve always been fascinated by Japan since as a Korean I often get to hear interesting things about Japan.
One of my big interests would be to work there. Maybe even moving there if I happen to like it in Japan.
Though that could change by the time I get my first impression of Japan by actually going there.
Nevertheless I was curious as to what jobs foreigners get and how hard it is to move there.
Even though I don´t speak Japanese at all I´m pretty determined to learn Japanese (my mother would be ready to help me since she studied Japanese a couple of years ago) since I´m planning to visit Japan soon after my A-levels.
After reading a couple of blogs, articles (some on this site too) etc I got the impression that most foreigners tend to aim for English-teaching jobs in schools.
Some say that it´s pretty easy to get a job as an English teacher, others say that it´s quite a challenge.
Regarding that some of those comments date a couple years back and some are quite up to date I´m confused as to how the situation is at the moment and how it could possibly turn out to be in the future.
For example,
I´ve read that the interest in English spiked again due to the Summer-olympics 2020 being held in Japan.
A few minutes later I read that getting a job as an English-teacher is a going to be very hard in the near future because of the sheer mass of applications and the comparably high requirements.
Also having read that Japan prefers native english speakers over others and with it also higher requirements sound not very promising.
I would say I´m not bad in English having recieved straight A´s or A- for the last 2 years (and probably because I spend waaaaayyyy too much time on the internet hehe) but it´s definitely not my main interest.
But I´m also well aware that those grades don´t have a lot of meaning when it comes to studying English and that it´s a completely different league.
In addition to that my main interest is not English but chemistry and biology.
Of course I´ve read what opportunities foreign chemists/ biologists have but so far it doesn´t look too bright.
Chemistry/Biology doesn´t seem to be a field which lackes workforces.
IT and English teaching are far higher up the list.
Also that most chemists and biologists are expected to have a PhD to even be looked at chips away at my motivation.
I´ve even looked up TEACHING chemistry or biology but that doesn´t seem to be a viable option as well.
But I still have a lot of unanswered questions.
Germany having the worldlargest chemistry-industry what opportunities do I have here?
I´ve read about people working in companies which have workplaces in multiple countries and therefore having transferred to different countries to work there.
One example being the BASF which has more than a couple facilities in Japan.
Are there other things I can do in Japan (if possible chemistry/biology related)
It seems to me that I´ve exhausted google about those topics or I´m asking to specific questions (probably both) and I hope to find new things here.
I´d love to hear about what other options there are or experiences, recommendations,
anything would be fine.
Sorry if your eyes ended up sore and burning after reading this much text xD.