posidodo
後輩
- 19 Nov 2014
- 10
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Hello everyone:
I am living in Japan since November 2013. Last Spring I changed from Temp Visitor to Spouse visa. A few weeks later I found a job at a Tokyo based estate agency. Well, it was not that job I applied for actually, but it was okay for the moment. During my short period it turned out that the team manager was just a sadistic idiot and the supervisor was visibly annoyed every time when I asked her to have a talk about my concerns. :bored: I felt more like a slave than an employee. Finally I was pissed off and did quit the job. On my way out I told the team manager that he is just a big a**hole without balls. Wow, what a feeling... :joyful:
Since then I am doing some freelance work for a friend's company based in my home country Germany. The income is so-so.
Those days I have to decide which way I want to go. One way is to return to Germany with my Japanese wife. But I feel very uncomfortable about that and I can feel that my wife does not want to go actually. I have a visa which allows me to stay and work here... but have to leave the country??:banghead: Another way could be to stay in Japan, look for another (stable) job and get my visa extension done next year in May. The second way is my preferred way.
But I have no idea where else I could look for a new job. I have a strong IT related background and my Japanese skills is conversational at the moment; not business skills at all. I tried Gaijinpot, Craigslist and even Hello Work. But no luck so far. Seems like there is a lot of fake going on on Craigslist. :spam: Recruiting agencies told me to improve my Japanese to have business at least or else they are unable to find a job for me (all of a sudden; not really... :meh
One of my ideas is to work for Microsoft in Shinagawa.
But I have no idea of their recruiting process. I am not an engineer nor a manager. Maybe management assistent as a start? I know some companies hire non-japanese speaking (foreigners) staff and provide in-house lessons in Japanese. Is this correct and does anybody know which companies?
My wife said "Work in Akihabara". Flyer distribution around the station? :cold: I am interested in technical things and anime and manga stuff. Shop staff? User-Help-Desk is something I would like to do as well. At least I have four years of working experience as IT staff in the military and an MCSE certification.
I am living in Japan since November 2013. Last Spring I changed from Temp Visitor to Spouse visa. A few weeks later I found a job at a Tokyo based estate agency. Well, it was not that job I applied for actually, but it was okay for the moment. During my short period it turned out that the team manager was just a sadistic idiot and the supervisor was visibly annoyed every time when I asked her to have a talk about my concerns. :bored: I felt more like a slave than an employee. Finally I was pissed off and did quit the job. On my way out I told the team manager that he is just a big a**hole without balls. Wow, what a feeling... :joyful:
Since then I am doing some freelance work for a friend's company based in my home country Germany. The income is so-so.
Those days I have to decide which way I want to go. One way is to return to Germany with my Japanese wife. But I feel very uncomfortable about that and I can feel that my wife does not want to go actually. I have a visa which allows me to stay and work here... but have to leave the country??:banghead: Another way could be to stay in Japan, look for another (stable) job and get my visa extension done next year in May. The second way is my preferred way.
But I have no idea where else I could look for a new job. I have a strong IT related background and my Japanese skills is conversational at the moment; not business skills at all. I tried Gaijinpot, Craigslist and even Hello Work. But no luck so far. Seems like there is a lot of fake going on on Craigslist. :spam: Recruiting agencies told me to improve my Japanese to have business at least or else they are unable to find a job for me (all of a sudden; not really... :meh
One of my ideas is to work for Microsoft in Shinagawa.
But I have no idea of their recruiting process. I am not an engineer nor a manager. Maybe management assistent as a start? I know some companies hire non-japanese speaking (foreigners) staff and provide in-house lessons in Japanese. Is this correct and does anybody know which companies? My wife said "Work in Akihabara". Flyer distribution around the station? :cold: I am interested in technical things and anime and manga stuff. Shop staff? User-Help-Desk is something I would like to do as well. At least I have four years of working experience as IT staff in the military and an MCSE certification.
