Hi everyone! I'm 30 from Italy and I graduated years ago in Japanese studies, I got JLPT N3 in 2016 (I had to take N2 but being busy with work and stuff I still haven't taken it). I don't have 10 years of experience in the same field because the job market in my country (Italy) is terrible and I had to constantly change a lot of jobs since I started working (wages are ridiculous here, if you're Italian you know what I mean…).
I can speak also English, Korean (I lived in Korea with a working holiday visa and I have TOPIK 4), and basic Chinese.
I tried to look for jobs in Japan from Italy some time ago but it was quite hard, probably also because I wasn't there. I already know that you can't look for a job on a tourist visa obviously so I was thinking about studying in Japan.
But I was wondering, is it better to go to grad school in Japan or also a language school to improve my Japanese will do (goal is to find a visa sponsorship job)? Because I think grad school in Japan would be so expensive compared to a language school (and I'm not sure if they give good scholarships if you have good grades to foreign students), and I don't even wanna try with MEXT, chances to win are so low. To the people who took this path, how difficult it is to find a visa-sponsoring job studying at a language school with a student visa (of course I plan to get N2, possibly N1 if I go there)? Is there anyone who could actually find a job or is it hopeless?
Another question, is it also difficult to find a part-time job while having the student visa? I know you can work up to 28 hours and of course I would want to work as well while studying there.
Thank you in advance 🙂
by InjurySpiritual4946