I’ve been in Japan for the past 5 years. Two years spent studying Japanese language and 3 years working low pay factory jobs.(20万gross pay)
After months of counseling, I have almost fully recovered from years of depression and low self-esteem.
Now, I am looking to move into the corporate world and make a decent life for myself.
With almost no transferrable experience from my previous job, how do I go about securing a decent job in the corporate world.
I am 30 with a bachelor’s degree in Economics.
I’m in need of advice. Thank you.
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20万gross pay is highway robbery for your weekly pay.
I’d start off with linkedin or indeed – look for jobs that leverage what you were doing likely in operations.
Not sure what you want to do, but you may need to study a bit and try and find some personal projects to work on that can try and show experience in that field.
Figure out how to market your experience. If you sell yourself as a “3 years working in low pay factory job” nobody cares.
Consider it 3 years hands-on shop floor experience and it might be worth something. There is value in knowing how a company works at the front line.
From there, apply hard and apply as wide as you can. I’ve done rounds of job search where I talked to 50-60 companies until I found something that was worth it. If course it takes stamina to keep going after 50 rejections and disappointments. Sucks but you’ll get there.
How good is your Japanese?
That is going to be the biggest factor in finding a corporate job in Japan.
It will also matter what Uni you went to (In the states or in Japan? Is it a famous school?)
If you speak fluent Japanese it wouldn’t be that hard to get a sales/ even an HR related job.
If your Japanese is not great then… I’m not sure what companies could hire you. If you are good enough to translate, then maybe you could get hired as that, or maybe some sort of customer support job (although entry level customer support jobs don’t pay great)