I’m currently a first year student at university and this summer my family and I are going back to Japan to visit family for the first time in a few years. I’ll be having a lot of free time so I’d like to find a part time job to help save some money. I wanted to try a tutoring job since I’ve found it to be pretty interesting so I applied to Tokyo Academics last year but I was rejected so I’m looking for advice on what kind of work I can do in those two months. My previous work experience so far was tutoring so yeah. While I prefer a tutoring job I really don’t mind any kind of job as long as it pays at least minimum wage. I don’t know when is the next time I can visit Japan either so my dad told me it’s a good chance for me to find a part time job in order to get used to a Japanese work environment. I have Japanese citizenship so visa isn’t gonna be an issue and I also got my 3rd vaccine shot.
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>I have Japanese citizenship
As a citizen you can work quite literally any job that will hire you.
Want to tutor? Apply at tutoring places.
Got rejected by tutoring places? Honestly, I’m not really surprised. You’re only going to be in the country for two months. You probably need to lower your sights. If nothing else, kombinis are always hiring.
>my dad told me it’s a good chance for me to find a part time job in order to get used to a Japanese work environment.
While I can maybe understand your dad’s sentiments, I think he’s wildly off base. No part-time job that you get for two months in the summer is going to expose you to anything like a “real” professional job.
part time? citizen? two months?
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> While I prefer a tutoring job
There are no summer tutoring jobs. So forget about that.
> I really don’t mind any kind of job as long as it pays at least minimum wage.
Perfect. When you arrive, hop on down to the Hello Work and explain your situation.
> it’s a good chance for me to find a part time job in order to get used to a Japanese work environment.
It’s not, because part-time is not really representative of Japanese work environment beyond the part-time environment.
I feel like I paste this link so often I should start getting a commission or something… but go look at townwork. They’ve got all manner of filters you can apply to narrow your search down.
https://townwork.net/
There may be no problem with your ability or personality, but you may have problems with being limited to staying for 2 months.
If your family lives in Japan, it would be more efficient to go to Japan and then look for a short-term part-time job.
Most of the short-term part-time jobs are light work, cooking assistance and restaurant waiters. It will take great luck to be able to find a job that makes use of your ability and experience.
If possible, I would like you to learn how to interact with people in the part-time job in the service industry, but that’s not an absolute condition, so please do your best in any job. And I want you to learn the importance, difficulty and fun of working. I’m sure your father feels the same way.
> My previous work experience so far was tutoring … I prefer a tutoring job
If you can read well enough, search all the Japanese job sites like indeed.com and Daijob.com for Intensive English Summer Camp jobs. These jobs are extremely short —3 days to 2 weeks— and right now there are many open positions since many gaijin have been banned or have left Japan because of COVID.
Yeah Tokyo Academics is extremely selective and have their heads up their butts so don’t expect to get hired there esp if you’re only going to stay for two months. Just get a normal tutoring job teaching English or something and you will get paid more than the minimum wage.