So my girlfriends dad lives in japan and has invited us to stay over there next summer. Sounds like a fun adventure, but I’m a student at the moment (medical) so I don’t have the funds to do it unfinanced, I will need to have a job.
My japanese is in a business context non-existent, i know some basic japanese from being a weeb in my early teens but i can only understand a lot, not speak. So you can see me as fluent in english (and swedish) only.
I’d like to find a full time summer job (preferably with decent pay) for june-august. How do i do this?
I have work experience in kitchens, warehouse work, have been a correctional officer at a prison for many years, have worked in HR and staff planning.
What can i do?
EDIT: I’m very happy to have received the advice that i will need to obtain a working holiday visa, this should not be a problem so i would like for further advice to aim towards my main question: How do i as an english-speaking foreigner attain a summer job in Tokyo/Yokohama, prefereably not at bottom level, i would not want to spend the summer as a cleaner for example.
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**Will be living in Japan Yokohama/Tokyo next summer. How do i go about finding a summer job?**
So my girlfriends dad lives in japan and has invited us to stay over there next summer. Sounds like a fun adventure, but I’m a student at the moment (medical) so I don’t have the funds to do it unfinanced, I will need to have a job.
My japanese is in a business context non-existent, i know some basic japanese from being a weeb in my early teens but i can only understand a lot, not speak. So you can see me as fluent in english (and swedish) only.
I’d like to find a full time summer job (preferably with decent pay) for june-august. How do i do this?
I have work experience in kitchens, warehouse work, have been a correctional officer at a prison for many years, have worked in HR and staff planning.
What can i do?
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Under what status of residence do you plan on staying under?
If you’re just coming as tourist then you’d not be legally allowed to work at all.
If you can get a Working Holiday Visa then you can work.
If you can’t get a Working Holiday Visa then there is no legal way for you to work.
What visa will you be under? You can’t legally work at all if you are on a tourist visa. The only way to get a working visa is if the company you work for sponsors the visa. If you’re on a student visa, you can only work 28 hours a week. I’m not sure what kind of work will be available to you besides english teaching, manual labor or cleaning dishes at restaurants/cook if you can’t speak japanese though.