Well, I was trying my best to find a higher paying job in Japan before August.
I made previous posts about my previous job, and we ended everything super well. I was able to strike a really nice severance deal with them and I willingly resigned with a mutual agreement resignation letter from both parties. It actually ended very well,
Needless to say I’ve got a wicked opportunity it’s to work in both Korea and China.
I still haven’t chosen on which one I’d like, I thought Korea would be best, but the laws against foreign workers are 10x stricter than in Japan. It’s also hard to get residency there if not impossible.
China isn’t a permanent solution, but it’s a way to pad my bank account for the meanwhile.
I’m currently in software engineering school, but it’s gonna be about 1-2 years before I graduate.
There are IT jobs by the mile in Japan, and I’ve applied to a few. But I get rejected constantly, I desperately want to get into IT. And I applied to a bunch of entry level positions. And I consistently get rejected every single day, I get a rejection email from somewhere I applied and got the boot.
It’s demoralizing and I’m almost ready to give up, I thought the IT industry in Japan would do OJT but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Does anyone have any IT connections that would take an entry level person? I can hold my own in a conversation in a Japanese and I’m fluent, but I won’t overestimate my ability, I need more work. But I was hoping to improve on the fly.
Most interviews can also all be done in Japanese for me.
I truly want to find a way in the door if anyone has one, otherwise I truly might end up leaving to get more money while I finish my studies.
Sadly the jobs I was offered were teaching jobs, which I desperately don’t want to return to. But similar to when I first got to Japan. It’s a way in.
I have a 3-year visa, which was pretty lucky at the time for me to get my hands on.
I took it as sign that I’m on the right path, but now I’m working at a hotel. Making so little for all the work I put in it’s diabolical.
So any help would be much appreciated 🙏🏽🙏🏽
by Wrong-Shame1654