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**Job experiences on WHV**
I wanted to hear from people’s experiences working in Japan on a working holiday visa. What types of jobs did you do? How did you get them?
Any tips/experiences would be greatly appreciated!
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I’ll follow this thread as I’m curious too! I looked into it myself and some sources are: World Unite (but you have to pay) Workaway WWOOF
And there’s an employment center in Shinjuku for helping foreigners
I haven’t actually gotten there yet (will fly out in September), but I’ve been hired already for basic hospitality work in the Hakone area. I’ll be there on a WHV, and I found the job through Workaway.
It’s honestly very easy to find jobs on there, if you aren’t super picky about what type, location, and time period (a lot of available work is at ski resorts during winter). I messaged maybe 10(?) employers and had 4 of them message me back stating they’d be interested in my help, but chose this host in Hakone. You can even try to find multiple positions at different time periods to sustain your stay (for example, ski resort during winter and then move to bigger cities for basic service work during other seasons). You’ll have to plan that yourself though.
As for the ‘interview’, I just needed to be able to understand Japanese at an intermediate level and speak at a basic level. It was a really casual interview (I hesitate to even call it one, as only a small part of it was actually about the job and my past qualifications). They said that was enough and hired me that day. It’ll depend on your employer obviously, but on Workaway I think they assume you won’t be fluent in Japanese as it’s known as more of an international cultural exchange site. There are plenty of non-paid free homestays there too if you’re looking to exchange a bit of work for free room and board.
Feel free to message me if you have any other questions.
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This is a copy of your post for archive/search purposes.
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**Job experiences on WHV**
I wanted to hear from people’s experiences working in Japan on a working holiday visa. What types of jobs did you do? How did you get them?
Any tips/experiences would be greatly appreciated!
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/movingtojapan) if you have any questions or concerns.*
I’ll follow this thread as I’m curious too! I looked into it myself and some sources are:
World Unite (but you have to pay)
Workaway
WWOOF
And there’s an employment center in Shinjuku for helping foreigners
I haven’t actually gotten there yet (will fly out in September), but I’ve been hired already for basic hospitality work in the Hakone area. I’ll be there on a WHV, and I found the job through Workaway.
It’s honestly very easy to find jobs on there, if you aren’t super picky about what type, location, and time period (a lot of available work is at ski resorts during winter). I messaged maybe 10(?) employers and had 4 of them message me back stating they’d be interested in my help, but chose this host in Hakone. You can even try to find multiple positions at different time periods to sustain your stay (for example, ski resort during winter and then move to bigger cities for basic service work during other seasons). You’ll have to plan that yourself though.
As for the ‘interview’, I just needed to be able to understand Japanese at an intermediate level and speak at a basic level. It was a really casual interview (I hesitate to even call it one, as only a small part of it was actually about the job and my past qualifications). They said that was enough and hired me that day. It’ll depend on your employer obviously, but on Workaway I think they assume you won’t be fluent in Japanese as it’s known as more of an international cultural exchange site. There are plenty of non-paid free homestays there too if you’re looking to exchange a bit of work for free room and board.
Feel free to message me if you have any other questions.