I was hired as an english instructor on working holiday when I was 18 years old. they knew how old I was, and how inexperienced I was.
I think you're safe so long as you have a valid work visa. Although most big companies would prefer an experienced employee, and someone who can stay longer than the measly year ( or year and a half) that working holiday provides.
If you're legally allowed to work in Japan, then you should be fine, especially for smaller companies. I think.
PS, this will be my third time going to Japan, and I'm planning to do the exact same thing as you--but in a different location! ;P Hopefully working part-time will be enough to support myself.
Oh thats really comforting!!! Thank you XD I think I'd be able to "look the part" which I also hear quite a good thing.. I'm already looking into places now for jobs, so hopefully I'll able to find somewhere willing to take me.
How did you go about finding your jobs and where abouts did you work???
The degree thing is more a visa requirement than a job requirement. I've known plenty of students with pt jobs and I used to have a few private students.
If what you want to do is private one-on-one English tutoring type of thing, then you've got nothing to worry about. You don't even really need a work permit to do it... You can find students through findateacher.net (students can find you by location; you say what train stations you'd be willing to teach near-- this is what I did) or through connections (I know a lot of people who taught their hostfamily's children and got paid to do it).
I don't know as much about working for an actual company, so you're better off seeing what other people have to say.
Well, it partly depends on how diligent you are (where you are listed on students' search results is based on how often you log on to the site), but it can be hard to get a lot of hours. I had only one regular student, but I didn't have a lot of time to work, either.
Ah well I'm very determined to get a reliable job XD And my schooling will only take place in either the morning OR the afternoon, so I should have plenty of free time ;P
For applying for a Japanese university, you have to be near fluent level and pass an exam called the EJU, 日本留学試験 (nihongo ryuugaku shiken). You must do well on this as this is the ONLY test looked at by universities in Japan to determine eligibility for entrance (you will need to take a history, math and science exam as well). All of your classes will be in Japanese and they will expect you to follow them and keep up. However, sometimes you can study for a year as a study abroad student and then take steps afterwards to try to go for undergraduate or graduate degrees
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Ah yes, I've done plenty research into what's required to study at a Japanese uni...The language course I'm taking is an internsive course designed for studnets wishing to go on to further education in Japan and I'm going there for a yeah, so that should help considerabley with my Japanese :P
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I think you're safe so long as you have a valid work visa. Although most big companies would prefer an experienced employee, and someone who can stay longer than the measly year ( or year and a half) that working holiday provides.
If you're legally allowed to work in Japan, then you should be fine, especially for smaller companies. I think.
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I think I'd be able to "look the part" which I also hear quite a good thing.. I'm already looking into places now for jobs, so hopefully I'll able to find somewhere willing to take me.
How did you go about finding your jobs and where abouts did you work???
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I don't know as much about working for an actual company, so you're better off seeing what other people have to say.
Good luck!
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