Re: [tlug] [OT] Job hunting

[Michael Bitker <mbitker@example.com>]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Stuart Luppescu <slu@example.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 10:48 -0500, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
>> My wife and i currently live in the US but are looking to relocate to
>> Japan soon. Therefore, i need to find a job. My wife is Japanese, so i
>> presume that whatever organization i work for shouldn't have to deal
>> with the hassle of sponsoring me.
>
> This may be true, but a person I know had a related problem. He moved
> back to Japan with his Japanese wife, and they moved in with her family
> temporarily until he found a job. Apparently, he couldn't get working
> permission (?/visa?) until he had a regular permanent address, and they
> didn't want to move anywhere until they knew where he was going to work.
> --
> Stuart Luppescu -=- slu .at. ccsr.uchicago.edu

Daniel,

I'd recommend applying to some IT recruiters here in Tokyo as soon as you arrive
as well as browsing the jobs posted at sites such as www.daijob.com/en/ and
www.careercross.com/en/.

A few of the more well established recruiters:
Robert Walters
Michael Page
Skillhouse
Hays Specialist Recruitment Japan
PANACHE
East West Consulting

I have to say though that your prospects without business level
Japanese will be fewer
than if you had those skills, but don't be discouraged. There are a
number of foreign
capitalized companies that will hire techs who speak English.
Also, it seems like a joke to the old hands, but HR monkeys love to
see certs on a
resume. So if you have some of those (even if you got them 10 years
ago) make sure
to include them.

-Mike