Re: [tlug] IT job in Tokyo

["bofh" <bofh@example.com>]

Fwiw...

My company is currently hiring C++/Java programmers for development of
mobile phone software.

Yes, you must have good-to-very-good Japanese skills, and wages are pretty
low compared to a few years ago.
Pay rate is probably suitable to a junior programmer in their 20's.
People already in Japan on working- or working-holiday visas are given
priority.

join@example.com if anyone is interested.

Shawn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Hurman" <kano-tlug@example.com>
To: <tlug@example.com>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [tlug] IT job in Tokyo


> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:01:22PM -1000, Jan Daniel Semrau wrote:
> >
> > >> i am a guy from Germany seeking an IT job in Linux and
> > >> open source environment in Tokyo. My japanese skills
> > >> are not good, yet.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Interesting to read that as I am probably in a similar situation.
> > I want to go to Tokyo as well to live with my girlfriend, but the
> > situation in Japan is really bad right now. I mean the Nikkei is at
> > a new 20 year low. I was told by the Japanese embassy in San Francisco
> > that some companies even lay-off japanese senior-level employees! So
> > there is no real chance (exclude networking here) to find a decent
> > payed job in Japan right now without a Visa and with limited language
> > skills. This job-situation is so frustrating right now :-( I am
> > searching since September 2002 and still haven't found anything stable.
> > My situation as a recent graduate doesn't support that. But dont get me
> > started. Anyways, sorry for the rant, I just wanted to say the the
> > "grant" idea sounds interesting.
> >
>
> When I was in Tokyo looking about 4 months ago, I found that basically
> nobody was interested unless I spoke really good Japanese, I had to ask
> for some fairly big favours so that I could even be seen. However when I
> came back to London a company approached me and in the interview they
> asked me to attend, I mentioned that I wanted to work in Japan. They
> offered me this propsal: if I could find work that could benifit the
> company in Japan, I could take it. This only really works with the kind of
> work I do, but it is one hell on an insentive, and I have a really good
> job. It may be worth approaching the larger consultancies where you are
> (Accenture, PCW and others) because sometimes they offer exchanges between
> other offices. It is a rather indirect route, but it sometimes pays off.
>
> Tim.
>
> --
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