Re: [tlug] Looking for Summer Internship in Japan

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Attila Kinali <attila@example.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:44:38 +0800
> Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com> wrote:
>
>> I actually meant going to the job fair with an inadequate level of
>> Japanese and not going to work in Japan.  At the job fair (back then),
>> they gave on-the-spot mini interviews.  Unless you lived in San
>> Francisco or Boston, it was pretty far to travel to be told "No" in
>> another language.  :-)
>
>
> Oh.. well, yes. At a job fair you have to show off as much as possible
> within a couple of seconds... not the right place for me :-)
>
> But, a company going to a job fair in the US and expecting people there
> to be fluent in their local language is kind of weird. The USians are
> not exactly known for their fluency in different languages...


Yes, well, that particular job fair is for Japanese companies who want
to hire Japanese planning to return home or foreigners who are
interested in working in Japan.  The majority, though, is from the
former group...I'm guessing based on the level of Japanese I was
hearing from other applicants.

Of course, they are not just IT firms...but any company.  In
hindsight, I'm a bit surprised...I didn't realize there was that many
potential applicants to justify having an overseas job fair.  I
thought Japanese companies were still in the mindset of hiring from
Todai, Kyodai, etc.

If anyone here goes to this job fair someday, I'd be interested to
hear how the job fair has changed...  [As it's off-topic, via private
e-mail would be fine ;-) ]

Ray