Comments on: Lost your job in Japan? Don’t stress it

By: JLPT

JLPT — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:03:11 +0000

Losing you job wouldn’t be such a bad thing. It would give you time to travel the country, study and drink even more cheap beer.

By: Japanese phrases

Japanese phrases — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:36:34 +0000

Great write up. I ended up in a similar situation myself once and at first it was scary. Like you said, you don’t want to go back to a tourist visa if at all possible. If you are unsure whether or not your contract will be canceled then you should ask your employer as soon as possible.
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By: jamie

jamie — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:22:32 +0000

Well, Jonas, I’m afraid you’re not going to find it documented anywhere, officially. You see, they don’t really want you to know you can do it. It’s just another facet of Japanese culture (covert lies and bureaucratic bullshit) that you will discover more of the longer you stay.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:40:31 +0000

I don’t have to leave the country?! That sounds great. I would also be very happy if you could document this somewhere… I read most of the Immigration Act but this slipped my mind as I was mainly focused on complicaitons about “Getting In”.

Thanks,
Jonas

By: Japanese words

Japanese words — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:51:30 +0000

Justin, He is correct. You don’t have to leave the country to change your visa. It is very difficult to find documentation since immigration does not encourage this, but it is possible.
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By: ThePenguin

ThePenguin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:48:52 +0000

You certainly can convert from a temporary visitor visa to another kind without leaving the country, it’s what I did. My employers arranged it for me and I don’t have the details to hand. Your local immigration office would certainly be able to confirm. I think this wasn’t possible until “fairly recently” so there is a lot of misinformation flying about.
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By: justin

justin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:47:19 +0000

You don’t need to leave to convert a tourist visa? Recruitment company I’m working with is telling me that I do… and “I saw some guy’s blog” isn’t a counter argument that will make me sound smart. How can I prove this to them? I have seriously done TONS of web searches for something other than “blog rumors” or “forum rumors” that this is in fact the law, but I have not come up with anything but contradictory gaijinpot forum posts and blogs… Please help if you know what I can do to save needing a last-minute round trip ticket across the world for no good reason ! THANKS

By: Leon

Leon — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:33:22 +0000

Yep, Robert Walters are a bunch of unprofessional retards on a good day. They offer you a job with a big firm (IT in my case), then leave you hanging and you get approached by a different member of their staff next time who has no idea of your pending proposals. The fact that I was head hunted makes them look even worse. I wasn’t in the position to need to put up with their BS, so didn’t….

There is always a percentile of jobs you apply to that will be interested in you. Usually that will be higher than 0%, so play the odds and apply to a bunch of jobs. It is very nice when you have 10 offers and can choose which one to accept

By: jamie

jamie — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:44:50 +0000

Sound advice mr penguin… Good to know there are some companies that actually hire through gaijinpot. Agreed – having a customized CV and actually taking the trouble to write a cover letter to the potential employer will make sure you at least get considered!

By: ThePenguin

ThePenguin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:14:22 +0000

Hi, first time commenter here You have some great and informative posts here.

Clicking on the [Apply] button on GaijinPot may make you feel like you’re doing something, but there’s a 1% chance that you will even get an interview and that’s along with 50 other applicants.

If you (in the generic sense, not Jamie personally) want to increase that chance of getting an interview, don’t just spam the potential employer with your generic CV either. Make it at least seem you’ve put some effort into understanding what the job is about and why you are suited to it (and / or vice-versa). It sounds obvious, but my employer put an ad on that very same site not so long ago, and I’d say around 80% of “applicants” ruled themselves out at the first hurdle. (Also, if you’re applying for a job at a smaller company don’t spout any bullshit about wanting to become a “key player with a 365º vision” etc. etc., we are just looking for people who can do the job )

Best of luck with the search anyway.