I'm starting as an ALT with Heart Corporation in September. I know they're a bad company, but as a NNES I don't have a lot of options. They suggested I should bring $4000 but all I can arrange is $2000, wpuld that be enough to survive the first 2 months until I get my first paycheck? The salary afterwards will be ¥220,000-¥260,000, but with vacations being unpaid I'll have to save a good chunk every month. I don't know where I'll be stationed yet, but it will be somewhere in the Kanto area, specifically either Tokyo, Yokohama, Saitama, Chiba, or Ibaraki. With housing being the highest cost I'll have to pay, especially in the first month of renting, should I ditch the jdea of renting on my own and maybe find shared housing? And with that salary will I be able to move out on my own later?
Also, how should I plan my next move once I'm in Japan? I don't want to stay with Heart Corporation for too long.
1. If I want to study to get a teaching license there, would I have to change to a student visa? And how much would studying cost me? And can I work a part-time job while studying?
2. If I transition to an Eikaiwa, would that be a smart move? Or should I look for a different dispatch company for my main job and maybe do Eikaiwa on the side?
3. If I want to transition completely away from teaching, and I got N3 level Japanese, would I be able to work at Japanese companies? If not, and with my experience in customer service and project management, would I be able to find decent jobs as an English speaker there?
4. Finally, my first language is Arabic, is that a language in demand for work in any field there?
Thanks in advance.
by Kandoura