Hi guys,
I'm a Boston Career Forum (BCF) 2024 participant, I've been heavily involved with the Japanese new grad job market, and I'm at the point where nothing I did the past 6 months has lead to a job offer. I'm now seriously thinking about changing my strategy.
- For context: I just graduated from a top Canadian university as a bachelor of computer science. I'd done a semester abroad at Keio university back in 2023, and I've been continually involved with Japanese language-related extracurriculars (Japanese teaching, managing cultural exchange events).
- I got my N2 certification back in December of last year, and I'm aiming for N1 this summer. I speak and can read/write at a business-level. Other than that, I'm also native in English/French fwiw.
- No internship experience, but I do have some NLP projects under my belt.
Now the thing is, I can either 1. Continue on the same path I've been treading over, keep on applying to jobs in tech/consulting randomly (especially if they have an English selection process) while waiting for this year's BCF. Otoh, I was thinking of 2. Applying to a Masters program at a Japanese university and then continue job searching. However, the problem here would be that it's not only expensive, but also two more years of my life that I don't really wanna spend at school.
Q. Should I keep on going like this, or should I try to up my chances at landing an entry-level job by going to university over there? (And at that point, I'd also have to ask how difficult would it be getting accepted for a masters program)
by dxMa_