Howdy, I finally got my spouse visa — 4 months after filing for a status change. Left my last dayjob in Tokyo because they offered a pretty disrespectful wage for a 2nd year contract that required wearing a ton of hats, overtime, weekends / holidays / public scrutiny yada yada.
I’ve got a pretty rad side gig from that company’s chief competitor, and a passion project, but for the past month have been hitting the pavement and networking where possible.
My Japanese level is beginner. (Sometimes things make sense when I hear them, but I can’t speak much past the very basics). In November I’ll be enrolling in nightly language school.
So that’s my situation.
Question — has anyone had recent experiences with HelloWork, the one near Shin-Okubo station that has foreigner support?
They’ve been really kind and great at getting me some referrals and interviews, but typically the companies are not a match. On one recent interview which took around 4 hours out of my day, they asked me a few questions and then immediately started saying I should try working at Netflix, Amazon and ‘other American companies’ (I have tech, marketing, and editorial background)
I’m wondering if anyone has experiences they can share, positive or negative, with HelloWork?
Michael Page, Robert Walters etc. won’t talk to me because my Japanese level is lower than N3.
by ThomFain