ah my name is Makayla and my back hurts
so much from doing this yesterday anyway
so today I wanted to make a video about
jobs in Japan one of the questions I get
asked most frequently is will I find a
job in Japan I don't know I don't know I
don't know your situation I don't know
what kind of person you are are you
someone who is willing to work a job
that you don't like for the sake of
supporting yourself are you someone who
is driven and hardworking and you know
clean-cut and presentable
are you resourceful are you able to find
ways of making money on your own can you
speak Japanese do you have any other
skills that you can utilize is it
possible to find a job in Japan
absolutely yes there are plenty of job
opportunities for people regardless of
whether or not they speak Japanese can
you in particular find a job well
ultimately that depends on you when I
went to a Japanese language school we
had a rule that for the first three
months we were not allowed to work so
during those three months there was no
way for me to legally work in Japan but
there was something that I had always
done as a hobby I would go to specialist
hobby collectors shops and I would look
at things that were exclusive to Japan I
would look at video games the newest
Pokemon release or Kingdom Hearts final
mix or I would look at Blythe dolls and
pullup dolls I would look at figures and
the latest morning Musume or girlband
goods for the first three months of
Japanese language school I was
collecting collector Goods and selling
them over ebay I'm not saying this is
something you should do but I'm saying
that when you're creative and you're
resourceful
you can find ways to make money no
matter what the second job that I've had
that I've always kind of had on and off
is teaching English although most people
might disagree English teaching is the
entry-level job for Western people in
Japan the pay differs depending on
things like your experience your
presenta bility your likability your
qualifications
and obviously the company itself and
what their policies are teaching English
and a company is great but what's even
better is if you can manage to teach
privately I made a video a long time ago
about the class that I teach privately
the good thing about this is that it's
four times a month once a week and that
money comes to me directly
I also do small jobs like voice
narration for English tests let's go to
the park where are they going
a the pool be the library or see the
park once you've built up a reputation
and people know who you are it's easier
to get into these other jobs such as
voice narration or hosting events
emceeing or even modeling for a magazine
if you can speak conversational Japanese
then you should have no problem working
in places like mr. donuts and McDonald's
and I've seen tons of foreign people
working at these places the problem is
that the money is quite low bottom line
bottom line what I'm trying to say here
is can you find a job in Japan
absolutely I think that it is possible
it is possible for you to make money in
Japan will you that is up to you I know
it's scary moving to a completely
different culture where people might not
understand you at all but if you have
the balls to move to the other side of
the world then you are probably capable
of taking care of yourself and if
staying here is something that you want
bad enough you will make it work my back
still hurts so I'm probably just gonna
lie down and wait to die so that's it
talk to you soon talk to you soon bye