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  1. Scooker

    What is considered good salary in Japan

    Glad I never did fully accept a job with a “global” Japanese company then because based on what you’re posting, I should be a lot higher than the offered 5.5m with a MSc. and 9 years experience.
  2. Scooker

    Question regarding job search in IT in Japan

    There is a lot of truth to this statement.
  3. Scooker

    Relocating to Japan for work

    Corgi’s are great aren’t they?
  4. Scooker

    Relocating to Japan for work

    Thank you for this response and comments. The negotiation has long since closed though, but I did fight for things. Your fourth point is exactly what I would look forward to. To me, this is more about the adventure and growing personally than trying to make big $$$. I appreciate your comments...
  5. Scooker

    Relocating to Japan for work

    To get the promised relocation funds, the minimum is at least 3 months to stay. I am not sure about the recruiter though, perhaps the same length of time then.
  6. Scooker

    Relocating to Japan for work

    Correct on the visa. It is engineer and for five years. I’ve yet to live abroad before other than taking extended vacations for at least 3 weeks at a time in Japan. I’m more concerned about essentials, how to setup a bank account, finding a place, utilities, and so forth, items that foreigners...
  7. Scooker

    Relocating to Japan for work

    Through Skype interviews, it was confirmed that English was absolutely required and that there is no requirement for Japanese. That gives some inclination that there may be some truth to the ~50% foreigners. I want to try and be optimistic with that aspect at least.
  8. Scooker

    Relocating to Japan for work

    Thanks, much appreciated on your response. Have some serious thinking to do.
  9. Scooker

    Relocating to Japan for work

    I’ve been informed that it is a department compromised of mostly foreigners (~50%), but that bit of info came from the recruiter. An HR rep stated the department is very sought for by workers as well...again, that is biased.
  10. Scooker

    Relocating to Japan for work

    I’ve been very ignorant to headhunters because I have never used them before for any positions and just applied directly and relied on experience. I expect some integrity on behalf of the recruiter. Sounds sappy, but being able to write this all out on the forum and reading responses gives me...
  11. Scooker

    Relocating to Japan for work

    Good points. The reason I even considered the position is too relocate to Japan. I’ve visited Japan every year for the last 4 years, been to every region, stayed in all kinds of accommodations and am able to recognize enough kanji that I have never had a problem for typical activities (train...
  12. Scooker

    Relocating to Japan for work

    I appreciate the replies. I am an experienced technology engineer with close to 10 years experience and am wanting a change of job for a different experience, but am just starting to have some second thoughts recently after reading some concerning issues through the site Glassdoor. It appears...
  13. Scooker

    Relocating to Japan for work

    Longtime lurker and first time post. I’m relocating to Japan for work in a few weeks, and was just wondering if anybody has heard any experiences, or feedback on how Rakuten is for assisting new comers to Japan, especially when Japanese language level is even more basic than beginner?