Studying in Japan: Notes for New Japanese Immigrants

Foreign students who have just arrived in Japan to study are not familiar with the situation in Japan and their Japanese expression ability is not high. Therefore, when choosing a temporary job, you can't blindly pursue a relaxed and high-paying job, but you must first choose a job that you can do according to your own conditions, so that you can be hired more easily. This kind of work is mainly auxiliary work in the tertiary industry, that is, service industry, especially dishwashers and newspaper couriers in various restaurants and noodle shops. Japan introduced that in the job advertisements of Japanese newspapers and magazines, the dishwasher wrote? Wash the floor? , at any time, recruiting? Wash the floor? There is a lot of information.

In Japan, the working habits of dishwashers are mostly mastered by middle-aged and elderly women, but because their work content is relatively independent and simple, they need to use fewer languages and vocabulary. Therefore, it is more appropriate for foreign students who have just arrived in Japan to take up transitional jobs at first, and hotel owners are more willing to hire powerful students than middle-aged and elderly women. Therefore, even if their Japanese level is low, the success rate of applying for this job is higher.

The wages of dishwashers vary from place to place in Japan, but generally speaking, they are not too high. In Tokyo, they are about 800 ~ 950 yen per hour. As far as the job content is concerned, it is normal to be asked to help other staff to do some dishes washing, cutting, delivering and setting during the peak business hours of the hotel, and the boss will not increase his salary for this.

The job of a newspaper delivery man, writing job advertisements? Press release? . Japanese newspapers are published in the morning and evening, so the work of the newspaper delivery staff can be divided into two types: morning delivery and evening delivery. Generally, the delivery time of early periodicals is 5:00-6:00 in the morning, and that of late periodicals is 16- 17. Whether delivering newspapers in early or late issues, it is required that the newspaper delivery personnel must go to the newspaper office to collect newspapers in advance, and accurately deliver newspapers to every family subscribing to newspapers in the local area within the specified time. Because the newspaper delivery involves a wide range, even a slight mistake will cause complaints, so the newspaper delivery personnel have a strong sense of responsibility and must be rain or shine, accurate and timely. Generally speaking, the average remuneration of newspaper delivery staff is 1000 per hour? 1200 yen, also paid monthly, about 45,000 yen in January? About 50000 yen. The newspaper provides bicycles or mopeds for each newspaper delivery man.

In addition, porters of moving companies, handymen of vegetable and fruit wholesale markets and cleaners of cleaning companies, including handymen of road construction, are also jobs that foreign students who have just arrived in Japan can choose. But this kind of work is generally labor-intensive and the salary is not too high, so try to avoid it if possible.

With the understanding and familiarity of Japanese society and the continuous improvement of Japanese language ability, the range of temporary workers available for international students is increasing, including salespersons in department stores, supermarkets and convenience stores, waiters and takeout staff in restaurants and restaurants, and assemblers in some factories. Foreign students can choose to apply. This kind of work, relatively speaking, is not labor-intensive, and the labor remuneration is higher.