ゴーゴー転職活動！

A few weeks ago I finally broke down and signed up with a Recruit Agent. I’ve passed my CCNA certification and I had been signed up with Recruit’s regular job search site through yahoo.

I guess the Recruit Agent people go through the job candidates on Recruit Next once in a while too, because a guy contacted me saying that with my experience (next to none?), drive (got a little…), and career goals that I should sign up with him and have the Recruit Agents help me find a job.

So, I did… had a 3 hour interview with a guy, talked about what I’ve done in the past, what I want to do in the future, how I’m studying to try and get there… (whole interview in Japanese, but evidently I could have done it in English, so he says). He tells me my Japanese is more than good enough to work an IT job and that I should list myself as having 上級 (top level) Japanese on my resume, great…super. Good thing I decided to stop studying for the first level on the JLPT.

He also said that keigo won’t be a problem (something I was really worried about) and that if I can communicate as well as I did during the interview with him, that I would be A-OK during a job interview. He also said that my lack of real experience wouldn’t be a problem as many companies are looking to hire 第二卒 (second graduation?… like the point where you finally realize what job you’re meant to do and go change you career) people and they don’t expect those people to have any experience, just drive and a desire to learn. Plus, the fact that I’ve been proactive and have been studying to get some certifications on my own should impress.

Now I just have to pluck up the courage to actually apply and start leaving my ALT job behind… I really hate being an ALT… and I really want a new job. But, its scary!

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