[killyoself]

Originally Posted by kirakira

That is only true if and only if you can't speak Japanese, otherwise what you are saying completely does not make sense. (Why have universities at all in that case). PR? Recruitment Consultant in Japan that doesn't speak Japanese?

You are worthless if you can't communicate regardless of skill. English teaching is so popular because you only need English to do the job.

What is "only true if and only if you can't speak Japanese?" that you can find a job that you really want to do? Come on dude, it's so difficult for a foreign person to become an integral part of most Japanese corporations, even if they do speak fluent Japanese. You're still going to hit a glass ceiling. Same for women.

Incase you didn't know, a lot of PR staff are employed with no Japanese skill. Same for Recruiting consultants. The reason being that most of the big foreign recruiting consultant companies are recruiting English speaking Japanese staff to work for overseas companies. One of the easiest ways to get past the front desk is just to repeatedly ask for xxx-san in English, eventually the receptionist will put you through as the only piece of information they understand is the name your saying.

Originally Posted by kirakira

You are worthless if you can't communicate regardless of skill.

Except for English teacher, PR, Recruiting Consultant, model and bar staff.

Originally Posted by kirakira

unless all you want is a stint in Japan and don't care what you do, in which case, like you said, you don't need anything. Just pack and go and find either English teaching jobs or manual labour.

Thanks, my point exactly.