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Originally Posted by BobbyCooper
Why is that? I thought they would welcome you with open hands after your last post?? What about 6 months instead?
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MMM pretty much answered this... But I`ll add so that I can sort of give more flesh to what I originally said.
Schools aren`t quite like fast food joints. They don`t want just ANYONE to work there for ANY period of time.
When choosing a teacher for a position, they will often happily choose the working-holiday visa holder over someone who requires a work visa when they are competing for the same position.
This is because of what I wrote earlier - the school doesn`t have to go through the pain of getting them a visa, they don`t have to be responsible for them, etc.... Not to mention that having the working holiday visa means that they are already in Japan and on site.
But note that I said
when competing for the same position.
A work visa is something that starts at a year. If a school needs someone for a year, 10 or 11 months on a working holiday visa is an alright compromise. The advantages outweigh the month or two earlier that they`d need to find a replacement. No school is going to consider hiring someone on a work visa for a year if they only need them for 3 months.
If they are looking for someone for that short of a period, a working holiday visa holder will NOT be competing with the pain of getting a work visa. They`ll be competing with other people who already have some valid means of being in Japan - in other words, everyone will be on the same footing in terms of company responsibility. In this scenario, the working holiday visa can actually be at a disadvantage. Long term residents (whether PR visa or spouse) may be available for a longer term if needed. Those who already have a work visa but who are looking for something short term for extra cash already have experience under their belts... If you take the "we don`t need to get them a visa, they`re already in Japan, and we won`t need to be responsible for them!" out of the equation - where is the advantage?
I know of several schools that do their best to only hire working holiday visa holders. But it is for long term positions. 9 to 12 months sort of thing. Finding ANY school in need of an "up to 3 months" teacher itself is going to be pretty close to impossible - working holiday visa or not isn`t going to make a bit of difference.