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“If you go to Australia on a working holiday you can make a lot of money. I’ve seen that pattern many times, but in reality there are some difficulties and differences.” Sekki, who is currently residing in Australia, went there in January this year on a working holiday visa. After attending a language school for four months, she is now posting about her life there on social media. “I started looking for work a month after I arrived in Australia, but in the end I couldn’t find one.” (Sekki, same below) The minimum wage in Australia is said to be about 2,300 yen in Japanese yen, but what awaited Sekki was a tough job search. I handed out my resume and applied to about 130 jobs, but only got to interview for three. He said he couldn’t find a job and his savings were dwindling. “I paid about 140,000 yen a month in rent, and also had living expenses. Instead of eating out casually, I cooked at home to keep food costs down. It was quite tough for the first 2-3 months until I found a job. I continued to look for work, and now I have three jobs.” You might think it would be better to find a job before going abroad, but according to Sekki, the reality is that unless you have a job that requires specialized skills, you basically have to find work locally. Even if you do get a job, you can easily get fired. “For example, if you break a plate at a restaurant, you can be fired on the same day, or you can be fired after four days because your English level is not high enough.”
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>>1 I’m happy that the minimum wage has gone up in Japan, but even part-time jobs like in Australia are becoming scarce… Employee wages are funded by corporate profits. What Japan needs isn’t a higher minimum wage, but an end to the deflation that is making it harder for companies to make profits.
>>1 I saw on Instagram that Japs are treated like cockroaches overseas. When they hold a soup kitchen for the homeless, Japanese people gather from somewhere and line up. It’s easy to tell because Japanese people obediently line up in order lol.
I went to Australia and made 10 million yen a year! I saw a lot of posts like that at one point. I guess he just took it at face value and went there with no plan, even though he had no skills or English skills.
In that sense, Japanese people who are weak at English are better off than Chinese and Koreans, who are increasingly going abroad. Although there is also the disadvantage that it doesn’t foster global talent.
I did a working holiday 10 years ago, did various part-time jobs, made money, had fun, and came back. My junior at work is still going there now, and the hourly wage has gone up, so it looks like he’s making a lot of money and having fun. People who can’t find a part-time job on a working holiday are either the kind of people who shouldn’t go abroad in the first place, or they’re too picky about the jobs they do.
You should bring at least enough money to live for a year without working. In Australia, it would be around 2-3 million. Money is the only thing you can rely on overseas.
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