Name: 如何移居日本並在日本工作！ (How to Move to & Work in Japan!)
Uploaded: 2025-06-18T10:38:56.000Z
Duration: 27 min 16 s

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There are so many people wanting to move to Japan at the moment and get a job so we've all done it somehow as non-Japanese people I thought we could discuss and share our stories with you guys So let's dive right in into how to get a job and move to Japan Da-da-da-dum!

現在有很多人都想去日本找工作，作為非日本人，我們都做過這樣的事情，我想我們可以討論一下，並與你們分享我們的故事。所以，讓我們直接進入如何找到工作並移居日本吧，噠噠噠！

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First of all, we all come from different backgrounds, different places Let's give a bit of a background about who we are and why we're here Take it away, Shar Oh shit, me first?

首先，我們來自不同的背景，不同的地方，讓我們介紹一下我們的背景，以及我們為什麼在這裡 拿開，Shar 哦，該死，我先？

You're not in the videos, mate Yeah, I'm never really in the videos I'm in it every now and then Why?

你不在視頻裡，夥計 是的，我從不在視頻裡 我偶爾會在視頻裡，為什麼？

I'm behind the camera usually I do the camera work, some of the production, I manage the edits I work with other companies, other YouTubers in Japan as well I'm actually originally from London Many, many years ago I used to work in finance actually but got into content, photography, video work and whatnot and now I'm at TC doing video production full-time and I work with Sarah very closely Yes, we talk like almost every day Yeah, not always about video production No, but a lot of it Sometimes that's why we have some gaps in the video sometimes We try to have a certain quality of video come out So yeah, Shar from London and then I'm from Brisbane, Australia but my parents are British Sometimes people get confused with my accent because it's not super Aussie I don't know, but yeah, parents are from England I was brought up in Australia Yeah, and I'm also from Australia but Sydney and my parents, one German parent, one Australian parent We all kind of have different stories but why did we want to move and work in Japan?

我是幕後工作者，通常負責攝像、部分製作和剪輯，我還與其他公司、日本的其他 YouTubers 合作。我來自倫敦，很多年前我曾從事金融工作，但後來轉行做內容、攝影、視頻工作什麼的、是的，Shar 來自倫敦，我來自澳洲布里斯班，但我的父母是英國人，有時人們會對我的口音感到困惑，因為我的口音不是很像澳大利亞人，我也不知道，但我的父母來自英國，我是在澳洲長大的，我也來自澳洲雪梨，我的父母一個是德國人，一個是澳大利亞人，我們都有不同的故事，但我們為什麼想搬到日本工作呢？

Let's start with that Am I going first again?

讓我們從這個開始吧，我又要先來嗎？

I can go first Okay, so for me personally, I thought Japan was always an exciting place and I loved the culture from a young age and I thought, I want to live abroad and I want to do it in Japan and just experience it and I didn't really think far ahead I was like, I'm just going to do it and then I'll work it out once I get there and luckily we come from countries that have the working holiday visa so I just applied for it when I graduated from uni I think we all went to uni I took my time with uni 23, 24, and then I just moved here and it's been six years That's why I moved, I just had this passion Yeah, I feel like I'm similar where I was like, I'm just going to figure it out Yeah, yeah But yeah, I went to university and after I graduated pretty much immediately after a few months, I moved to Japan because I knew I wanted to be here Growing up, my dad showed me a lot of anime and Ghibli movies and I got interested in Japanese and also I studied Japanese from primary school, like 2006 Yeah, I always had an interest and then I came here on holiday one time and I just realised, I was like, yeah, OK, I'm going to try to make it work and then, yeah, I moved here again on the working holiday visa So no plan, working holiday No plan, working holiday What's you?

我可以先走 好吧，就我個人而言，我覺得日本一直是個令人興奮的地方，我從小就喜歡那裡的文化，我想，我想在國外生活，我想在日本生活，體驗一下那裡的生活、幸運的是，我們來自有打工度假簽證的國家 所以我在大學畢業的時候就申請了 我想我們都上過大學 我在大學度過了23、24歲的時光 然後我搬到了這裡，已經六年了 這就是我搬家的原因，我就是有這種激情是的，是的，但我上了大學，畢業後 過了幾個月，我就搬到日本來了 因為我知道我想在這裡生活然後，我就意識到，是的，好的，我要試著把它做好，然後，是的，我又拿著打工度假簽證搬

I'm the third with that, no plan, working holiday Yeah, we'd all worked out Yeah, I think it is, you go full force into it of the no plan, working holiday and you're like, OK, I'm going to work it out I feel like if I came with a plan, it wouldn't have gone as well as it did Yeah, that's a good point Right, that's the other side of it I feel like I would have fallen back on things rather than trying to make things work that I wanted to work, if that makes sense Yeah Yeah, my background was in finance I used to work in finance back in London After I quit, I quit after five years of it I want to do stuff that I actually want to do and live my life how I want to and came to Japan on holiday that year and I was like, OK, Tokyo is the next challenge What year was this?

我是第三個這樣的人，沒有計劃，工作假期 是啊，我們都想好了 是啊，我覺得是這樣的，你全力以赴，沒有計劃，工作假期，你就會想，好吧，我要去解決它 我覺得如果我帶著計劃來，就不會像現在這樣順利了 是啊，這是很好的一點 對，這是它的另一面 我覺得我會倒退的事情，而不是試圖讓我想工作的事情工作、我想做自己真正想做的事，過自己想過的生活，那年我去日本度假，我想，東京是下一個挑戰，那是哪一年？

I visited 2017 It was a one month trip and in that month, I was like, yeah, I'm going to do Tokyo and then I moved here in 2019 So now it's what, in my sixth year in Japan now?

我在 2017 年去過東京，那是一次為期一個月的旅行，在那一個月裡，我就想，是的，我要去東京，然後我在 2019 年搬到了這裡，所以現在已經是我在日本的第六個年頭了吧？

And yeah, I was working holiday visa Being British, I can do that There was no plan, no job, no apartment, nothing lined up and it was, I remember that first month was the most stressed I've ever been in my life Did you speak Japanese?

我沒有計劃，沒有工作，沒有公寓，什麼都沒有安排好，我記得第一個月是我這輩子壓力最大的一個月。 你會說日語嗎？

No, zero, nothing It was, I studied, I studied I studied a bit back in London After I decided that I'm going to move to Japan Did you do hiragana?

在我決定搬到日本之後，我在倫敦學過一點東西。 你會寫平假名嗎？

Yeah, so I learnt hiragana katakan and stuff like that I got to N5, basically, before I moved Very basic Very, very basic But I felt like it gave me the right foundation to then be able to absorb Japanese that I would hear If you're going from zero and then trying to learn Japanese by listening It doesn't have anywhere to go No, it has no context It has no context So I think it provided a good foundation after, like, from moving to actually keep learning while I'm from Japanese, like here at the convenience store or wherever it might be So what I get from this is all three of us moved with a trip prior to moving So we'd visited Japan and we all knew So we have that in common Yeah I'm interested on all of like because you worked in finance and like what all of our degrees are and how far they extend into where we are now and like what experience we needed to get here, right?

是的，所以我學了平假名、片假名之類的東西 在搬家之前，我基本上學到了N5 非常基礎，非常非常基礎 但我覺得這給我打下了很好的基礎 能夠吸收我所聽到的日語從搬家開始，我在便利店或其他地方學日語的時候 也能繼續學習日語 所以我從中得到的啟發是 我們三個人搬家之前都去了日本 所以我們都去過日本，我們都知道 所以我們有共同點

So for me, when I moved here from a very young age, I wanted to be an actor That was like my dream through high school and through extracurricular courses and then in university, I studied to be an actor But when I finished university all my friends went off to some of them different countries to further their studies or different areas of Australia So I didn't have that Like I didn't have an apartment I didn't have many belongings because I'd gone to a different town to go to university So I didn't really have like a base anymore And so that was like a perfect time for me to, yeah But I was like, I'm going to make it work in Japan and I'm going to be an actor in Japan That was the plan Like go on Japanese dramas and TV shows Wow I'd contacted a bunch of actors who I'd seen like through YouTube videos about like Saigen dramas and stuff I'd found them on LinkedIn being like, what's your journey?

所以對我來說，當我搬到這裡的時候 從很小的時候起，我就想成為一名演員 這就像我的夢想一樣，通過高中和課外課程 然後在大學裡，我學習成為一名演員 但是當我大學畢業的時候 我所有的朋友都去了他們不同的國家 繼續他們的學業 或者澳洲的不同地區但我當時想，我要在日本發展 我要在日本做一名演員 這就是我的計劃，比如去拍日劇和電視劇 哇，我聯繫了一些演員 他們都是我在YouTube上看到的 關於西元劇之類的視頻 我是在LinkedIn上找到他們的 比如，你的旅程是什麼？

None of them replied to me But yeah, and I watched a lot of J-vloggers as well and I was like, they're all so cool So I was like, I'm going to vlog while I'm there on my pursuit to being an actor Oh, that's so cool, I didn't know that Yeah, so I joined a bunch of agencies and I did like commercials and a bunch of things did motion capture for a video game and stuff And during that time, it was like, you know, just trying to get money So I was English teaching Grinding Yeah, I was grinding YouTube and everything And then I was just very lucky that YouTube took off But I also realized with acting, with my Japanese ability and also the kind of roles that were available in Australia I trained like really deeply and like, you know, a lot of character work and suddenly going from that to like, wow, I'm a tourist in Japan Oh, yippee I was like Isn't like the Saigen drama really over the top?

他們都沒有回覆我，但我也看了很多 J-vlogger 的視頻，我覺得他們都很酷，所以我就想，我在那裡當演員的時候，我也要寫視頻 哦，太酷了，我都不知道是這樣 是的，所以我加入了很多經紀公司，我拍了廣告，做了很多事情，為一個視頻遊戲做了動作捕捉之類的、然後我很幸運，YouTube起飛了 但我也意識到，憑藉我的日語能力和澳洲的角色 我接受了非常深入的訓練，比如，你知道的，很多角色的工作 突然間，我從那個角色變成了，哇，我在日本是個遊客 哦，耶，我當時想，世元的電視劇不是很誇張嗎？

Yeah Yeah, so we have to explain what a Saigen drama is It's like a historical reenactment or a reenactment of like a thing The payment that the models get for that is so low I watched so many things about Saigen dramas because a lot of them, they can say whatever they want as well because they get dubbed over or like subtitled So there was this World War II one where like there was a foreigner hired to be like an artillery guy like had a machine gun and he was just yelling, washing machine, washing machine because they just, they cut out his audio Like they just dub it over So yeah Please tell me you have some footage of someone somewhere Like I know everyone, we all want to see this, right?

是啊是啊，所以我們得解釋一下什麼是 "西元劇" 就像是歷史重演或者是某件事情的重演 模特們為此得到的報酬很低 我看了很多關於 "西元劇 "的東西 因為很多 "西元劇他們想說什麼就說什麼，因為他們會配音或加字幕 有一部二戰劇，有個外國人被僱來當炮兵，拿著機槍，嘴裡喊著 "洗衣機"、"洗衣機"，因為他們把他的聲音剪掉了，就像他們配音一樣。

No, no, honestly, I didn't really do much Saigen dramas It was mainly commercials But like I looked into a lot of stuff before I came here I researched as much as I could before I came here so that I was ready for it So I have like my old commercials and everything There was some cool stuff The auditions you have to do for modelling and acting It's just like over and over You pay for your own transport and it's just very time-consuming Not good for mental health You see all these beautiful people come in the room Yeah, I did it once I was like, I don't belong here The one time, I told this story before maybe But I got told I'm auditioning to be Cinderella And so I got there and everyone there was beautiful I was like, okay, I'm not bad But like these people were like Russian colors Do you realize how average you are when you go to these auditions?

不，老實說，我沒怎麼拍過西元劇，主要是廣告 但我在來這裡之前研究了很多東西 我在來這裡之前研究了很多東西，這樣我就準備好了 所以我有我以前的廣告和所有的東西 有一些很酷的東西 你必須參加模特和表演的試鏡，就像一遍又一遍 你要自己付交通費，非常耗時 對心理健康不好有一次，我說過這個故事 但有人告訴我，我要去試鏡灰姑娘 我到了那裡，每個人都很漂亮 我想，好吧，我還不錯 但這些人就像俄羅斯人 你去試鏡的時候意識到自己有多普通了嗎？

You're like, uh But I got in there and I was like, hi, I'm Emma I'm supposed to be auditioning for Cinderella And they're like, oh no, sorry, you're here for The Ugly Stepsister And I was like, woo!

但我一進去就說，嗨，我是艾瑪，我應該來參加灰姑娘的試鏡 他們就說，哦不，對不起，你是來參加醜陋的繼姐妹的試鏡的 我就說，哇！

But the audition was actually, as I found out there, for a laxative commercial And Cinderella was the one who had to be like, oh!

但我發現這次試鏡 其實是為了一個瀉藥廣告 而灰姑娘是那個必須像這樣的人

And I just had to say some stuff about something else So it was okay So yeah, the self-esteem, also being a model here, just yeah Also, you know, showing up to fittings I showed up at like 8am I was the first one there They were like a board of directors And they're like, try on the shoe And I was like, it doesn't fit And they're like, you can go I was like, you have my foot measurements Why would you bring me here?

我不得不說一些其他的事情，所以還行 所以，是的，自尊心，還有在這裡當模特，就是這樣 還有，你知道，去試鞋 我早上 8 點就去了，我是第一個去的 他們就像董事會一樣 他們說，試一下鞋 我說，不合腳 他們說，你可以走了 我說，你們有我的腳的尺寸 你們為什麼帶我來這裡？

I had to pay to get here at 8am Many, many, many experiences Eventually, making my own content and doing my own thing Ended up being much more rewarding Being able to have commercials and jobs I've done It feels good to be like, yeah, I did that The thing is though, to be a model or be in an agency Do you require any experience or qualifications?

最終，我製作自己的內容，做自己的事情，結果更有成就感，因為我可以拍廣告，可以做工作，感覺很好，就像，是的，我做到了。

So for those, I don't know what it's like now But for Japan, you didn't really need that kind of stuff You go to the agency, they take your photos And they're like, alright, if anything comes in, we'll let you know And then you start building your portfolio And then you can get better and better jobs The starting point is relatively open Like, you can just give it a go Easy entry I'm very grateful for those experiences And I'm glad that I got to try it out But life went very differently to what I expected My acting career in Japan to be Imagine if you didn't take the turn towards YouTube It would have been down, you know, laxative ads and all I literally would still be laxative Cinderella How about we talk about you next?

所以對於那些人來說，我不知道現在是什麼樣子 但在日本，你真的不需要那些東西 你去經紀公司，他們給你拍照 他們會說，好吧，如果有什麼進展，我們會通知你 然後你開始建立你的作品集 然後你就可以得到越來越好的工作我很感激這些經歷，也很高興能嘗試一下 但我在日本的演藝生涯與我的預期大相徑庭 想象一下，如果你沒有轉戰YouTube 我現在可能還是個 "瀉藥灰姑娘

Yeah Because mine's similar-ish What was your degree in?

是的，因為我的也差不多 你的學位是什麼？

Accounting and finance I was a numbers guy Like, it's just- You have a numbers brain Like, you're always like switched on I've always been analytical And like, even in my creative work I'm always thinking in that way What's most efficient way and what might be what not there I think because of that, I kind of saw it as It would be silly to not take advantage of this side of me Back when I was like 18, like 17, 18 Trying to work out Apparently that was the biggest decision of my life I had to make it when I was like 16, 17, whatever What I'm going to do for the rest of my life Yeah, the uni degree But I decided to do accounting and finance I did my degree in two years rather than three or four So I graduated when I was 20 You even honours or something?

會計和金融 我是個喜歡數字的人 就像，你有個數字腦袋 就像，你總是喜歡開動腦筋 我總是喜歡分析，就像，甚至在我的創意工作中 我總是用那種方式思考 什麼是最有效的方式，什麼可能是什麼不在那裡 我想，正因為如此，我有點把它看作是那是我一生中最重要的決定 我必須在16、17歲的時候做出決定 我下半生要做什麼 是啊，大學學位 但我決定讀會計和金融 我用兩年時間讀完學位 而不是三年或四年 所以我20歲就畢業了 你是優等生還是什麼？

Yeah, so summer holidays were cut short And you would do an extra semester there You're one of those people It wasn't like that I wanted to get out of education as fast as I could Basically, that was my- And earn money in the real world, yeah It's not- It wasn't even about earning money It was- I wanted to be doing stuff I just didn't want to be stuck in a system That I really wasn't enjoying anymore I was a high achiever in like high school And secondary school, whatever that is And other sides of the world Up until the age of 16 I was like one of those I didn't have to try too hard And I was high achieving I had good friends and all that shit, whatever I'm jealous But then it's like going into high school 16 to 18 and 18 I wasn't enjoying it anymore Like it wasn't fun Probably too easy for you It wasn't even that It was- I just wasn't having fun And I wanted out My question is So you did finance And you did it in London And then you moved to Japan Why didn't you do it?

是的，所以暑假被縮短了 你會在那裡多讀一個學期 你是那種人 我不是那種人 我想盡快擺脫教育 基本上，那是我的 --直到16歲，我都是那種不用太努力的人 我成績很好，有好朋友，什麼都好我很嫉妒 但後來我上了高中 16歲到18歲 18歲後我就不喜歡這樣了 覺得不好玩 可能對你來說太容易了 甚至不是那樣的 我只是覺得不好玩 我想離開 我的問題是 你做金融 在倫敦做 然後你搬到了日本 為什麼你不做呢？

Because there's a lot of people I hear That want to do accounting and finance in Japan Yeah Why not?

因為我聽說有很多人想在日本從事會計和金融工作。

I didn't want to be doing finance anymore I don't regret my finance career at all Like it taught me a lot That I still use every day now On like how to talk to different people From different backgrounds And different levels in the hierarchy And structure and whatnot And how to kind of change How I talk accordingly and whatnot But I wasn't satisfied So I wasn't finding any satisfaction in my work Essentially I think from when I was a kid I always enjoyed making stuff I would often break my toys to get the parts out To see what I could make with the parts essentially Like an engineer almost Yeah And then like my parents and grandparents Everyone would see this So they would start buying me sets of things Where I could make things Like Meccano and things like that So I'd always had a niche to make stuff And I picked up a camera when I was like 20 or so I started doing freelancing and whatnot It was only like after five years of finance Like nah I want to be actually making stuff And want to be doing that with my camera And I kind of made the decision After a run of like health scares and issues and whatnot I was like okay I should put more effort into doing things I want to do Instead of doing things just for the sake of it Like because it earns me money I should do it kind of thing or whatever Like I was good at accounting and numbers or whatever But I didn't enjoy it So I kind of made the decision I'm only going to do stuff that I actually really enjoy Or want to do And moving to Japan I went through the whole teaching English and whatnot But I loved it I actually really enjoyed it So I didn't see it as a step back those first two years Because I was like okay I'm still doing something I want to do Which is a positive And the other thing is I feel like I'm moving in a direction that makes me happy as well So a lot of people kind of look at that You know teaching English experience in Japan Obviously everyone's experience is different And some of it look at it as a step back For me I'd taken a huge pay cut to do that As well as you know starting from zero And it's scary and all those things But I did not see it as a step back I felt like I was moving in the right direction And I was happier So I was like wherever this is going I'm doing the right thing Did you have experience editing at that point?

我不想再做金融了 我一點也不後悔我的金融生涯 它教會了我很多東西，我現在每天都在用 如何與不同背景、不同層次的人交談 如何改變我說話的方式等等然後，我的父母和祖父母都會發現這一點 所以他們開始給我買成套的東西 我可以在那裡做東西，比如Meccano之類的東西 所以我一直有做東西的愛好 20歲左右的時候，我拿起了相機 我開始做自由職業什麼的做我想做的事，而不是為了做而做，比如因為能賺錢，我就應該去做之類的事，比如我擅長會計和數字之類的，但我並不喜歡，所以我做了一個決定，我只做我真正喜歡或想做的事。搬到日本後

Not much video Photography I'd been doing it since I was like 18 Like 19, 20 or so like that It was only I think just before coming to Japan Maybe like I'd had a year A year or two Maybe two years of video editing experience by that time But again it was like kind of basic stuff Basic in the sense like I'd been doing stuff But it was more like Self-trained as well?

我從 18 歲就開始做攝影了，大概 19、20 歲吧。

Self-taught and it was less on job Because I was getting more photography work rather than video It was only after moving to Japan That I was getting more video work I decided to focus on that So for me I also moved here on a working holiday And for university I did three majors I did econ, international business and Japanese Because I also wanted to go into the more business direction Did I like it?

我是自學成才的，在工作中接觸的比較少，因為我接觸的更多的是攝影工作，而不是視頻工作，直到搬到日本後，我接觸了更多的視頻工作，我才決定專注於視頻工作。

Not necessarily It was a really hard degree for me It wasn't my natural ability But I knew I had to do something Where I could get a career and figure something out So I did that and I moved to Japan I just wanted to work in a cafe I was like I don't want to do any serious work I don't want to be in a bank That sounds depressing So I just started working casually at cafes in Kyoto Because I was going to be there for six months And then a year in Tokyo And I wanted to work in Tokyo after my cafe stint As like a model and do what Emma did Because you don't need any qualifications You just gotta Laxative ad Yeah laxatives But for me like I got signed to an agency And then the pandemic hit And then all the work just dried up And I was like hmm that's not good So then I was like okay Time to go back to the marketing thing I just went on LinkedIn I applied for so many jobs But no one was hiring because there was no money And then Tokyo Creative was hiring And I was like please take me I need this because I literally had no money left I was running out of money And I was looking at like plane tickets I was like I need to leave if I don't get a job by this date And it was like a month before I had to leave Yeah so it was very last minute But I was like okay marketing saved my butt So I had a bit of previous experience in Australia Which is what got me through And I did an internship as well as like a part-time job in Australia So without that I don't think I would have had the mindset As well as like the qualifications skills and experience So while you're at uni If you're still a uni student Do an internship is my biggest advice Because you don't know where it'll lead you And you can build connections and skills So I just got to stay here because of that Like I would have left It would have been bad Yeah so we all kind of stumbled into where we are I kind of want to talk about the job search process Because there's so many different ways you can find jobs You know through word of mouth Through you know introduction Or searching on LinkedIn Walking to an office So how did we all end up in our positions Like for me I just said I applied online But how did you guys get to the place you are now?

對我來說，那是個很難的學位，不是我的天賦 但我知道我必須做點什麼 在那裡我可以找到一份職業，想點辦法 所以我去了日本，我只想在咖啡館工作 我不想做任何嚴肅的工作，我不想在銀行工作 聽起來很壓抑，所以我就開始在京都的咖啡館隨便工作因為我要在京都待六個月 然後在東京待一年 我想在咖啡館工作後 在東京做模特，像艾瑪那樣 因為你不需要任何資歷 你只需要瀉藥廣告 對，瀉藥 但對我來說，我簽了經紀公司 然後大流行病來了我就想，好吧，是時候回去做營銷了 我就在LinkedIn上申請了很多工作 但沒人僱我，因為沒錢 然後

Especially with no technically You didn't plan to be there Yeah yeah and like you know a degree in acting It's like a very random I mean it relates to YouTube And being on camera but it's still not 100% I think I had the skills that I needed And I had the like Right timing maybe Yeah so with YouTube YouTube started picking up And then I started getting offered sponsored jobs Through various companies And so I started doing like travel jobs And going to different prefectures And promoting stuff and trying things out And I did it with this one particular company A bunch of times So I got to know the person that worked at that company So building a relationship basically Yeah yeah like I started building relationships With heaps of different people Through the jobs that I was getting And keeping in contact You know that kind of thing And then I did yeah one particular job At that point my visa had run out And I started going to language school So I went to language school for six months And that whole time I was like Trying to figure out what I was going to do for work Because you can still work on the language school visa right?

特別是在沒有技術的情況下，你並沒有計劃要去那裡 是啊，你知道表演學位就像一個非常隨機的東西，我的意思是它與YouTube和上鏡有關，但它仍然不是100％，我想我有我需要的技能，我有像正確的時機，也許是的，所以YouTube開始回升，然後我開始得到贊助的工作，通過不同的公司，所以我開始做像旅行工作，去不同的縣，推廣的東西，並嘗試的東西，我做了一個特定的公司，一個特定的公司。所以我認識了在那家公司工作的人，基本上建立了關係 是啊，我開始通過我得到的工作與很多不同的人建立關係，並保持聯繫，你知道那種事情，然後我

For a certain number of hours Well I was I was doing YouTube work still with that But I was like how can I get a work visa?

但我想，我怎麼才能拿到工作簽證呢？

And so luckily I did a job with that same company And that person was like Hey uh by the way I'm starting a company Would you like to be a part of it?

幸運的是，我在同一家公司找到了一份工作，那個人說，嘿，對了，我正在開一家公司，你願意加入嗎？

Yeah it was So Get Creative yeah And so I just happened to have made The right kind of connections And know the right kind of people And be able to do the kind of work Also I did an internship before I moved to Japan as well And worked at a company that did They had a website that was kind of like a small YouTube I guess So they had like news shows and comedy shows And like lots of topics and stuff So I learned about cameras, reading off prompts Oh that would have been helpful Yeah editing like presenting So yeah with all of that training And I did a lot of improv training as well It just kind of worked in the right way yeah So although it was very lucky that it all worked out I also had the skills to back up that luck when it did happen So then yeah and then I joined Tokyo Creative And then we kind of figured it out as we went too I do feel like a lot of job opportunities are not only timing But you also just need to have like the skills and be ready Because that's like when an opportunity is there You need to just grab it Because it might not come back for like a long time It's very easy to say no As in it's very easy to mess up that opportunity when it comes And be like you know you get scared away And shy away from it or something Well that kind of reminds me of when I applied for my job at TC There was one other job I was going for actually And I haven't talked about it Because it was at the Australian embassy in Tokyo Oh and I was like It looked really good It was an Australian salary I believe It was really good conditions Which means a lot better than Japan But I was like do I do the fun job at Tokyo Creative Or do I do the business serious one And I remember talking to my parents And both had a different opinion And I was like my gut feeling is go with Tokyo Creative And I have never regretted it And I think you just have to do what makes you happy It doesn't matter if you're making your parent happy Your friend happy Like I would have been so devastated if I didn't pick this route So if you guys have that kind of thing Just go with your gut feeling I had no idea about that I mean I didn't know if I got the job But I just didn't even send the application And I was like no I'm just going 100% with the TC So yeah Yeah how about you?

是啊，所以要有創造力 是啊，所以我碰巧結識了合適的人脈，認識了合適的人，能夠做這樣的工作 我在去日本之前也做過實習，在一家公司工作，他們有一個網站，有點像小型的 YouTube，我猜，所以他們有新聞節目和喜劇節目，還有很多主題之類的東西，所以我學會了攝像、所以，我學會了攝像、讀提示語，這對我很有幫助 是啊，剪輯和主持也很有幫助 是啊，有了這些培訓，我還參加了很多即興表演的培訓，一切都順理成章 是啊，所以，雖然一切順利是非常幸運的，但我也具備了在幸運降臨時給予支持的技能 所以，後來是啊，後來我加入了東京創意

Like how did you I think I'm similar to Emma in the sense of It's like right time right place But having set up the pieces for that to happen And then when the opportunity came to be like yes Like jumping on it I left teaching English like a few years ago already I was working at a different company Doing marketing and whatnot Content or whatever I was working with other YouTubers and whatnot On a freelance basis as well The year before I joined Tokyo Creative I was just burnt out after working for like 10 years At a company right?

我想我和艾瑪的情況差不多，都是天時地利人和，但我已經做好了一切準備，然後當機會來臨時，我就想是的，就跳了上去。

Yeah I was at a company before and then I quit them I was like okay I need to take some time off To just cook and watch anime And just do nothing and sleep and things like that When it came to I'm ready to get back to work after this break That's when the TC situation came up TC was looking for someone I was told hey send an email to Shodi So I did and I think like a month later It was just like hey do you want to join?

是的，我之前在一家公司工作，後來辭職了，我當時想，好吧，我需要休息一段時間，做做飯，看看卡通片，什麼都不做，就睡覺，諸如此類。

I remember you did like a trial run like with us No no no I'd already been You already signed on?

我記得你和我們一起試運行過 不不不，我已經試運行過了 你已經簽約了？

Oh I thought you were just So that was just a freelance gig before starting full time I'd already been given the start date by that time already Similar to Emma right place right time But I'd put in the work for that to happen essentially Tokyo you need to be talking to people Making friends and people are kind That's the thing people are kinder than you think And they put you in the right places Did you guys have any challenges when you were job hunting?

哦，我還以為你只是個自由職業者呢 那是在開始全職工作之前，我已經得到了開始工作的日期 那時已經到了艾瑪那樣的正確的地點，正確的時間 但我已經為實現這個目標付出了努力 東京，你需要與人交談，結交朋友，人們是善良的 人們比你想象的要善良，他們會把你放在正確的地方 你們在找工作的時候遇到過什麼困難嗎？

Like I know it all kind of just worked out I mean for ages I was looking at working at Gabba Of English teaching Yeah because there are not many job opportunities Especially back then that were like Tokyo creative I didn't know of any job opportunities I was looking at any possible jobs that would work for me That would give me a visa as well And a lot of time yeah it was English teaching And trying to figure out how to do YouTube jobs and English teaching But English teaching you have to have a pretty fixed schedule So being able to do like sponsored jobs Like hey we're gonna need you for a few days this week You can't do it So I'm like do I say goodbye to my YouTube career?

就像我知道的那樣，一切都順理成章 我是說，我一直想在加巴工作，教英語 是啊，因為工作機會並不多 尤其是在東京，我不知道有什麼工作機會 我一直在尋找適合我的工作，能給我簽證的工作很多時候，我都在做英語教學的工作，想辦法在YouTube和英語教學兩頭兼顧，但英語教學的工作時間很固定，所以我不能做贊助商贊助的工作，比如我們這周需要你做幾天，你做不了，所以我就想，要不要和我的YouTube生涯說再見？

I'm still so grateful that the Tokyo creative job opportunity came along Because it allowed me to do so much Whereas yeah it was just looking through the options and going oh god Like that was the challenge of just trying to figure it out And then luckily TC came along Challenges it's at the beginning it's just gonna be really difficult When you don't know anyone When you don't know the language And yeah it's a starting from zero that it sucks at the beginning But then it just depends on how you look at that challenge If you're gonna try and make something of it And I learned Japanese and I tried to make friends Like I think I feel like my personality has changed over the years Compared to where I was in London That change has led me to the opportunities that I found myself in The challenges I was facing before I was able to tackle them The major challenge the biggest one is just the starting from zero But I think that's the best way to look at it is It can only go up from there Like you can't get worse And most people are in the same boat Especially if you're a foreigner Like maybe you'll have like some people who have connections But it's more most people are starting from zero Yeah and yeah it's just like I said people are kind They're kinder than you think I feel like being here it's asking for help really helps Just like you said like everyone's in the same boat People are more open to helping each other because of that They know you can sympathize with each other Compared to what it was like for me in London, Advil Which is a bit more It's cutthroat back there I cut yeah cutthroat there is that And it's just like people are busy People don't maybe empathize as much Because they haven't tried to do the same thing Whereas maybe here people empathize a bit more so I think we're referring to the foreign community here Because we've all come here and left our homes There's a lot of like online Facebook groups Where you can like network and events One of the best resources you can do and use is like the internet Like search for positions but use LinkedIn Use job forums But also these days if you're interested in social media Because this is obviously what we specialize in I would recommend looking up companies in Tokyo Because I've seen so many that are popping up doing content So if you have any background in just like filming on your phone And making daily life stuff That's going to be your resume for content creation Because we're not hiring someone And I'm just speaking on behalf of like Me as an individual business person As well as a company perspective I need to see your experience And you don't need to have 10,000 views We just need to see You know what you're doing Yeah and I think these days If you want to be making content like reels and shorts Consistently doing it is going to be a lot It's a resume in itself And I think I've seen other companies hiring people Just based off their Instagram profiles If you haven't done anything get started now Just film cooking videos or like I don't know You don't even have to show your face I think make the thing that you want to be working in If it's YouTube make YouTube videos If it's Instagram socials Work on those things Because as soon as I think Because I'm always looking for video editors And I'm like looking for YouTube video editors But someone sent me an Instagram reel Like yeah that's not gonna work It's not the right thing When I got the job at TC I had a huge amount of stuff to show That I could do the work And like you know for YouTube and everything It's like my video that went viral Before that point I had lots of content Where people could watch So it's not like people stuck around You know it's like having that backlog of stuff to show Oh look I can actually do this It's like super important It's a resume in a new modern sense Yeah also like I don't know I looked for editors a little while ago And the amount of people that were like Hey I can edit but I need you to send me stuff to edit So I can show you that I can do it I'm like that's not how it works You need to show me that you already know And you have examples on how to do stuff So just having a backlog of like This is what I want to do And here's me doing it is really important And then I kind of want to talk about Did you guys have interviews?

我仍然非常感謝東京的創意工作機會，因為它讓我可以做很多事情。 是啊，我只是在尋找各種選擇，然後去哦，上帝，這就是挑戰，只是想弄清楚它，然後幸運的是TC出現了。是的，從零開始，一開始很糟糕，但這取決於你如何看待這個挑戰，你是否要努力去克服它，我學了日語，我試著交朋友，我覺得這些年來我的性格和我在倫敦時相比發生了變化。我所面臨的挑戰 我能夠解決這些挑戰 最大的挑戰就是從零開始 但我認為最好的辦法就是 從零開始，只能往上走，不會更糟大多數人都是從零開始 是啊，就像我說的，人們都很善良 他們比你想象的要善良 我覺

I mean yours is a very unique job I don't think I had an interview I definitely had an interview I had interviews at TC But like it was after deciding I'm only doing things I want to do I'm being myself Like I'm not compromising on those things It became so much easier That's the thing like I didn't feel like I had to impress anyone anymore So that was more a personal thing That I was like I'm not going to take it in You weren't desperate for the job then I guess It wasn't, no no no It wasn't that It was I wanted the job But I wasn't going to compromise On being someone I'm not I think it's good if you can do that Like for me I would do anything at that moment Because I was going to be leaving So I was like please I was just like Not that I wasn't myself But I was like I need this There are so many jobs here in Japan And there's always going to be companies looking for people So my biggest advice is just go for it Clean up your resume Brush up your Japanese skills And go in there positive And I think you can find a job And don't give up Even if you get rejected 10 times The 11th time is a charm maybe I think don't give up is something that I would say as well There's so many things that From my point of view There's fewer options of jobs Like depending on how good your Japanese is and everything It can be a bit harder than finding a job in your own country I know so many people that have found a way to do it Even though people might say like Oh well that's impossible I've had people say that to me There's no jobs in marketing Sarah You're not getting a job And then I was like bam Yeah right It's like so many people will prove that wrong So definitely just keep Believe in yourself Believe in yourself yeah I definitely do think that the more Japanese you know The more you increase your chances The more you can get used to kind of Japanese business cultures And then kind of mix it with your foreign point of view on things And being able to understand both And even bridge the two Those things will help you so much Setting yourself apart from other candidates Because everyone's going to be wanting the same jobs essentially But yeah don't give up Keep going And figure out what makes you special And what your competitive advantage is I think that's really important We are out of time But yeah we actually have to go Yes I actually have to pack up I have two minutes to pack up everything But let us know if this was helpful I'm sure there's so many more questions So we can make a part two But let us know down below And it was really nice chatting with you guys Yeah that was good Nice to know more about both of you It's my first time as well Yeah let me know how I did If you don't want to see me anymore Tell him he's great Shah's awesome Comment Shah is awesome down below All right bye Bye The first one I did I was a mum to a seven-year-old boy And I was 20 years old And I was like Hello my son His name was Johnny Yeah that was a while Was he Japanese or like No he was American Yeah

我是說你的工作很特別 我不認為我有面試過 我肯定有面試過 我在TC面試過 但就像我決定只做我想做的事 我做我自己 就像我不會在這些事上妥協 事情就變得簡單多了不不不，不是那樣的，我想要這份工作 但我不會妥協，做一個不是我的人 我覺得如果你能做到這一點就好了 就像對我來說，那一刻我什麼都願意做 因為我就要離開了，所以我就想，求你了 我就想，不是說我不是我自己，而是我想日本有很多工作機會，總有公司在找人，所以我最大的建議就是去找工作 清理履歷，提高日語水準，積極地去應聘，我想你一定能找到工作，即使被拒也不要放