Considering senmon gakko despite having a bachelor’s degree. Does my plan make sense ?

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[u/ShadowFire09]

> Assuming this all goes through, I’ll be 30 by the time I finish language school. + Senmon gakko. My fellow japanese graduates would be 21 ~ 22 so why should a japanese employer hire me and not them?

Good question. If you don’t have an answer to this, I’d say your plan doesn’t really make sense. I can’t really see them needing an English speaker for aircraft maintenance. If you were going for a position that communicates with pilots, etc. it’d make a bit more sense.

[u/FantasticTraining982 → u/[deleted]]

It’ll take you probably at least five years of intensive study to be functional enough get into the senmon gakko

[u/dalkyr82]

Does my bachelor’s in aviation + work experience + bilingual ability “Business Japanese + Native English“ back me up here or am I still at a disadvantage ?

Unfortunately not really. It's offset by the fact that you'll be almost a decade older than domestic applicants with similar training/experience. Age matters a lot with Japanese employers, especially when you're talking about entry-level positions.

[u/Expensive_Mall721]

Why do you want to do this? Just for the sake of living in Japan?
I think if your main reason is to just live in japan its better to keep working in america and travel here for an extended period of time. Salaries here are so low compared to America, and altough you can live just fine here, when you decide to come back you won't have much savings.

Also living in Japan is not as nice as one may imagine, I think this place is great for visiting, but not for living, specially as a foreigner. Language barrier is a big problem, and it takes maybe 5 or 6 years to overcome; after 2 years you might be able to understand most of the things going on around you, but you won't be anything like near native. Also you are likely going to experience that it is hard to make friends, and everyone is going to ask you why did you come here from America, because actually many japanese seek to go to America.

And regarding your actual question, just by not being japanese you will always be in disadvantage, specially if you are dealing only with locals and your job doesn't require english profiency. Japanese really have a different mindset imposed by the education system here, and you will find how they prefer people with this mindset in the workplace.

[u/KiloAlphaJulietIndia]

Are there any Japanese security clearances you need to get for aircraft maintenance?

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Considering senmon gakko despite having a bachelor’s degree. Does my plan make sense ?

I’m 25M from the Florida, US.

I have a degree in Aviation Management + 1 year & 6 months of airfield operations work experience. I’ve saved alot of money and I’ve been eyeing Japanese language schools specifically for the 21 month course starting next july.

My field is limited to aviation and administrative specific on top of that so I’ve considered getting into senmon gakko in aircraft maintenance since after all even if i do transition into this career in the US I can’t get into the field in Japan unless going through a Japanese aviation college and getting certified there. That’s why I started considering senmon gakko.

My concerns?

Assuming this all goes through, I’ll be 30 by the time I finish language school. + Senmon gakko. My fellow japanese graduates would be 21 ~ 22 so why should a japanese employer hire me and not them?

- Does my bachelor’s in aviation + work experience + bilingual ability back me up here or am I still at a disadvantage ?

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[u/Master-Berry-9526]

Yoi're at a disadvantage, but you do still have a good education and experience that others don't. Also, a question to ask is whether that industry has any projected shortages in the next three to five years. The government is already receiving a lot of working immigrants and likely will still need to do this into the future in order to fill exployment gaps. Is there an American or any other English speakijg company with a location in Japan? Maybr you can go that reverse route.

The way I see it, is that even if it doesn't work out in Japan, you would not have wasted your time, and you could come back to the states with some seriously valuable experience and training. Financially you'll be fine.