Whats the best job for China or Japan?

Question

Where is the best place for a american in China or Japan to work at and make a decent amount of money?

Answer 1

Yeah, it would be helpful to know your qualifications - for example, without at least a Bachelor's degree, you can't work in either of these countries legally, which means you'd be working for dodgy operations if you could get a job at all, and spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars every couple of months on visa runs!

The best paying jobs involve getting hired at home and then being sent abroad -- you'll get your usual salary, plus 'hardship pay', plus lots of extras like housing, cars, maids, etc. Uncle Sam has decided to start taxing all these things, so not as cush as it used to be.

Under that - working as a diplomat.

Under that - English teaching, freelance photography, writing, DJ, hostess, etc -- you're probably gonna top out at a thousand US a month, unless you really know what you're doing or can learn really fast. You'd be burning through cash fast in Japan, but could survive on a thou a month in China.

There are millions of people in China that can speak pretty decent English and are happy to work for 500 US dollars a month or less -- top-notch engineers that can speak 2 languages fluently might make a bit more than a grand a month --

I guess what I'm saying is you've really got to bring something to the table if you expect to make dough -- at home or abroad.

However, it's relatively easy to make enough to pay the rent and buy rice - and lots of Americans are doing that; using the low costs here to follow a dream of some kind - music, writing, art, etc. Just don't expect to put much - or any - cash in the savings account.

Answer 2

Someone has already suggested I.T or gaming related stuff, animation.... I know that the GHOST RECON stuff was mostly done in China by U.S nationals teamed up with the Chinese...

Ofcourse there's always teaching English...

Perhaps you should re-write your question specific to the qualifications you have...?

Hmmm...

I know there's a lot of money to be made in hostessing too (and that's not with 'other favours' - just 'friendly' bar work)...

So you could really go anywhere from here!!! ;)

Answer 3

because most Japanese and Chinese can't speak English, you either will not get the job there easily or you have to learn the language.

of course, if your company send you to either one of the country, you surly should choose China, since the cost of living is much lower, your money can give you the finest lifestyle, such as a maid at home, effordable body and food massage daily.

Answer 4

a lot of american and british go over to japan and china to teach english

Answer 5

All those countries are looking for people to teach English. A friend of mine, who majored in Asian Studies, taught English in Korea for seven years. During that time he got to do a lot of traveling all over Asia and Australia.

Answer 6

if you work with the JET programme, you can get some decent money. but otherwise, teaching english in Japan may not get you far. other options would be IT, medicine, local government, or else other english teaching related work, such as making textbooks.

Answer 7

It depends on your degree, but the most common jobs over here are teaching English and editing English manuals and other material.

Answer 8

video game, electronics, automobiles