Help me find a job...

[YokohamaTommy]

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[cucashopboy]

My family is starving.

Yes, you look a bit gaunt in your avatar!

[Effected After]

Might be time to start looking at English teaching. Any company that needed staff for April and hasn't found it yet is probably near as desperate to find someone as you are to find a job, so you may be able to find something reasonably quick.

[Genkii]

YES, YOU MAY KICK ME WHILE i AM DOWN. I'd rather have a paying job, but if it helps my family, call me whatever names you wish, just help me find a job ...

Since you are so desperate. Here are some gaybars:

Advocates Cafe
Shinjuku Ni-Chome - 1/F Dai-7 Tenka Bld 2-18-1, Shinjuku Ni-Chome , Tokyo

Arty Farty
Shinjuku Ni-Chome - 2/F 33 Kyutei Bld Shinjuku Ni-Chome , Tokyo

Kinsmen
Shinjuku Ni-Chome - 2/F 2-18-5 Shinjuku , Tokyo

Usagi
Shinjuku Ni-Chome - , Tokyo

Kins Womyn
Shinjuku Ni-Chome - 3F Dai-Ichi Tenka Bldg., Shinjuku 2-15-10, Shinjuku-ku , Tokyo

More here: http://tokyo.gaycities.com/bars/

[oxymoron]

Since you are so desperate. Here are some gaybars:

Advocates Cafe
Shinjuku Ni-Chome - 1/F Dai-7 Tenka Bld 2-18-1, Shinjuku Ni-Chome , Tokyo

Arty Farty
Shinjuku Ni-Chome - 2/F 33 Kyutei Bld Shinjuku Ni-Chome , Tokyo

Kinsmen
Shinjuku Ni-Chome - 2/F 2-18-5 Shinjuku , Tokyo

Usagi
Shinjuku Ni-Chome - , Tokyo

Kins Womyn
Shinjuku Ni-Chome - 3F Dai-Ichi Tenka Bldg., Shinjuku 2-15-10, Shinjuku-ku , Tokyo

More here: http://tokyo.gaycities.com/bars/

No wonder you can't find a girlfriend! You spend all your time in gay bars....Wrong place!

[Call_It_Like_Eye_See_It]

What's the going rate for kicking someone when they're down?

Seriously, Tommy, pm for some leads connected to teaching English if you're interested....

[Genkii]

No wonder you can't find a girlfriend! You spend all your time in gay bars....Wrong place!

Finding a girlfriend is not the problem. The real problem is keeping them for more then 1 day

[Genkii]

Could you give us an update Tommy?

[YokohamaTommy]

Could you give us an update Tommy?

Sure, as long as you stop PM'ing me with your passive aggressive psychosis-spawned love spam.

[oxymoron]

Finding a girlfriend is not the problem. The real problem is keeping them for more then 1 day

At your age, why it this a problem?

[oxymoron]

YT, I know everyone bags the Eikawa thing, but its easy work and will help ease the burden, in the short term.

I found teaching business English, directly to company employees, at their workplace to be easy, fun and well paid.
In addition to 4 hours at night, once a week, for 4000/hour, plus transport, I used to do a 10 day intensive course for a company, every September. They paid 300,000yen for the 10 days, plus accomodation (it was held at a resort hotel), plus all meals and beer. It was long hours, 9am - 9pm every day, but no stress. They even paid extra accomodation so Mrs Oxy could come and stay for a few days.

Good luck.

[YokohamaTommy]

YT, I know everyone bags the Eikawa thing, but its easy work and will help ease the burden, in the short term.

I found teaching business English, directly to company employees, at their workplace to be easy, fun and well paid.
In addition to 4 hours at night, once a week, for 4000/hour, plus transport, I used to do a 10 day intensive course for a company, every September. They paid 300,000yen for the 10 days, plus accomodation (it was held at a resort hotel), plus all meals and beer. It was long hours, 9am - 9pm every day, but no stress. They even paid extra accomodation so Mrs Oxy could come and stay for a few days.

Good luck.

Beer you say?
LOL Thanks for the encouragement.
Yeah, It's all about building something new, isn't it?
I think the major obstacles (besides not speaking and reading Japanese 100%) are that I have yet to grasp how everything works here.
I truly feel that once I know what the "rules" are per say, like it seems every long term resident does, I will proceed to use good old ingenuity to find what good things I can bring to the business environment here, and at the same time enrich myself.
I have to keep reminding myself that I knew the potential for these challenges existed, and in fact I relished the idea.
But its like that old joke; I don't mind the snow, but it's the cold that I have a problem with.

In truth I've got two interviews at present. (English positions)
One temp and one for a well known company.
The salary is shockingly low for both, but I have to start somewhere.

And like the saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Thanks again for the lift up.

P.s. By the way, did you form your company yourself through networking contacts, or did you work contract directly for that company?
Did you approach the company directly?

[oxymoron]

[QUOTE=YokohamaTommy;1242088 By the way, did you form your company yourself through networking contacts, or did you work contract directly for that company?
Did you approach the company directly?[/QUOTE]

I went through a time when the Nova pittance wasn't enough to support my travel plans, without touching other income or savings (after 5 years, I was getting around 400k/month incl. increases for time employed, overtime and promotion), so I approached a company called CES in Osaka, who were advertising for PT bus. Eng. teachers. They found me as much work as I wanted. Always paid on time and, provided there were no complaints from their customers (never were), they kept offering me plum jobs to choose from. I made as much extra money as I needed and some good J friends.

I couldn't be bothered chasing up companies privately. Too much work for no real tangible benefit.