Japanese speaking jobs?

[SlowLude]

My wife is Japanese and is having a difficult time trying to find a decent job/career. Her english is great, but she lacks North American experience. And no, she doesn't want to work at a Japanese restaurant. Her previous jobs were at different marketing firms and she was even a day time talk show host at one point. Can anyone here help? I think she'd be more content with a company that would require her Japanese skills. Any help appreciated!

[old_school_new]

Hi, you should try looking at www.neteller.com they have offices in Calgary. They are almost always looking for customer service representatives that speak japanese. Hope this helps.

[Amysicle]

Does she have any other marketable talents? Like accounting, reception, management? Does she want to continue with the marketing approach?

I vaguely remember doing a job search on workopolis a few months ago and they had an ad looking for someone fluent in Japanese and English. It wasn't this (http://search2.workopolis.com/jobshome/db/work.job_posting?pi_job_id=9059522&pi_search_id=690925514&pi_sort=POST_DATE&pi_curjob=1&pi_maxjob=3) one though.

Maybe try sending out cover letters and resumes to companies that are a little more global? Does she recognise any companies in Calgary that have offices in Japan as well? I personally hate doing cold calls, but it's worth a shot in this job market.

Golder Associates have locations all around the world. Otherwise I'd recommend a staffing agency like Mark Staffing. After doing some computer skills testing and an interview, they can vouch for your wife, get her foot in the door with a company that doesn't use newspaper ads or jobsites and who knows?

Good luck though!

[Shaad]

My wife is japanese and enjoyed working at clothing retail, they wanted to make her manager only after a short time of being there. But we are moving so.. she left. She worked in a pharmacy as well but enjoyed clothing stores much more.

Pharmacy technician requires a small college term, but pays ok, easy going and in demand in calgary. maybe she might like that

[SlowLude]

Hey thank you for the replies!! Yes, I know of Neteller because they are always hiring, but I've heard some bad things about them. And thanks for the recommendations Amysicle. How do you know about Golder? The company I work for uses them for our GIS. My wife is not a "specialist" in any field except for maybe marketing and publishing, but we'll try an agency. Shaad, a pharmacy technician sounds like a great idea... never thought of that. I'll ask her about it. I was thinking that if she could order car parts from Japan that would be awesome! (For me..) Any vendors looking? hehe...

[Amysicle]

I was a temp there for a week. They seem to treat their staff pretty well, and everyone has shares or stock in the company.

They seem to have their fingers in quite a few things, so I figured they'd have a broader range of positions available that might appeal to your wife.

And a little more education never hurts, at least you'll have a bit of parchment to decorate your house.

I have a friend that works part time at the ATB call centre. Not sure if they actively recruit people who are fluent in different languages.

[A|pine]

I would imagine Banff and Jasper will have a lot of openings in the service industry. Especially since the weather will be warming up very soon.