If you're like me (and I suspect you're just like me, because I suffer from a major deficit in the imagination department) your dream is to live and work in Japan. Why? Well, the women are beautiful, the food is awesome, and the women are beautiful.
They've also got temples and shrines, if you're into that.
Anyway, the main difficulty in getting a job in Japan is that it's, well, in Japan. You'll need a visa and someone to sponsor it. Speaking Japanese is not as necessary as you might think. It's much more beneficial to have some kind of 4-year degree, as this will make a big difference when applying for that visa.
As we live in the future, none of us will undertake any megatasks that don't make use of computers and the internet. That's just the way it goes, so this megatask posting will take the form of a list of helpful links to allow you to search for your dream job in Japan.
GaijinPot
You can browse all kinds of job listings on this site, and they've also got info about apartments. Also has many useful forums.
DaiJob
A pun on the Japanese word daijoubu (it's okay/I'm okay), this site features many Japanese-related jobs and jobs in Japan. Geared more toward the professional crowd.
MRJapanese
These are actually Japan-related jobs in the US, but some of them may involve travel to Japan. It seems to have a large focus on manufacturing and factory-type jobs.
Q-Jin
Almost the same thing as the MRJapanese listed above, but their site seems to be pretty inactive lately. It's a very pretty website, though.
Now, for those of you who have any experience in this field, there's a certain type of job in Japan that will earn you the contempt of your peers, namely, being an English teacher. Why? Because you make pretty decent money to do something easy, and you don't really need to know anything about anything to do this job. Anyway, if you have some kind of degree and your job/life sucks, this can be a good change of pace. Here are some links to get you started.
Aside from doing JET, some of the drawbacks to these jobs are: you may have to commute, they'll want you to sell things, and you'll probably work weird hours for which they'll pay you a full-time salary and report you as part-time to avoid having to give you full health insurance. With the recent economic downturn, you may want to sniff around the intertubes to find out specifically how each company is screwing over their respective employees.
JET Program
The Japanese Embassies are heavily involved in this, and it probably involves the easiest gig with the best benefits and highest pay. The only downside is that you have a good chance of ending up in some desolate, backwater village.
GEOS
One of the large English-teaching companies (Eikaiwa) in Japan. A google search for 'geos english' can help you get more specific info.
AEON
Another of the larger English-teaching companies in Japan.
ECC
Yet another large English-teaching company in Japan.
You'll notice I didn't include anything about monster.com or craigslist.org. They're not completely useless, but as time goes on they both get inundated with more and more spam/fake/scam job postings, so I'd only use them as a last resort.
If you've got your own useful tips, feel free to include them in the comments. Good luck!
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