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Shinsotsu Job Hunting · The In-Japan Student's Path to Employment

This route is not about how to come to Japan, but how an international student already studying here can stay. While still enrolled, you join the job hunt on Japan's synchronized fresh-graduate (shinsotsu) hiring cycle; once you land an informal or formal offer, you change your residence status from "Student" to a work status (most often Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services), with no COE and no leaving the country. What sets it apart: you locate yourself by graduation year rather than current grade, the real starting line is far earlier than intuition suggests, and the job's actual content must be consistent with your future work status. If no offer comes before graduation, the Designated Activities (tokutei katsudo) status serves as a buffer to keep job-hunting. Built for those enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or vocational program who want to work in Japan directly.