[Case study 16]Moved from being a teacher in Japan to working at a Singaporean resort, Anonymous

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<Profile>Learned English as a second language in university and obtained qualifications to teach English at middle and high schools in Japan. Worked 4 years at a public school in Chiba prefecture and moved to Singapore currently working in investor relations at a resort.

[Case study 16]
I decided to change jobs because I wanted to challenge myself rather than work in a sheltered environment.
Moved from being a teacher in Japan to working at a Singaporean resort
Anonymous

Please tell us about your career so far

After graduating from university I worked for 4 years as an English teacher at a high school. After that I moved to Singapore to pursue a new career and it has been one year since then. I used to be a civil servant as a teacher and instead of being in a protected environment I wanted to try working in the private sector and so made up my mind to switch careers. I wanted to cause as little disruption to my students as possible so I started preparing for my
job change and ensured that it would sync with when my students would graduate.

My current job is at a company managing resorts in Singapore. I'm in charge of investor relations planning for the Japanese market. I was hired to open up the Japanese market. I spent time with the different investor relations departments within the firm learning the ropes and now focus on investor relations for the Japanese market.