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Category: Career Change for Beginners
Authors: Shusaku Yosa
Many people feel anxious, thinking "Is it okay to keep being a part-time worker like this?" or "I want to become a full-time employee, but can someone like me with no experience and no work history get a job?" To put the conclusion first, becoming a full-time employee from being a part-time worker (freeter) is fully possible. What matters is to start moving early, leverage the strengths unique to a freeter, and proceed with job hunting correctly. This article explains, in an easy-to-understand way, the merits of aiming to become a full-time employee from being a freeter, and how to succeed at getting a job from no experience.
First, let's organize what changes when you become a full-time employee.
Of course, there are aspects where responsibility and working hours increase, but from the perspective of long-term stability and career formation, the merits of becoming a full-time employee are large.
Getting a job from being a freeter tends to be more advantageous the younger you are. From the early to mid-20s is a period when you are easily hired as a "potential hire," with companies seeing future promise even without experience. From the late 20s into the 30s, openings that allow no experience gradually decrease, and your past experience and skills tend to be questioned. Rather than putting it off with "someday I'll become a full-time employee," moving early once you've made up your mind is the key to raising your probability of getting a job.
You may feel that having no work history is a disadvantage, but freeter experience also has elements that are evaluated.
Rather than seeing it as "just a part-time job," it's important to put into words what you learned there and how you made improvements.
Job types that are easy to be hired into with no experience and no educational requirement, and that are active in converting people to full-time due to labor shortages, are recommended for getting a job from being a freeter.
For detailed ways to change jobs by job type, please also refer to our complete guide to changing jobs without experience, and our articles on each job type such as sales, office work, and IT.
Here we organize how to succeed at getting a job from no experience in five steps.
First, write out "what kind of working style you want" and "what you're good at." Looking back on what was fun in your part-time work, what you kept up, and what you devised reveals your strengths and the jobs that suit you.
Focus on openings clearly marked "inexperience welcome," "no educational requirement," and "full-time conversion available." Besides job sites, using job-support services for freeters and existing graduates helps you efficiently find companies you can apply to.
On your resume, write positively about your part-time experience as work history. Even if you have a work-history document, write concretely about your duties, what you devised, and your results. For your motivation, clarify "why you want to work as a full-time employee" and "why this company."
You will always be asked "why you didn't become a full-time employee until now" and "why you're aiming to become one." Even with a negative reason, connect it to a forward-looking story of what you learned and how you want to proceed. It's important to convey how the strengths gained through part-time experience can be applied at the company you're applying to.
Using job-change agents specialized for freeters, existing graduates, and second-new-graduates, or public support such as the Wakamono Hello Work, lets you receive document review, interview preparation, and job introductions for free. Rather than carrying the burden alone, receiving professional support is more efficient.
The key in selection is how you convey "why you continued being a freeter" and "why you want to become a full-time employee." You don't need to lie, but it's important to tell the facts positively. For example, connecting your past to your current motivation—"I kept doing part-time work while searching for what I wanted to do, but through the experience of ○○, I came to want to settle down and work in the field of △△"—creates a sense of conviction. If you worked on qualifications or studying during your freeter period, convey that experience concretely too.
There's no clear deadline, but it's recommended to start moving while you're in your 20s, when there are many openings that allow no experience. Getting a job is possible from the 30s onward too, but your past experience and skills become more questioned.
Yes. There are many companies that hire on the premise of full-time conversion with no experience and no educational requirement. If you can talk about your part-time experience as a strength and convey your motivation, you have plenty of chances even without a work history.
The longer the period, the more you'll be asked the reason, but if you can explain your experience and learning during that time positively, it isn't necessarily a disadvantage. A part-time job you kept up and qualifications you obtained can actually be appealed as strengths.
Becoming a full-time employee from being a freeter is fully possible. The merits of becoming a full-time employee—such as stable income and employment and career formation—are large, and there are plenty of openings welcoming inexperience, centered on the 20s. The key to success is to put into words the strengths cultivated through part-time work and convey "why you want to become a full-time employee" positively. Start with self-analysis, look for openings that welcome inexperience, use job-support services, and find the company that suits you. An early first step is the shortcut to a stable career.
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