LICENSE RANKING!
- The Top Five Low-Cost License Exams.
- The Top Five Licences Overall.
- Little-Known Facts about Licenses.
There are an enormous number of licenses. The career paths they offer differ according to the kinds of the license that you acquire. The most important questions to consider are: “What kind of license would you like to acquire?” and “How would you like to map out your life?”
Listed below are some of the most popular and recommended licenses. Acquire your ‘weapon’ (your license), and choose the career path that suits you best!
THE TOP-5 LOW-COST LICENSE EXAMS
- Certified Nissho 3rd Level Bookkeeper
The examination fee is 2040 Yen, and the 114th exam is to be held on November 2006.
Become an expert in corporate cash-flow systems. - Assistant Authorized Surveyor
The 2006 examination fee is 2850 Yen.
A key step toward being a Registered Land and Building Surveyor. - Registered Customs Specialist
The 2006 examination fee is 3000 Yen.
Become an Import/Export Business Expert. - Financial Planner, 3rd Level
The 2006 examination fee is 3000 Yen.
Become a financial specialist and an advisor in personal life planning. - Certified Tax Accountant
The 2006 Examination fee is 3500 Yen.
Become a corporate financial consultant, etc.
THE TOP-5 MOST POPULAR LICENSE COURSES OVERALL
- Shiho Exam(Bar Exam)
The pinnacle of legal professional licenses, as it has the most difficult exam.
[Prep Course for Essay Writing Ability (Iwasaki Class)]
[Prep Course for Essay Writing Ability (Shibata Class)]
Focuses on the know-how needed for passing the Bar Exam. - Patent Attorney
Become an expert in intellectual property relating to technical designs and inventions.
[Essay Course (Information Section)]
Intermediate and advanced level essay course. - Certified Public Accountant
Top-level of accountancy licenses (Expert in corporate accounting)
[Introductory Course for the 2008 academic year (Build-up section)]
Completion course for acquiring basic skills. - Certified Nissho Bookkeeper
Professional Accountancy.
[1st Level Complete Master Course (For the exam in November 2006)]
Outstanding Lecturer! Reaching the top level of Nissho Bookkeeping. - Judicial Scrivener
A legal profession for which high earnings can be expected through self-employment.
[ Exam Preparation Course] for the 2007 academic year
Highly efficient curriculum allows you to start studying from any subject you like.
DID YOU KNOW...? Little-known facts about licenses
3rd Level Bookkeeping as a first step
Bookkeeping knowledge is not only the basis for all types of accounting licenses but is also indispensable in real-world business and industry.
A bookkeeping license provides an advantage in job hunting, changing jobs, and enrolling in high-end schools. Examinations are open to everybody and are held three times per academic year: June, November and February (only for 2nd level to 4th level).
Exams with multiple merits
Both Certified Surveyors and Associate Authorized Surveyors are in demand, as all state and local government surveys can only be carried out only by such license-holders.
When taking the Registered Land and Building Investigator test, Certified Surveyors and Associate Authorized Surveyors are exempt from the Surveying and Drawing tests, which are typically held in the afternoon. Furthermore, it takes far less energy to become qualified as an associate authorized surveyor than it does to pass the surveying and drawing tests. Therefore, almost all Registered Land and Building Investigator examinees tend to clear the Associate Authorized Surveyor test first, and then tackle the Civil Law and Real Estate Registration Law tests. Thus you can skip the Surveying and Drawing tests.
So why not try the Associate Authorized Surveyor License (whose examination fee is a mere 2850 yen!), and then tackle the Registered Land and Building Investigator license next?
Don't miss the Tax Accountant License Exam
Licensed Tax Accountants understand the complexities of taxation, and accurately advise their clients on individual tax matters. They are the tax specialists! What's more - surprisingly - its exam fee is the fifth lowest.
While many other national exams require you to take all the subjects at once, you don't have to pass all five subjects needed for the Tax Accountant license. You can pass each subject by paying 3500 yen. If you want to take more than one subject, you pay an extra 1000 yen per subject. Thus if you take all five subjects at once, you'll only pay 7500 yen. What's probably most attractive is that you can map out your own pathway to passing the examination either one at a time, or all five at once.
The sixth-lowest exam fee is 2nd Level Bookkeeping. You pay 7140 yen at the 1st level, 4080yen at the 2nd level, 2040yen at the 3rd level, and 1530 yen at the 4th level. Many examinees are known to tackle two at once.
We recommend that you first acquire an easy-to-pass and reasonably priced license. Then you can acquire increasingly more difficult licenses to stay competitive in this tight job market.
