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[Dexter]

I'm a 58 year old retired computer co. executive. I have a BA & a TESOL certification and would like to teach english to business people, either in a company or a business school. I've lived in Japan breifly in the past and would like to return to live and work in a major Japanese city. Can anyone help with advice on how to find such positions, or any schools or companies that might help?

[As Das Fads]

From what I can tell most business English positions are part-time, so I doubt they would sponsor your visa to get here. So you might want to try getting your visa with a language school (the big 4) and checking out what else you can find. Plenty of positions advertised at jobsinjapan.com or ohayosensei.com. Good luck.

[canuck]

ADFads is right. Business classes are typically in the evenings and are gravy to a steady job. To come over here without a visa and a sponsor would be difficult. You're a tad too old for a working holiday visa, so you would need to get set up with housing, a steady income to pay the bills first.

With you're experience, you're better off studying Japanese and tyring to get a job in the computer industry where they need a native English speaker.

[Shonai Ben]

My experience with Business English classes has been on a part-time basis only.I have found that many of the companies here in Japan only have a few business classes included in their regular schedules.You certainly would be qualified to teach,so if you got a job with an eikaiwa that also has business classes,you would be fine.When you apply to these companies you should express your desire to teach business classes.
Good luck.

[Sherri]

It is possible to find fulltime jobs teaching business English in Tokyo. You will need to start off teaching fulltime for some company/school to get visa sponsorship but once you finish your contract you can go freelance (and get multiple sponsorship--some people call this "self-sponsorship") Here are some links below. I can't say if these places are particularly good or bad, but it's a start. I've had friends who have worked at all of these places and basically they are fine. Interac have acquired a bad reputation of paying late though. When I first came to Tokyo I worked for Time T.I. but that was over 10 years ago. They usually advertise in the Japan Times.

http://www.tclc-web.co.jp/english/index.html

http://www.interac.co.jp/recruit/index.html

http://www.simul.co.jp/english/recruit.html

http://www.phoenixassoc.com/html/recruiting/recruiting_e.html