{"id":143,"date":"2011-12-22T14:53:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T14:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2012-10-15T09:48:17","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T09:48:17","slug":"are-you-ready-the-international-school-recruitment-fair-season-is-a-few-weeks-away-a-search-associates-fair-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/are-you-ready-the-international-school-recruitment-fair-season-is-a-few-weeks-away-a-search-associates-fair-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you ready? The international school recruitment fair season is a few weeks away! (A Search Associates fair experience)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Highlighted firsthand-account of what it was like for this international school teacher<\/a> at a Search Associates recruitment fair<\/a> in San Francisco:<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people have asked my process of applying to teach overseas and so I will share my experiences, typical or not. \u00a0The first step, of course, was research. \u00a0Finding out what the schools that interested me considered a priority revealed that they are different in their own region. \u00a0Carefully reading the different mission statements not only showed priorities, but also gave me direction in my cover letters which needed to be outstanding. \u00a0Some schools stressed academic achievement, others developing the whole child but almost all emphasized a global perspective. \u00a0Mediocrity was not a part of any, it was super high expectations the whole way.<\/p>\n

Each cover letter that I sent was specifically targeted with carefully chosen words that reflected my interpretation of the schools\u2019 intent. \u00a0I connected my skills to what they required, my educational philosophy to theirs and used as many \u201cteacher words\u201d as I could. \u00a0The format was strictly old school business formal with the date written as day, month and year rather than the western style of month, day, year. \u00a0My first attempt to cut and paste resulted in an incomplete sentence and the wrong date being sent to a prospective employer so I decided to recreate each one. \u00a0Yes, that took a lot of time. \u00a0Yes, it was worth it.<\/p>\n

International resumes are referred to as CV\u2019s; Curriculum Vitae. \u00a0Many things are different from American resumes, including a recent photo, just a simple head shot, and both your age and marital status, believe it or not. \u00a0Think full disclosure.<\/p>\n

I signed with a recruiter, Search Associates, to access their data banks of detailed information of teacher packages and recommendations, as well as the semi-security of a having an informed professional to ask questions and anticipate any possible problems. \u00a0The fee was $200 and the school has to pay the recruiter a larger fee, I believe it is $1200. \u00a0It was worth it. \u00a0This also gave me an invitation to the Search Associates International Teaching Fair in California this past February. \u00a0More about the teaching fair in another post \u2013 it was an experience, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n

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Reading the school\u2019s websites was crucial to understanding exactly how to apply. \u00a0Some wanted a cover letter and cv, some had an online application form, others would only review applicants through one of the recruiters. \u00a0No matter what the route, I put effort into making each sentence, each question answered, the best possible. \u00a0High level schools are looking for teachers with high level skills and an incorrect subject-verb agreement or misspelled word will definitely stand out \u2013 negatively.<\/p>\n

Part of my process was my notebook. \u00a0I kept track of each letter, each response and tons of printed information of the schools I had applied, in addition to a chart comparing things like salary, contract length, etc. \u00a0Without it, I would have been lost and confused.<\/p>\n

Remember timing. \u00a0International school are actively hiring January through March. \u00a0Are you ready?\u201d<\/p>\n

Check out the over 100 comments and information about international schools and their hiring policies and other recruitment fair information about a variety of international schools on International School Community\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Highlighted firsthand-account of what it was like for this international school teacher at a Search Associates recruitment fair in San Francisco: \u201cMany people have asked my process of applying to teach overseas and so I will share my experiences, typical or not. \u00a0The first step, of course, was research. \u00a0Finding out what the schools that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[421,29,57,33,64,292,65,244,60],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-link","tag-experience","tag-international-school","tag-international-teacher","tag-international-teaching","tag-interviewing","tag-job-hunting","tag-recruitment-fair","tag-search-associates","tag-teaching-abroad"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2flVT-2j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5124,"url":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/the-international-school-recruitment-fair-toolkit\/","url_meta":{"origin":143,"position":0},"title":"The International School Recruitment Fair Toolkit","author":"ISCommunity","date":"January 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The recruitment fair season has started! 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