{"id":198,"date":"2011-11-26T18:47:26","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T18:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=198"},"modified":"2012-10-15T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T10:01:08","slug":"highlighted-article-which-international-school-job-fairs-do-you-recommend-and-the-job-fair-circus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/highlighted-article-which-international-school-job-fairs-do-you-recommend-and-the-job-fair-circus\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlighted article: Which international school job fairs do you recommend and the job fair circus!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In these two blog<\/a> entries by Greg Clinton<\/a>, he discusses the topic of the international school job fairs.\u00a0 He is currently working in the international school community at American Embassy School, New Delhi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Parts of the two entries we\u2019d like to highlight:<\/p>\n

Job Fairs: Which One Do You Recommend?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe international school community is known for relatively high change-over rates in faculty, compared to schools that are rooted in a particular community \u201cback home\u201d.<\/p>\n

The most traditional way to get a job overseas is The Job Fair. \u00a0\u201dAre you going to the job fairs?\u201d is a question we will all hear and ask more often as the end of the calendar year approaches. \u00a0But job fairs are expensive to attend and some candidates have to travel thousands of miles, without the guarantee that it will net them a new job. \u00a0More and more interviews are being conducted over Skype and more connections are being made through online services such as TIE Online\u2019s resume service and databases like the NAIS candidate pools.<\/p>\n

Question for administrators: \u00a0Is it necessary to meet a candidate face-to-face, or can hiring be done effectively over Skype? \u00a0Also, which job fairs do you prefer, and why?\u201d<\/p>\n

As we write this blog entry, some of the staff at International School Community<\/a> have friends that have already informed us that they have received and accepted offers to work at their next international school.\u00a0 No job fairs were involved, just Skype and over the phone.\u00a0 Also, in a few of the situations, the power of the people you know in the international school community has helped.\u00a0 You work with a director at one international school in Europe and then that director moves to a school in South America.\u00a0 Four years down the road, you find yourself being offered a job at the director\u2019s new school.<\/p>\n

It is important to remember not to burn any bridges as you never know what the future may hold in terms of which school you find yourself working at next in your life.\u00a0 Many international school teachers are indeed getting hired more and more over Skype.\u00a0 It just might be the way of the future of getting hired at international schools.\u00a0 Sometimes though it is a bit of fun to go to an international school job fair anyways as you never know what you might find there and who you might interview with at those things.\u00a0 I remember seeing somebody in the elevator at a Search fair and then nine months later seeing them at the same IB conference.\u00a0 We remembered each other just in that brief moment in the elevator!<\/p>\n

The job fair that most teachers prefer is the one that cost the least money probably.\u00a0 They all seem to be doing relatively the same format anyways.\u00a0 One key factor though is knowing which international schools go to which job fairs.\u00a0 No good going to one fair when the schools you are most looking at are not going to that fair that year.<\/p>\n

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International Job Circus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHiring fairs are where most teachers looking for international teaching jobs line up new positions.\u00a0 Some schools and administrators have been looking elsewhere for their hiring needs, including websites and online databases of candidate information.\u00a0 The International Educator, a \u201cnewspaper\u201d\/resume bank, is one such stalwart company offering an alternative to job fairs.\u00a0 There are some other upstart websites that charge schools an exorbitant fee to see candidate info, but they won\u2019t last long.\u00a0 Really, it\u2019s all about being face to face.<\/p>\n

There are three main institutions that provide the most complete job search settings: Search Associates, International Schools Services, and the University of Northern Iowa.\u00a0 They have their strengths and weaknesses, but they offer a comparable experience.<\/p>\n

I attended the Search Associates fair in Bangkok not long ago.\u00a0 It took place in a swank hotel that I couldn\u2019t afford, but I enjoyed wearing my new suit, drinking coffee in the lobby and pretending.\u00a0 There are two things I love about the fair experience, and two things I think are not so great.<\/p>\n

Things I love:<\/p>\n

Everybody\u2019s there.\u00a0 It\u2019s like a gigantic, international school orgy.\u00a0 The schmooze is thick, and the glad-handing is non-stop, but come on!\u00a0 It\u2019s exciting, you get to meet new people (I personally know two couples who have met at job fairs and gotten married the next year \u2013 perhaps Search and ISS should start a teacher match-making service?\u00a0 Something to consider!) and you get to play the hunter or the hunted.\u00a0 Right now, if you\u2019re a decent candidate without a criminal record and no facial tattoos, you are probably one of the hunted.\u00a0 But there are lean years and fat years for teachers.\u00a0 Anyway, there you are, in the ballroom, surrounded by potential bosses all trying to be as nice and smart as possible.\u00a0 You might run into old friends, or you might impress a superintendent and make a contact for later.\u00a0 It\u2019s an extrovert\u2019s dream.<\/p>\n

Note passing.\u00a0 Not only are we auditioning for roles as school teachers, but we get to re-live our school days by passing secret love letters in the little bins.\u00a0 What joy when you receive a note saying \u201cI\u2019d LOVE to sit down and chat with you\u2026\u00a0 I\u2019m in room 275.\u201d\u00a0 What heartache when your bin is empty!\u00a0 It\u2019s all so deliciously human.\u00a0 Composing your own notes is equally fun and tense.\u00a0 What tone do I use?\u00a0 Do I want to come across as playful?\u00a0 Professional?\u00a0 Smart?\u00a0 Serious?\u00a0 Do I just let my feelings flow: I\u2019m in love with your school and want to spend the rest of my life with it?\u00a0 Your school completes me?\u00a0 You had me at \u201c2 bedroom apartment\u201d?\u00a0 Or do I hold back, play hard to get?<\/p>\n

Things I don\u2019t love:<\/p>\n

Being in a stranger\u2019s bedroom.\u00a0 I don\u2019t see a logistical way around this problem, but it\u2019s one of the creepiest parts of the hiring process.\u00a0 Have you ever walked into an interview only to be faced with a pile of dirty clothes or someone\u2019s underwear sticking out of a suitcase, or just a rumpled, used bed?\u00a0 It\u2019s distracting, unsettling.\u00a0 Who was in that bed last night?\u00a0 I don\u2019t really want to be thinking about it, thank you very much.\u00a0 I suppose the lesson is: administrators beware: your hotel room is a direct reflection of you.\u00a0 In other words, arrange your most important interviews over coffee at the restaurant or something.<\/p>\n

The cost.\u00a0 This is why more and more candidates are turning to the Interwebs.\u00a0 Search Associates charges something like $600 just to register as a candidate. [Correction: $200 for fair registration, includes one hiring fair. \u00a0Thanks, Jim.] \u00a0You\u2019ll have to fly yourself there and back, and the hotels are usually up-scale.\u00a0 A teacher could easily spend a month\u2019s salary or more to attend a fair, and have no guarantee of landing a new position.\u00a0 Schools spend tons to jet their administrators around, and then they pay sizable finders fees to the agencies.\u00a0 Again, I\u2019m not sure I see an easy solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is<\/strong> a bit weird to be going into a stranger\u2019s bedroom at a hotel.\u00a0 A person can\u2019t get that<\/em> comfortable in a hotel room I guess.\u00a0 One question: have international schools been using their bedrooms for interviews since the inception of the international school job fair?\u00a0 Seems like there might be a better option.\u00a0 What other industries hold job fairs at hotels?<\/p>\n

Indeed there are many things to love and hate about the fairs.\u00a0 Thanks to the Wandering Academic for your excellent insight into the international school job fairs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In these two blog entries by Greg Clinton, he discusses the topic of the international school job fairs.\u00a0 He is currently working in the international school community at American Embassy School, New Delhi. 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