Hong
Kong 1/25
The fair's venue was at one of the best and established
international schools of Hong Kong (Chinese International School).
Wifi was available
and there were volunteer students there helping you out. The organization
was well done.
As for the overall recruitment aspects for candidates, there
weren't that many jobs . I talked to a few non-caucasians
and almost a lot of them did not score interviews, while the
recruiters were very keen on the caucasian teachers. The non-caucasians
I talked to were offered local contracts and were given the excuse
that the oversea positions were reserved for very experienced
candidates (Creative secondary). There weren't many positions
left since the schools have gone through many fairs prior to
this one and the candidates pretty much aim for 2-3 schools (ESF,
CDNIS, HKIS and CIS for Hong Kong). The fair was very competitive
and if you are new to the international circuit,
scoring a job at the better schools would be next to impossible.
I would not recommend this fair to fresh grads since a lot of
the candidates were very seasoned.