MizMorton, I wanted to post a reply to let you know you are not alone. Both my husband and I resigned from our jobs in November, (overly) confident that our experiences would mean we were snapped up. We are now quickly approaching March and we have had very little interest in our applications. We both feel like we are ready to move further up into senior leadership (we only have experience of curriculum coordination) and have been targeting our job hunt accordingly. Trying to find a school that has two leadership positions is hard enough, let alone a school that is willing for a husband and wife team to lead together.

Although we understand that this situation means we are not going to be first choice for most schools, we had hoped that the experiences we bring would make us stand out. We have wondered about our references being an issue too, as we were so unprepared for this lack of interest.

We have decided to wait until the end of March before lowering our expectations and applying for teaching jobs anywhere. Maybe this will be too late and we will miss the boat entirely. However, I'm not quite ready to give up on my dreams and aspirations yet. Even if, day by day, this optimism is fading.

My husband and I went to the Bangkok fair and came away with nothing ... and we're still looking. We both have leadership experience, and between us are exam visitors, workshop leaders, curriculum writers, examiners, online facilitators for the IB, so thought we would be well placed to get what we wanted. Each day is an emotional roller coaster! We are both looking to move into roles that are above what we currently do, so this means that schools will need to be desperate before they'll look at us. I'm happy for people who have secured jobs, but I'm finding it increasingly hard to 'keep my chin up' with having no good news of my own to share.