I completely feel your pain. I too have a dependent -- my non-teaching husband, which limits which countries I can apply to as well. I really wanted to get into SAS in Shanghai, but after seeing the number of people applying at Search (they had to move their presentation to a larger room), I figured I didn't have a snowball's chance in hell, and I seemed to have been right. I also want to get into a school in Singapore, had the interview, didn't get it, but the job is still available -- at least still on the Search website.

Everyone keeps telling me it's not time to panic, but I'm starting to wonder if with the US economy being the way it is, maybe there is a glut of teachers?

What is really annoying is when you have an interview, and they tell you they'll get back to you in a few days, and they don't. You're totally left hanging, not knowing what is going on.

Good luck to us all!

So I went to the January Bangkok fair, and didn't get an offer. I've had a couple of Skype interviews since then, and nothing so far. I have nine years experience, international experience, but no IB experience, which is not helping things. What I've noticed is that some of the jobs I applied for and had interviews for, are still available. So ...what's the deal? When exactly do they fill these positions? I'm going back to the March Bangkok fair, but I'm worried that this fair is a bit too late. Any thoughts? The Bangkok job fair in January was depressing ...it seemed like the majority of people I talked to did not get offers.