2014 Bangkok fair question
2014 Bangkok fair question
Can I land a job at the BKK SEARCH fair in January even if my teacher-wife doesn't join me?
I'm a certified math teacher and I've been teaching IB HL math for nearly 8 years. I'm currently working at a top-tier school in Europe and my wife has been teaching a critical PYP Asian language for the last one year.
I'm a certified math teacher and I've been teaching IB HL math for nearly 8 years. I'm currently working at a top-tier school in Europe and my wife has been teaching a critical PYP Asian language for the last one year.
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Hi Fine Dude
First of all good luck! I hope you get the perfect job - I'll maybe see you there!
Secondly, if your wife is not going to work then I don't see that as TOO much of a problem. Trailing spouses, after all, are not usually interviewed.
However, if she is also recruiting then I should imagine it would be a BIG problem.
If a school really wants you AND her then maybe they would interview by skype ways before the fair. We are a teaching couple who have been in 4 great schools over the past 16 years and have never had to go to a fair (in demand subjects.) We are all booked into the BKK fair, flights, hotel the whole deal, but expect to cancel.
I would have all your recruiting stuff super ready and organised and apply like crazy starting now. We've already put in applications for our first job and have had a promising response.
With a bit of organisation and maybe luck, the fair might seem like a fall-back option, rather than the be-all and end-all.
Fortune favors the prepared mind!
Again, good luck. XX
First of all good luck! I hope you get the perfect job - I'll maybe see you there!
Secondly, if your wife is not going to work then I don't see that as TOO much of a problem. Trailing spouses, after all, are not usually interviewed.
However, if she is also recruiting then I should imagine it would be a BIG problem.
If a school really wants you AND her then maybe they would interview by skype ways before the fair. We are a teaching couple who have been in 4 great schools over the past 16 years and have never had to go to a fair (in demand subjects.) We are all booked into the BKK fair, flights, hotel the whole deal, but expect to cancel.
I would have all your recruiting stuff super ready and organised and apply like crazy starting now. We've already put in applications for our first job and have had a promising response.
With a bit of organisation and maybe luck, the fair might seem like a fall-back option, rather than the be-all and end-all.
Fortune favors the prepared mind!
Again, good luck. XX
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Another Bangkok fair question
Is it an absolute "must" to stay at the hotel? Or is it feasible to stay at a place that's nearby and cheaper? I am interviewing for counseling positions, so I probably won't have as many interviews back to back as other high needs subjects. I'm leaning towards booking the Fair hotel as this was very helpful when I attended the Cambridge fair 3 years ago. Just wanted to hear other people's thoughts on this.
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As an applicant, I usually stayed in the hotel. Once I didn't, just stayed nearby to save money, and I regretted it. Too hard moving back and forth, early mornings, late nights, nowhere to properly relax when I had a free hour, nowhere convenient and private to spread out the 400 documents I needed to read simultaneously.
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Stayed at the hotel in BK last recruiting season (read my post on recruiting in bangkok here --> http://internationalschoolsreview.com/v ... ir+bangkok
I would stay at the fair hotel again.
Hope this helps prospective candidates going to Bangkok this year!
I would stay at the fair hotel again.
Hope this helps prospective candidates going to Bangkok this year!