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Why so many vacancies post-BKK fair?
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:53 am
by fine dude
Having read the previous posts about the recently concluded SEARCH BKK fair, I'm still wondering why some top-tier schools, even after attending this fair, have so many vacancies listed on their school websites. Examples: Vienna IS, NIST, Concordian-BKK
Does this fair not attract superstar-teachers as claimed by the associates and several teachers?
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:52 am
by Overhere
Our school has about 35 openings and we were told today that 40% were filled at the two BKK fairs. I think administrators sometimes get into "the grass will be greener at future fairs" attitudes.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:55 am
by shadowjack
Not all the "superstar" teachers show up in Bangkok. A colleague at the fair shared the theory that 30% of the hiring was done in Bangkok, 30% in London, 30% in Boston and 10% via other fairs/other avenues.
Sounded about right to me :-)
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:08 am
by sid
A lot of schools, a lot of teachers, a lot of positions, a lot of fairs.
One gigantic jigsaw puzzle, and only some of the pieces are available at each fair. The whole thing won't be completed for months yet.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:10 am
by mysharona
I have grown to hate that -. Our administrators use it all the time as they deny transfer requests, 'we're all puzzle pieces and we want to make sure all the pieces fit'.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:11 am
by heyteach
Slow to update their Web sites??
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:18 am
by buffalofan
^
This is it. Some schools (cough NIST cough cough) aren't good at all about keeping up to date job listings on their websites. The Search database is a much better gauge of what is still out there.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:25 pm
by DCgirl
A combination. A lot of schools were willing to wait until London and Cambridge. The websites and Search database are not updated. I was looking at positions today that I know were filled at Search Bangkok.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:42 am
by PsyGuy
All the above, and probably all of the below. Additionally, schools will keep a vacancy posted to continue building a candidate pool for future vacancies.
Even though youve signed a contract there are still a number of HR checks and vertifications to go through. Including your background check, verification of degree and certificate. The school has to amke sure they can get a visa for you.
Some schools will keep "looking" even after signing a contract. Its easy for a school to break a contract and explain it away to an agency, assuming they even had too. "Oh something came up in their background check" or "we had an organizational/financial issue develop". All kinds of reasons can just appear.