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Rating the Recruiting Fairs 2009 / 2010
International Teacher Recruiting Fairs remain the number one venue used by International schools to fill their staffing needs. If you recently attended a recruiting fair, here's an opportunity to share your experience with colleagues and to read how other teachers felt about the same event. We'll be inviting the agencies that sponsor recruiting fairs to view this section of the ISR web site. So, in addition to sharing with colleagues, here's a chance to tell Search, ISS, UNI, CIS, AASSA and other recruiters what you thought they did right, and what aspects of the their fairs may need attention for next year.
Three important facts have emerged from the ratings we have so far received: 1). The majority of schools are limiting their interviews to teachers with IB experience. 2). Teaching couples have an advantage. 3). Many advertised positions are gone before the first day of the fairs. Read on, Rate fairs you've attended, and Plan your recruiting strategy accordingly!

 

Index to Rated Recruiting Fairs
(links become active the first day of the recruiting fair)

  November 2009
Council of International Schools (CIS), Hamburg, Germany, November 20
  December
Association of American Schools in South America (AASSA), Atlanta, USA, December 3-6
  January 2010
Search Associates, Sydney Amora Jamison Hotel, January 3-5, Organizer: Rob Graham
International Schools Services (ISS), Bangkok, Thailand, January 5-9
Search Associates, Bangkok Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel, January 7-10, Organizer: Michael Williams
CIS, New Delhi, January 9-11
Search Associates, Hong Kong, Chinese International School, January 22-24, Organizer: Rob Graham
CIS London, January 22-25
Search Associates, London Novotel London West, January 28 - February 1, Organizer: Gez Hayden
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, January 29-31
Search Associates, Toronto Canada, Delta Chelsea, January 29-31, Organizer: Ray Sparks
  February
Search Associates, Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, February 4-7, 2010 Organizer: John Magagna
University of Northern Iowa (UNI), Waterloo, Iowa, February 5-7
International Schools Services (ISS), Boston, MA, February 7-11
International Schools Services (ISS - CIS), Philadelphia , February 15 -18
Search Associates, Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel, February 18-21, Organizer: Michael Williams
Search Associates, Renaissance Dubai Hotel, February 25-28, Organizer: David Cope
  March
Search Associates, Bangkok, The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, March 19-21 Organizer: Michael Williams
  April

Search Associates, London Hilton, London, Paddington, April 30 - May 2, Organizer: David Cope

  May
Council of International Schools (CIS), London, May 7-10
  June
Council of International Schools, Fairfax, June 11-13

International Schools Services (ISS) Fairfax, VA, June 11-13

Search Associates, Bethesda, Hyatt Regency Hotel, June 16-18, Organizer: Sally Gordon
 
 

 

Contact Information
Search Associates: www.
searchassociates.com
Queen's University: http://educ.queensu.ca/careers/torf.html
Association of American Schools in South America: www.aassa.com
International Schools Services: www.iss.edu
University of Northern Iowa: www.uni.edu/placement/overseas/osfair.html
Council of International Schools: www.cois.org