Was curious about Carney-Sandoe as a recruiter. What is their reputation?

They seem to more US based for independent and private schools but do the have much of an IS presence? Do their recruiters go out of their way to find you a job or are they more like ISS/Search and it is mostly up to the candidate? Seems like they do not have searchable jobs database so it appears they are more proactive in finding jobs for teachers.

Wondering for the long term as in the future I might wish to sign up with them. Have not read of them mentioned here.

Psyguy, Sid, wrldtrvlr123, shadowjack: Thank you all very much for your insights.

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As luck would have it last night I received a fantastic offer in a great spot that covers my entire family. Thankfully I do not have to worry about any misrepresentation and did not have to go to the ME or any undesirable region for this coverage.

Again, I appreciate all of your input and hope this thread helps others in the same predicament.

My kids are all under 3 so not really bothered about school for the next few years.

I understand the part about advertising myself as a single hire and then showing up with a ready made family so then what is the best way to advertise myself? I would like to appear to not be a financial burden to a school with all these depedents.

As for flights we have loads of miles so that wouldn't be a problem at all.

How do I convey all of this to a school though as we would like Europe and right now we are pretty much shut out of most jobs?

My children and I are dual EU-US citizens and to increase my chances I was thinking of switching all of my applications to single status. My wife works part time at her job remotely so she is not really a dependent.

The aim is to increase my chances of landing a position, especially in Europe. My children would be covered medically in Europe and would not need visas. My wife would be the only one in need of a visa and I can secure that independently of the school.

I would use my housing allowance to get a place for us and my wife's income along with some of mine would allow us a bigger space which would be enough for our family.

In short it is workable for me to be hired as single status with no dependents so how would I go about this? Schools would only be taking care of me as a single hire.

Do schools frown upon this as I do not want to be seen as hiding anything? Please advise on how to proceed as right now I am not competitive to European schools. Thank you.