It’s funny Psyguy- as soon as anyone talks about something you can’t defend you launch into something that is totally unrelated- if you want to have some more D words- how about deception or deflection! The simple matter is you have been exposed as a fraud by more than one person. You weren’t at Sydney and you can’t even describe the hotel the Sydney fair was at. However, your best defence is to try and link two posters together and say we are the same person, because we have posted once at the same time. I am actually not Nick Kendell, but I do know him as I was at the Sydney fair, which I have said in my postings. I have not lied about being there which you have, nor have I tried to deflect the direct questions you have been asked. It’s all a bit sad. You have said before you will admit when you are wrong but this thread is a great example that shows you can’t admit you are wrong even when the evidence against you is overwhelming. It has been demonstrated that the hotel doesn't have a ballroom on the first floor as you said, but conveniently you just ignore that and continue with your fiction

I’m enjoying this though- as lots of other people obviously are., so good luck with your next posting which no doubt won’t address the real questions, but will try and perpetuate the fictional life you try to live. Let’s try and push the number of views up to 10,000 which no doubt will be a record for this particular forum. Also good luck getting an actual job in a reputable international school, because that isn’t going to happen! I on the other hand will go to my job on Monday, secure in the knowledge it is a real job where I will make a difference and not something that I have made up.

Of course not because you have no problems lying and this is just another lie... So sad!

[quote="PsyGuy"]

After Sydney I no longer am surprised about poor geography skills. Knowing the current events of a country is not indicative of being able to locate it on a map.[/quote]

I think you have the poor geography schools as the hotel you describe is not the hotel the Sydney fair was at. Lobby or first floor as you call it. Second floor as you call it - gallery restaurant. 3rd floor as you call it but actually 2 nd floor ballroom - no recruiter lounge. Now stop trying to play with the big kids and go back to your toys. Mind you given that we are at over 6000 views I think we are all enjoying watching you implode!

Wrong- the ballroom is on the second floor. There was no recruiter lounge

It's your career you are playing with. But as I think you really are not the type of person an international school should hire I'm going to post some more hints for recruiters. I'm not going to name you publicly but I am going to now post enough information about you that recruiters who have access to the Search database will be able to search the database and identify you. Well, I probably have done enough already as Walter has already found you. Well done Walter - I didn't think I gave it all away in my postings! Like I said Psyguy, you can have all the supporters on the board who are candidates, but it is recruiters who matter, and judging by the response from Walter and myself, we aren't impressed. The other recruiters can make their own decisions about whether they will hire you or not. Of course the Senior Associates from Search who are watching this board may want to take other action. I believe by posting the information you have from the Search database about jobs that are available through Search and school information breaks the agreement you have with them and I doubt you will be a candidate for much longer. So, for the guys from Search– I know you can track when candidates access school pages so he has posted school information from IS Manila on Sunday February 19 at 9:59am GMT, a variety of schools from Oman in January and also Moscow. If you check the dates of his postings on this board you will be able to work out who accessed those pages on those days and can really work out who he is.

For recruiters:

Senior Associate: Marie Bogat- he told us that already
First choice: General science
Second Choice: Biology
Third Choice: Chemistry
Fourth Choice: Physics

All first priority


High school attended

Anglo Chinese Junior College- ACJC- he you told us that already

Current position: training consultant

Check back to a previous posting for clues on his location and name.

Keep posting lies and I'll keep posting more information. I do feel a bit sorry for you Psyguy but you are doing this to yourself and I don't bluff. Say goodbye to your hopes of working overseas

Two more mistakes about Sydney- there was no recruiter lounge…and the ballroom was not on the first floor. FYI- Everyone without a nametag was questioned by the friendly staff- can you name any except Nick? Can you name any candidates you interviewed? Can you name any other schools that were there that haven't been named on this board?

Last chance Psyguy. Walter followed my clues and found out who you were. If you keep insisting you were at Sydney, I'll post enough information to let Search and recruiters know exactly who you are. You should never work in a reputable international school, and to be honest, looking at your CV, there really isn't much of a chance, but I'm giving you a last chance. Come clean, admit you weren't at Sydney and don't work in Denmark, and I'll stop. It may already be too late though as other people may have already worked out who you are...

Let's assume for a moment that Psyguy did as he said. He went to the Sydney fair unregistered as his school is not registered with Search. So, he rocks up with his co-recruiter to the Sydney fair. He checks in to the hotel- which by the way was fully booked for that time, and then does what? Emails all the candidates for interviews? How? He has no access to the candidate list on Search as his school is not registered. So, he goes and puts a school information piece into each candidate file and asks them to contact him? Then he proceeds to interview candidates? Possibly. But as I said in a previous posting, the candidates he described were not even on the candidate list and he really knows nothing about Australian and NZ candidates and it shows. Maybe he just interviewed someone from the street who was as confused as him. But let's be honest here as there has been very little honest postings from Psyguy. I know who he is. He is not a junior administrator from Denmark and was not at the Sydney fair. How do I know? Psyguy has dropped enough information about himself in previous postings that it has been quite easy to build a picture of the real Psyguy. Some real giveaways were the fact that he went to a high school in Singapore and has over 20 certifications. You even said who your senior associate is. I've been travelling a bit lately and have had the time to go through the Search database to find you. It’s really has not been not that difficult.

But really Psyguy- it is a bit misleading to put down you are certified as an Early Childhood teacher when in reality your very limited teaching experience is as an ESL teacher and some business studies, and you are currently looking for work as a science teacher. I certainly wouldn't be hiring you for any Early Childhood position when you have no experience. But why should I be surprised- your postings about Australia and a blacklist have been very misleading. It's a shame as you do have some good things to say and if you stuck to what you know then we would all be so better off. But you can't seem to help yourself and you just crossed a big ethical line and everybody watching will know this. And really, the people who should count for you are the people who would want to hire you... and I can tell you they really won't be doing that! You can have all the followers you like on this board, but they won't give you your next job.

So, what's it to be Psyguy- would you like to test your theory about there not being a blacklist or would you like to keep going with the charade and have your real identity come out? I’ve tried to drop hints in my posting to tell you I know you are but you seem the type who needs the sledgehammer approach. I'm sure the heads who are watching this board would be delighted to know who you are. You know of course that Search will now be very interested to know who you are as well. Imagine writing that you attended a Search fair that had been set up and run by Search for Search candidates, and had no scruples about interviewing them even though you were not registered with them. I know this is an absolute lie anyway, but this says a lot about you and your ethics, and I can tell you that you are not the person that an international school should hire.

Over to you now…I'm happy to keep dropping tidbits about you on this forum so the heads can do their own searching just as I did.

[quote]@specialed

Im not the owner, an employee, moderator, or admin with ISR.[/quote]

For once a true statement from Psyguy. He is also not an administrator from Denmark and did not go to the Sydney fair. I love how easy it is to find information on the internet.[/quote]

Yes, here is the dictionary definition of Nemisis: an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. Glad you have recognized this Psyguy.
You would be well served to remember that it is very easy to gather information these days. My friend who is a D.J. in San Antonio has told me some things that are interesting.

Excellent blog psychris!

That's because he is not who he says he is. Obviously he was nowhere near Sydney for the Search fair, otherwise he would have addressed the issues I raised about his postings. It's pretty obvious he is not from Denmark either- looking at the times of his postings my tip is that he is posting from the US- probably Texas or California. This does raise some questions about why people feel the need to pretend they are someone they are not. This is not the game Second Life Psyguy - you are dealing with people who really are looking for advice and support from someone who actually knows what they are talking about and not pretending to know.

I’ve watched this site for a while now and have decided to put my own contribution in. First of all, thank you Walter for your balanced contribution. You really have summed up the state of play from a head of school’s point of you. However, it seems that no matter what you do, the response from Psyguy is to try and yell louder and try to hope that people are distracted and don’t look carefully at what he is saying. I think from what I have read, people have seen through Psyguy and are chuckling at his responses. I know I have been. He is like the kid on the playground who is about to take his ball home as he is not getting what he wants.

I love this posting:

Psyguy wrote: I didnt say there were NO heads present, I wrote that more heads this year went to UNI then Search/ISS Boston then in the past.

No actually this is what he wrote:

Psyguy wrote: Was one of the few... Most of the admins at Search and presumably ISS were non head admins.

My comment: So most of the admins at Search were non head admins? If you weren’t there and Walter was, how can you possibly make this statement? Especially if Walter says he saw lots of his friends there who were heads of schools?

Let me address specifically his posts about the Search Associates Sydney fair which he said he attended, but actually wasn’t registered for. I was a recruiter at the Sydney fair and want to address some of the misconceptions he has written about.

Psyguy wrote: A lot of schools this year are "waiting" for the 2 big fairs to sign, from what I experienced Cambridge might be the end of the race this year.

My comment What rubbish. My school hired 8 teachers at Sydney and talking to Nick, I know he had an exceptional year this year and placed more than his yearly average. I know of a top tier school that hired more than 10 teachers from Search Sydney. Schools used to wait until Cambridge to sign teachers, but there just aren’t enough good teachers around to wait, and so if we find the right teacher we make an offer and sign them up as soon as possible.

Psyguy wrote: Second, I saw a lot of newbies, a lot of newbies, and I really believe that one of the problems as a profession we have to deal with is Teacher Training and Educational programs. I have to think thats the problem because I cant imagine what media outlets some of these teachers get their expectations from??? I kept thinking back over the interviews "did i have that kind of ego when I was starting out?". These schools (colleges/universities) really fill their students heads with very high employment expectations, especially career changers. Their really is an inflated idea of what it means to be an international teacher.

My comment: Again false. Let’s be clear here. In this post Psyguy is writing about new teachers to the profession here- not new teachers to international schools. One example he gives in this post is the person who has not graduated yet and who is told by his college counselor to lie about this on his resume.

I checked the candidate database that I was given by Nick, the senior associate. Yes, this is one that is developed specifically for the Sydney fair. Out of the 180 candidates one person was a new graduate, but this was a female and she got a job. She did not lie about this on her resume. The rest of the teachers there had certification and had a minimum of 2 year’s experience- most of them with many more year’s experience than the 2 needed to join up with Search.

Psyguy wrote: BUT my deeper issue is the underlying feeling that these teachers were NOT open or disposed to thinking outside the educational structures they had learned. The sense I and my coworker got was that "their way (what they learned) was the best way to teach". Now pride is one thing, but arrogance to the point of closing oneself of to other POV's and seems from the standpoint of an educator as being pernicious to ones own professional standards and expectations. How can you develop creativity and flexible learning in your students if you cant do it yourself?

My comment: Were you actually at the same fair as me Psyguy? I doubt it. The reason I go to the Search fair in Sydney is the fact that the teachers from NZ and Australia are the most creative and flexible I have met. They are taught this in university and practice this at their schools. They teach across year levels and are flexible enough that if asked to they can teach outside of their subject specialties. And they are excellent practitioners. Ask a NZ or Australian primary teacher about literacy or numeracy and you will learn something from them. Ask a high school teacher about utilizing an inquiry based approach in their higher level classes and you will be amazed by the intelligent reflective response you get. Do all of them know IB? No, but they all know inquiry and can adapt readily to new situations and the IB is a program that can be learnt.

Psyguy wrote: We had a number of candidates who didnt know what school they were interviewing for, where we were located, where Denmark is on a map or what the IB/IBO was.

My comment: Again, what rubbish. The candidates were well briefed. Australians and Kiwis are some of the world’s most travelled people and it is insulting to say they don’t know where Denmark is. This sort of statement may fly in the US, but is ridiculous to say this about Australians and New Zealanders. Don’t you know Princess Mary of Denmark is from Tasmania? You know where that is right Psyguy? What a stupid thing to talk about- Denmark is probably the most known country in Europe because of her.

Also, Search ran a number of briefing sessions before the fair on the IB PYP, MYP and DP programs so this statement is just rubbish.


Psyguy wrote: On the same note, what we heard from several other schools was the concern of what a Native English Speaker is. There were a number of Filipino candidates who insisted they were native english speakers

My comment: Wrong – there were no Filipino candidates this year but there have been in previous years. Everyone who went to Search Sydney this year was a native English speaker save the one candidate who was a native Spanish teacher looking for, wait for it, Spanish teaching jobs.


Psyguy wrote:

This was the first fair for the vast majority of newbies, and I see it all the time. They have high hopes, and expectations, and they realize either 1) No one is really interested in them (mainly because the fairs are typically mid year, and many of them arent certified, or have their degrees yet, and they have no experience).

My comment: Wrong- every single candidate was certified. All candidates, except the one I spoke about had at least two year’s of experience. Psyguy is correct that this is the first fair for newbies, but these are newbies to international schools, not newbies to teaching which is what he is referring to in his post. These newbies are some of the most experienced teachers I have seen- and no, they are not career changers, but career teachers.

Psyguy wrote: I think in my opinion, that a lot of the career changers who lost jobs and decided to try teaching will go back to their corporate professions when the economy improves.

My comment: Wow- were you in Australia? You know of course that Australia is one of the few countries that maintained growth through the last financial crisis right? Why? Because of the sustained mining boom. The issue for Australia is not about people switching jobs to teaching- it is getting enough people to teach. Why teach when you can earn $140k on a mine in Western Australia.

In another post psyguy wrote:

I think what i heard from one recruiter in germany sums up the sentiment really well" "This cant be all there is?" None of the recruiters have been impressed with many of the candidates. It creates some interesting dynamics. Basically the upper tier schools are giving positions to under experienced teachers teachers they normally wouldnt consider. The reason being the experienced teacher market was very small this year, people just stayed where they are, and didnt want to look for new positions in a depressed economy. A school in germany hired an intern with a full compensation package for a teacher position. Several counselor positions were filled by people with no license or certification.


My comment: This is just wrong. As usual there are lots of excellent candidates and the challenge is to convince these good candidates to come to your school. My school is a top tier school and we have had no problems convincing high quality candidates to come to the school. The market for experienced international teachers is the same it has ever been. What school in Germany hired an intern? What counselor positions were filled by people with no certification?

Psyguy wrote:

At the more veteran fairs invites move you to the front of the line, at the fairs that cater more too newbies, everyone waits.

My comment: Not true. At the Sydney fair, I was given some white slips and filled these out and put these in candidate’s files indicating I would like to interview them. These candidates were able to jump the line.


Psyguy wrote: We saw a lot of resumes that had skills sections, objectives at the top and "References available on request" at the bottom. We also saw a lot of "inflated" job descriptions


My comment: Hmm- references available on request. Now I know you weren’t at the Search fair. On the thumb drive I received, I had the whole profile of candidates as well as their confidential references. That’s why I like Search- I get everything I need.

On the same issue about whether you were at the Search fair, I have this niggling suspicion you aren’t who you say you are. You have posted you are at a municipal school in Denmark that teaches the IB. Why would a school like this send 2 people to Sydney to not hire anyone, and then 2 principals to Bangkok to hire people. I doubt this type of school would spend the sort of money required to send junior administrators recruiting. So, what about the principals in Bangkok. I know for a fact there were no Danish schools at the Search Bangkok fair. How do I know? I got that information from a senior associate who was there.

Psyguy wrote:

About 20% of Search clients exhaust all three years on their membership without accepting a position, and the top reasons (in order) are: 1) Overly selective candidates, 2) Too expensive to place, 3) Lack of experience.

My comment: How can you possibly make this statement? Are you a Senior Associate? I sincerely doubt it as I count a lot of them as my friends and probably some of them have been reading your posts and laughing amongst themselves. I know Search doesn’t even track this data. They track other things such as how many teachers get hired and whether this is at a fair or outside a fair, but it is absolutely a lie that there is any data that 20% of Search candidates exhaust all three years without accepting a position.


Now on the topic of blacklists. Walter is correct in the way he describes the use of Headnet to alert heads about teachers that they may want to know more about. But, isn’t this a form of blacklist? It doesn’t have to come in the form of a secret piece of paper, but if heads are talking about candidates that you may want to know more about before you hire them, then I wouldn’t want to be on this list? And what about the agencies? You can be sure they have people on their own internal lists they won’t work with again. Is it a blacklist? Not in as many words, but it does the same thing. Like I said, I wouldn’t want to be on any list.

Just a word on Bangkok Search. Walter is correct about the origins of the ISS fair. Psyguy is correct that this has become a fair for more experienced teachers. Did it start this way? No. Search for years had run a very small fair in Kuala Lumpur between Christmas and New Year. This was not successful and was close to closing. When ISS started the BKK fair Search moved the fair to BKK. Why? Good old competition. They didn’t want ISS to get a foothold in BKK and it made sense to run a fair in BKK directly after the Search Sydney fair so recruiters could go to two very different fairs in a short period of time. Search does the recruitment business better than any other agency and a few short years later have cornered the market.

I would like to end my posting with some advice for readers. Please do your own research and remember that what people post are their own views on issues. There is no right view, but if you read carefully enough, you will be able to form your own view of things. If you have an offer and want to know about a school, you should write or call a teacher at the school who is in the same position as you and not rely on someone who seems to know everything about everything, because that is just not possible. Be wary of people who make blanket statements and when are presented with alternative research, debunk that research but don’t give alternatives. We teach children to - information and come up with their own sensible conclusions and I think most people here can do the same thing.