Moving from a school in a South East Asian country to a school in the Gulf.
Plenty of paperwork to have notarised /stamped etc.
Plan on doing this in Bkk., during June - August, as I've no wish to return to my Commonwealth citizenship country just to get some paperwork stamped.
Have written to the Gulf country's embassy in Bkk, explaining what I have to do and amazingly, they replied, but in the negative. No they couldn't help me.
As a last resort I could, in theory, just arrive in the Gulf country in August (I'd get 90 days on arrival) with as much done as possible and take it from there.
Psyguy: you know the ropes on this old vessel better than most. Any suggestions?

None of them.
Yet if by circumstance you're forced to attend, then follow PsyGuy's advice:

"...the rule remains: go to the most competitive fair you can get an invite to."

I've worked at five of the schools reviewed on ISR. The majority of the posts about those schools are accurate, or were accurate at the time they were written. The relatively few propaganda exercises are easily detected.

@Yantantetether Approaching seventy, it's less a case of what or where you want to be and more about who will take you, keep you and - perhaps more importantly - why?

As for Shakespeare and satchels; look no further than Jaques in Act II Scene VII of 'As you like it'...and as long as you're not in the seventh stage, continue as long as you can.

Unless a school is completely funded by a state or charitable institution, someone somewhere somehow, is making a profit.

Let me know the contact details of your school. They'll have my resume a.s.a.p.
Consider this: what you claim to be stashing in the bank is many teachers' base salary. Unless the original post is just narcissistic attention seeking, or plain old fashioned chain yanking, I'd echo Senator's previous comments...

Much too soon to give up.

I've heard every reason for international schools operating ten hour days - or even longer. The traffic. The snow. The heat. The 'ethos'. The pollution. The sport. The parents. At the end of the day the truth is very simple: they do it because they can and will take whatever the labour market will bear.

Prem Tinsulanonda International School, Chiang Mai.

I worked at NIST in 1994. I was paying tax on my salary then.

Japan.
Visit Thailand for holidays - you'll enjoy it more. Besides, the Bangkok salary sounds way too low.
I've worked & lived in both.

PsyGuy is correct.

Apart from personal contacts, nothing except agents.

No, you don't. These days, there are many other options.

That's a bit cynical, PIEGUY! Comprehensive original post/account, but I'd add that it's no longer enough on the international circuit to simply do your job to the best of your ability, perform all your professional responsibilities, run an ASA, contribute to meetings and then go home exhausted but knowing you've tried damned hard. These days you need to be giving 'added value' to the school 'community' ( i.e. the faculty). Despite working overseas in international schools; many teachers and administrators want to recreate the kind of social interaction/inclusion they had at home - or rather wish they'd had. It doesn't need to be you organizing the added value; it could be your partner/friend/contact. Examples of 'added value' kudos might include:

Your partner is deeply committed to the host country's social complexities, speaks the language fluently and although not on staff, can run field trips/local tours.
Your partner runs the local amateur dramatic scene and can put on a show at school.
You play in a band, any band - or your partner does - and you perform at staff functions.
You often host staff parties in your apartment/house. Card nights. Film nights. Book review nights.
Your partner/wife/husband/friend is a good cook and can rustle up exotic food at staff occasions.
She/he happens to be a mountaineer/diver/snowboarder/archaeologist etc and can lead staff groups during weekend breaks.
Your trailing spouse can run the basketball/baseball/whateverball school team. It's endless, but to summarize: many schools are as much about social status and acceptance within faculty, as about your commitment to high professional standards and hard work.