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by Awildsheepchase112
Sat Feb 08, 2020 2:15 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: The Job Search is Not Going Well...
Replies: 13
Views: 28436

Re: The Job Search is Not Going Well...

After reading some of the comments, I will continue to look for jobs in Thailand, around Asia, and in the Middle East. I have made peace with the fact that Thailand will most likely not be happening for several years. However, staying in the States is completely out of the question. I have a wife in Thailand and staying in North America is a financial nightmare on a teachers salary if you need to make trips back to Bangkok twice a year. I will miss my students and school here in the States, but I cannot continue to stay here. It does not make sense in my situation on personal or financial level.

So, with that said, I am getting some interest from schools in Kuwait, UAE, Myanmar, Indonesia, and some schools in China (although they keep asking me to apply on their websites). I am willing to work hard and gain valuable experience along the way, but I also do not want to be taken advantage of at a school. Any advice?

Also, I don't really play up my ESL experience, but I am unwilling to scrap it from my resume. It accounts for three years of my life, and I think it shows that I am willing to live abroad.

As far as IB experience, I suppose I would need to get my foot in the door to an international school that uses it? Because it seems very rare here in the states, but I am new so what do I know....
by Awildsheepchase112
Thu Feb 06, 2020 3:50 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: The Job Search is Not Going Well...
Replies: 13
Views: 28436

Re: The Job Search is Not Going Well...

shadowjack wrote:
. You are not a strong candidate (sorry), so you will eventually land something, but maybe not
> until late March or April after all the other pieces have been shuffled.
>

Is that because I just need more experience?
by Awildsheepchase112
Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:28 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: The Job Search is Not Going Well...
Replies: 13
Views: 28436

The Job Search is Not Going Well...

I will keep this short. I am an active member on TIE, ISS, AND Search Associates. I have applied to over 70 jobs in Asia and the MIddle East on ISS, over 20 on TIE, and over 15 on Search since November 2019. I have had only three interviews so far, one rejection, and two schools ghosted me after the interview. Is this normal?

Secondly, I have been especially trying to get a job in Bangkok since I used to live there, and I am eager to move back but I have heard NOTHING from any Thai schools. I think I applied to every Thai opening I am qualified to teach (around 30 jobs) and even reached out to principals / schools directly when the options was presented. NOTHING!

To give you a little background, I have a BA in Literature, a M.Ed in Secondary Education, a teaching licence, two years experience in the states, and three years ESL experience in Thailand.

Side Note: ISS seems like the least useful out of the three based on the fact that I have spent the most time on that site, but gotten zero interviews. TIE is the cheapest, but I have gotten all three of my interviews from them. Search has gotten me 1, but that is still scheduled (not occured yet).