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by dockabros
Sat May 28, 2022 7:52 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Jan Vs May Job Searching
Replies: 9
Views: 7361

Re: Jan Vs May Job Searching

A good chunk of those exiting are in fact returning home to the US/UK etc or taking a year out as both of these options are preferable for teachers who have put up with the escalating Covid madness, nationalism etc within China.

Schools are getting increasingly desperate and hiking salaries in Tier 1 cities to attract staff. The lack of supply of decent staff within the country has grown worse since 2020 putting upward pressure on salaries for new starters. The border restrictions also add to this as does the increasing unwillingness of teachers outside the country to move to China after seeing on the news how people are being treated in Shanghai.

The exodus is also affecting the rest of the International market. One school in Portugal had 12 teachers in China apply for the same position.
by dockabros
Sat May 28, 2022 4:56 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Jan Vs May Job Searching
Replies: 9
Views: 7361

Re: Jan Vs May Job Searching

I would say "Yes". I am on the ground in China since before the pandemic and things are going from bad to worse. The final straw for many was the madness that unfolded in Shanghai over the past few months. Teachers are already leaving in droves and more will break contract etc in the next few months. I am being inundated with offers by recruiters within the country. The chain I work for is seeing its weekly vacancy list grow rather than shorten.
by dockabros
Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:38 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Effect of Brexit on WE teaching job market?
Replies: 18
Views: 42623

Re: Effect of Brexit on WE teaching job market?

Hi Psyguy

Looks like it is shaking out pretty much how I predicted back in 2020 regarding British teachers in the EU.

https://www.internationalschoolsreview. ... f=2&t=2649
by dockabros
Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:19 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Effect of Brexit on WE teaching job market?
Replies: 18
Views: 42623

Re: Effect of Brexit on WE teaching job market?

I think the OP was referring to the fact that Brexit may open up more opportunities for non-EU Anglophone teachers and I was pointing out the fact that the natural current recruitment pool for WE also includes Irish teachers as well as British (not just English) teachers due to the visa restrictions on non-EU teachers.
In addition, there are also quite a large number of Irish ITs on the circuit particularly in the ME (last year the in fact the Irish Minister for Education actually went to Dubai on a fact-finding/begging mission to try and get these teachers to return home due to the scale of Irish teachers choosing to work in international schools), who could now benefit from their visa status in the EU due to the likely downgrading of British teachers' access to this labour market post-Brexit. While you seem confident that British teachers will retain a preferential status, the Tories have been making noises about putting EU migrants on points-based visas like non-EU migrants as well as pushing for a more CETA-style arrangement, which does not bode well for British workers i.e. teachers having the same ease of access to WE jobs. As you are probably aware, "uncontrolled" EU-migration to the UK was the main reason many voted to leave in the first place.
Now you refer to no observable competition between Irish and British teachers on the international circuit but just because it is not observable to you, does not mean it does not exist. Both usually have similar curriculum background and experience such as the British state sector and/or IGCSE/A-Levels etc so they apply for similar types of international school jobs. In addition, it is sort of an unspoken thing that the British are preferred due to the accent, passport etc so this does directly the recruitment prospects of many Irish ITs, even if you are unaware of this as you have not experienced this yourself.
Lastly to return to the OPs original query - I think if the international school currently teaches the American curriculum or perhaps IB in WE, Brexit will have little impact on these schools as British teachers mostly lack the curriculum experience to teach in the former at least. However, if we are talking about international schools who follow the British curriculum (and maybe some IB schools) in Western Europe, Irish teachers will become a lot more attractive candidates due to their lack of visa problems than they currently are, as competition in their natural recruitment pool in Europe i.e. British teachers will most likely be lessened as British teachers will probably start to face new hurdles to working in Europe. And remember there are a lot of Irish ITs on the circuit, which means I think the main beneficiary of Brexit in these schools will actually be Irish teachers due to their EU citizenship rather than Americans etc.
by dockabros
Sat Feb 15, 2020 10:00 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Effect of Brexit on WE teaching job market?
Replies: 18
Views: 42623

Re: Effect of Brexit on WE teaching job market?

One factor which seems to be overlooked is that Brits are not the only EU citizens who are native English speakers and well qualified for international school jobs in Western Europe. Ireland has been overtraining teachers for years, many have years of experience working with the British curriculum in state schools in the UK and they will still have full EU citizenship after Brexit concludes, meaning zero visa issues. This would bump them up the queue ahead of many non-EU teachers if Brits lose their current access to these jobs. Another factor is that a lot of British people have been applying for Irish passports since the referendum result or are eligible for Irish citizenship through ancestry, which means many British teachers will also be able to avoid visa hurdles by simply using their Irish passport to work in Western Europe.