Search Associates is expensive and when push comes to shove they do not have your back. Several of us got stuck at a very bad school in Saudi Arabia and they did nothing to help us at all and are still sending teachers to that school.

You are paying for access to their database and yes there are some great schools on there, but the majority of the schools are third tier local ones that are not really international schools.

Your associate does not actively recruit for you and all you pay for is their data base. Interestingly enough they ask you to pay to find a job and then the schools pay them high amounts to recruit from their database. I wonder how long they will be able to get away with this current set up.

Whatever you do try to find out as much about the school as you can and read between the lines of reviews etc. Remember they are there to make money and they primarily work for the school as they are the ones paying the most cash.