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by fred173
Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:19 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: 24/25 Job Search
Replies: 11
Views: 75270

Re: 24/25 Job Search

brillo wrote:

> The other has advertised for the third(!) time this recruitment period. I
> have 8 years of IB experience and 4 years at a t1…don’t know what they’re
> hoping for.


Could it be they're hoping for someone less experienced and more affordable?
by fred173
Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:02 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: 24/25 Job Search
Replies: 11
Views: 75270

Re: 24/25 Job Search

Two applications, one offer, one rejection.

I've decided to keep looking for now and while the rejection narks, it would not have been a good move for me.

Good luck to all on the job hunt this year!
by fred173
Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:29 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: COVID Vaccination requirements in Thailand, Singapore, & SE Asia
Replies: 4
Views: 13713

Re: COVID Vaccination requirements in Thailand, Singapore, & SE Asia

I'm new in Thailand this year.

My work permit and residency is still in process but at no stage have I been asked about Covid vaccines.
by fred173
Sun May 28, 2023 6:02 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Replying to discussion board
Replies: 2
Views: 12145

Re: Replying to discussion board

thank you!
I was trying to give an email address, now I realise it's better with just a name or anonymous. The email address makes the system think I'm trying to log in to wordpress.
by fred173
Fri May 26, 2023 9:13 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Replying to discussion board
Replies: 2
Views: 12145

Replying to discussion board

I'm trying to reply to the latest discussion board topic but can't seem to do it anonymously.

Is it necessary to create a wordpress account or can it be done with just email? I'm sure I've done this before, but can't do it now for some reason.
by fred173
Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:46 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Native Vnese going back to VN to work
Replies: 14
Views: 28346

Re: Native Vnese going back to VN to work

Someone above mentions that recruitment cycles might not fit - don't worry about this.

I have seen this from both sides. I have finished a Southern Hemisphere contract and, while expecting to have to wait until August to begin work again, I was appointed for a Feb start, to one of the best posts I've ever had, because a vacancy came up at a time when most N Hem teachers were unavaiable. Fewer posts come up at this time, but there's less competition as well.

I've also had, in my department, a teacher appointed for the S hemisphere, who wasn't available to start until after Christmas, and the school decided to appoint a temporary teacher for the interim.

Good luck to you, I hope it works out.
by fred173
Thu Aug 26, 2021 6:24 am
Forum: Forum 2. Ask Recruiting Questions, Share Information. What's on Your Mind?
Topic: Travelling to a country in lockdown
Replies: 5
Views: 18001

Re: Travelling to a country in lockdown

Hi all, thanks for all the comments and thoughts.

In the end I decided to go for it and am now safe in my quarantine hotel. If the current situation doesn't last long, it won't affect me too much as quarantine is quarantine whatever's going on outside. Hopefully things will be better by the time I'm out.
I'll be teaching again from tomorrow but at least in the right time zone.
If the situation worsens or even if the present situation goes on for several months I might regret having travelled but a decision had to made very quickly,
I know some people who are still waiting for papers and visas and so who have more time to watch how things develop - in some ways I envy them but at least I'm here now and can get on with it.
by fred173
Sun Aug 22, 2021 2:46 am
Forum: Forum 2. Ask Recruiting Questions, Share Information. What's on Your Mind?
Topic: Travelling to a country in lockdown
Replies: 5
Views: 18001

Travelling to a country in lockdown

Hi all, needing some advice or reassurance.

I accepted a post for this school year for a school in SE Asia. I started work online for them already and am due to fly out later this week. The city I am travelling to is going into full lockdown, enforced by the military, from Monday. That means not going out at all and waiting for essentiala supplies to be delivered to you by the authorities. I understand the need for these measures and experienced similar in spring 2020 and felt safe then because I was already in situ, settled and happy, with different expectations from the school. However, the idea of arriving there during that situation is causng me immense anxiety. To be already there, settled into an apartment and knowing more or less how things work is one thing, but arriving in the midst of it, for a quarantine first in a hotel and then at home is more stressful.

The online teaching has been difficult in itself - I know I'm far from being the only person to do this but I'm not adjusting to the strange times I'm keeping and am feeling a distinct lack of sympathy from some at the school. I will work through the night, travel to the airport, arrive, and be expected to start classes again immediately on arrival at the quarantine hotel. There has been no mention of time to rest after the journey and I've simply been given instructions about setting suitable cover work for the time I'm travelling.

I feel very negative and more than a bit panicky about the whole situation.

Any words of comfort would be much appreciated right now.