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by slee437
Sat Jun 11, 2022 11:08 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Ghosted?
Replies: 12
Views: 12594

Re: Ghosted?

I won't name the school because I am contracted to work there this upcoming year, but it is a school in Europe :/
I'm feeling a bit antsy because I honestly have never worked with HR that is THIS unresponsive and has never met a deadline they have set. They said it is because they are really understaffed (which I totally understand), but they still haven't sent me the original and physical copy of my contract (but they have sent me the scans of it). Emails have been sent with no reply, not even a short "well-received." The only reassuring point right now is that I am working with the relocation manager the school pays for to procure an apartment and make sure my arrival is a "soft-landing." I don't know if I'm just being paranoid, but of all the schools I've worked with (albeit only 3), I have never not received replies to emails.
by slee437
Fri May 20, 2022 2:35 am
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Ghosted?
Replies: 12
Views: 12594

Re: Ghosted?

Thanks everyone for the helpful comments! The school did get back to me with a contract, but communication has been like pulling teeth :/ Replies to emails are taking at least a week, and it is honestly making me feel really anxious because it is quite late in the game, and I'm relocating from China with pets, so I've already booked things. I haven't been teaching internationally for that long, but of all of the schools I've worked for, I've had much better communication with HR with them taking a few days tops to answer back to emails. Fingers crossed that all goes well, but also bracing myself for being ghosted :/
by slee437
Wed May 11, 2022 3:00 pm
Forum: Forum 1. From Questions About ISS & Search to Anything and Everything About International Teaching
Topic: Ghosted?
Replies: 12
Views: 12594

Ghosted?

(Reposted from members forum hoping to get more advice!)

Hey y'all!

I don't know if I am being paranoid, but I got an employment offer with a contract draft by email from an international school three days ago. They told me I should read it carefully and get back to them with any concerns and comments etc. and that the next step was to get the head of school to sign and then me to sign and send it back to them. I got back to them within a day, but I've not heard back from them till now. Is this a normal timeline or should I still be looking as I have been ghosted? First time applying to an international school, so I'm a bit unsure and worried. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!!