I agree with the last post. Granted my opinion is based on the fact I have had success at job fairs and don't see an issue with the format as such, although I agree the paper mailboxes need to be replaced with some form of online communication system. The sign up is a necessary evil and allows admin the chance to put faces to names and meet some new potentials HR may have overlooked.

Towards the statement that the game will change I would love to see some examples of other professions that rely on electronic interview options before going with face-to-face? Honestly I think it would be a struggle, I have never heard of this.

The systems for fairs and job searches have progressed in even my short time overseas, but the face to face will always be the choice for the schools that want and expect the best staff. Schools that rely on skype and other electronic interview sources seem to be in a very specific class (I loathe the idea of tiered schools, but recognize there are definitely good schools and not so good schools) so rather than being the future for all international schools it would seem it becomes a way to identify schools that struggle to send admin to fairs and cannot afford the agency teaching fees. It would the difference between a school that advertises on Search/ISS/COIS vs. a school that advertises on "teachabroad"; "daveseslcafe" or similar.