We have decided that this will be our last year at our current school and are beginning to look for positions for the 2009-10 school year. We have been at the same school in Asia for 5 years. We got our current positions by contacting the school directly, but this time around we are thinking about attending a job fair. We are trying to decide between Search and ISS. We would most likely go to the Bangkok job fair. It looks like a lot of the same schools attend both fairs. Does anyone have any experience with the Bangkok fairs? Is one better than the other?
Thanks in advance!
M
Bangkok Job Fairs
Bangkok
I attended the Search Bangkok fair in '07, and I had also enrolled in the ISS Bangkok fair as a safety measure. I figured that if I was going to spend the time and money I might as well enroll in both to cover my bases.
I received the job I wanted at Search, and so I went to the ISS fair, checked into the Shangri-La to receive my conference rate, and then un-enrolled in the ISS fair and enjoyed Bangkok.
The ISS fair was much larger than the Search fair; most of the quality schools were at both, and so there would have been many more interview slips to sort through. Also: there are more candidates, and so competition is steeper at ISS than Search.
Were I to do it again, I would enroll in both; I found the schools were VERY eager at Search to sign candidates. When I un-enrolled at ISS, a number of jobs were being crossed off the job list. My advice would be to strike while the iron is hot and try and get a job at Search Bangkok.
I received the job I wanted at Search, and so I went to the ISS fair, checked into the Shangri-La to receive my conference rate, and then un-enrolled in the ISS fair and enjoyed Bangkok.
The ISS fair was much larger than the Search fair; most of the quality schools were at both, and so there would have been many more interview slips to sort through. Also: there are more candidates, and so competition is steeper at ISS than Search.
Were I to do it again, I would enroll in both; I found the schools were VERY eager at Search to sign candidates. When I un-enrolled at ISS, a number of jobs were being crossed off the job list. My advice would be to strike while the iron is hot and try and get a job at Search Bangkok.
I too went to Search Bangkok in 07.
It was not big then, and in a downtown hotel full of tourists in shorts and tank tops. I thought the mix was not to our advantage as the whole thing didn't have a very professional flair, while ISS looked very "we mean business".
Since then, Search Bangkok has moved to the Sheraton, and there are a lot more schools on the list.
I heard say, it's the one to go!
Now, of course there's a lot of money involved, but I'd go to Bangkok and London, as a back up, rather than to both Bangkok fairs. London will have new jobs listed while the two Bangkok fairs will offer quite similar lists of jobs.
It was not big then, and in a downtown hotel full of tourists in shorts and tank tops. I thought the mix was not to our advantage as the whole thing didn't have a very professional flair, while ISS looked very "we mean business".
Since then, Search Bangkok has moved to the Sheraton, and there are a lot more schools on the list.
I heard say, it's the one to go!
Now, of course there's a lot of money involved, but I'd go to Bangkok and London, as a back up, rather than to both Bangkok fairs. London will have new jobs listed while the two Bangkok fairs will offer quite similar lists of jobs.