female teacher, 1 dependent, maybe husband?
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 9:39 pm
Hi after applying to a few schools,last year and currenty, then having read this forum, I feel quite disheartened, yet enlightened…
I have not registered with any agency as I am only really looking in 4-5 countries, Singapore, Indonesia (where I am now), Malaysia, Japan and at a push Vietnam. So I don't really see the point. As I can look online at the schools myself.
Now when I apply to schools should I make it clear that my husband is not joining me? Keep quiet, unless they ask…?
The situation is this I live in Jakarta and work at an Int School, he lives in Japan. There are no IS in the area that he lives, so I continue to stay here. He visits me on his holidays and I visit his on my holidays, we have been doing this for 2 years and it is just fine. I am quite happy with the arrangement. One day if the right job came along for him, in the right country, we hope he would move to be with us.
Are people really put off the fact that I appear to be a single mum? Would schools/ agency prefer me to be a a) married mum, who has husband separate in another country? B) A single mum or C) say he will be a trailing spouse, which he won’t as he will look for a job in his area of work.
Yesterday I filled in CIS application and I believe I said he wold not be joining us, which he won't probably for a few years.
Just read also on a forum thread that Search is ‘no longer accepting applications from single teaching candidate with dependents’.
So no point trying to join there.
any advice or pointers on best way to secure a job and above sit.
thanks a lot
I have not registered with any agency as I am only really looking in 4-5 countries, Singapore, Indonesia (where I am now), Malaysia, Japan and at a push Vietnam. So I don't really see the point. As I can look online at the schools myself.
Now when I apply to schools should I make it clear that my husband is not joining me? Keep quiet, unless they ask…?
The situation is this I live in Jakarta and work at an Int School, he lives in Japan. There are no IS in the area that he lives, so I continue to stay here. He visits me on his holidays and I visit his on my holidays, we have been doing this for 2 years and it is just fine. I am quite happy with the arrangement. One day if the right job came along for him, in the right country, we hope he would move to be with us.
Are people really put off the fact that I appear to be a single mum? Would schools/ agency prefer me to be a a) married mum, who has husband separate in another country? B) A single mum or C) say he will be a trailing spouse, which he won’t as he will look for a job in his area of work.
Yesterday I filled in CIS application and I believe I said he wold not be joining us, which he won't probably for a few years.
Just read also on a forum thread that Search is ‘no longer accepting applications from single teaching candidate with dependents’.
So no point trying to join there.
any advice or pointers on best way to secure a job and above sit.
thanks a lot