Gez Hayden, Senior Associate, Search Associates. Dong Fang Tian Jun, Nanjing, CHINA . Tel + 86 2585322927 Mob + 86 139052167114 [email protected] www.searchassociates.com INFORMATION FOR NEW CANDIDATES IN SOUTH AFRICA (MAR 2014) Thank you for your interest in Search Associates. We hope to help you and your family begin an exciting and rewarding life in international schools. We are the World’s largest agency specialising exclusively in this field...This 6 page document is in five sections. Please read it carefully before taking the next step. 1. Pages 1 ‐2 10‐point Introduction 2. Page 2 Costs & Database User Fee deferral programme (only candidates living in South Africa, planning to attend the December 2014 Johannesburg job fair). 3. Pages 2‐4 Services Explanation: 14 Points 4. Page 5 Information Seminars ‐ free & no obligation ‐ you can attend in South Africa 5. Page 6 Search Associates Johannesburg (December 2014) International School Job Fair (for August 2015 teaching positions) , and the Search Datebook South Africa for seminars, workshops and conferences at which candidates can meet me, Gez Hayden, in person p5&6. CLICK TO REGISTER FREE AS A SEARCH ASSOCIATES TEACHER CANDIDATE SECTION 1: 10 POINT INTRODUCTION 1. International schools are private schools with high levels of educational provision, serving expatriate and local families, mostly well‐off, supportive of schooling, and with high expectations. Our 700 approved member schools are located in all parts of the World. 2. Students in international schools enjoy small classes, and are highly motivated. 3. As employers international schools offer excellent salaries, education for teachers’ children, housing, family flights, private healthcare, professional development. Cash savings potential is much higher than in domestic government and private schools. 4. Search teacher placements are made through job fairs (see below) and through our database, containing approved member teachers’ profiles and confidential references, and approved member schools’ employment, curriculum and vacancy information. 5. Information Seminars for Teachers take place in 2014 in hotel venues in Johannesburg/Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town in June & September. They show you the pros and cons of international school teaching. They are totally free of charge and obligation. Gez Hayden will present, and answer your questions. Email me [email protected] if you would like to attend, specifying the city, date and time (see schedule later in this document). 6. Gez Hayden is the Senior Associate responsible for teachers in South Africa, within this practice of 15 highly experienced international school leaders. Gez has 20+ years’ international school experience, including 12 as a school Director. 1 7. Search Associates Johannesburg Job Fair, December 05 – 08 2014 ‐ Gez Hayden’s registered candidates in South Africa can attend this event, where recruiters from leading international schools will interview and appoint teachers. You must be a registered and activated candidate holding a professional file with us to be invited to attend a job fair. 8. Registering as a Search Associates candidate: click HERE or email me for instructions; OR go to www.searchassociates.com and follow links for NEW CANDIDATES to complete online registration with the Gez Hayden Office; AND/OR ask to attend a free Information Seminar in South Africa. 9. The Personal Touch – Gez’s Search Associates candidates remain with his office for their professional life. Gez is responsible to look after you in your career in international schools. 10. Search Associates places over 2000 professionally qualified teachers in international schools worldwide each year. You will be in expert hands SECTION 2: Costs to Candidates – candidates in South Africa pay a 225 US Dollar database user fee: USD50 up front to activate & USD175 only AFTER beginning their international school job, when they receive their first pay cheque. No job, no last payment. There are no other fees for candidates. Attending our Johannesburg job fair is also free. This offer is valid for 2014. SECTION 3 SERVICES EXPLANATION: 14 Points 1. SEARCH ASSOCIATES – THE PERSONAL TOUCH Thanks for your interest in using Search Associates to further your career in international schools. This brief Q&A tour of Search Associates is intended to give an idea of the nature of our member international schools, the kind of teachers we seek, and the services we offer. Please read these three pages first. For more detailed information, go to the web page www.searchassociates.com 2. WHAT IS SEARCH ASSOCIATES? We are a practice of 16 school Heads, operating from the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, China, Thailand, Philippines, and Tasmania. We are all experienced in senior administration in international schools. Each of us registers candidates who want to work in international schools, and we act as career advisors for those candidates. We operate an online schools/candidates database, and organise job fairs. We are the world’s largest teacher placement agency, placing over 3000 teachers worldwide annually. 3. WHO IS GEZ HAYDEN? Until 2009 the Director of Nanjing International School, China (for 12 years), I have 30 years’ education experience, of which 20 were spent in international schools in South Africa, Thailand, and China. I am now the Senior Associate with Search who organises the annual London‐January and Johannesburg job fairs. I regard my main role as that of career advisor to my fold of candidates seeking international positions. I seek to help candidates in South Africa experience the rewards of international education. 4. HOW DOES SEARCH PLACE TEACHERS IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS? Over our entire practice, we effect 60% of our placements at job fairs, and 40% directly off our database, usually by 2 remote Skype or phone interview. For the Gez Hayden office of Search, the statistic is 50% fairs, and 50% off the database. 5. HOW DOES THE SEARCH ASSOCIATES DATABASE WORK? A. Schools. Search Associates operates a database of over 650 selected member international schools, located in every corner of the World. They post their information on enrolment, curriculum, employment package, and teaching vacancies. Registered Search candidates enjoy unlimited access to every member school’s details, and can apply for vacancies posted. B. Candidates. Our registered candidates complete an online application giving their career history, qualifications, educational philosophy, positions desired. Candidates are required to ask 4 professional referees to supply to Search Associates confidential references, via a secure online form. Recruiters from our member schools have secure access to confidential candidate files, and can approach those they find interesting with a view to filling their vacancies. 6. WHAT IS A JOB FAIR? Recruiters from our member schools, and registered candidates attend our job fair, usually at a hotel during a weekend. Candidates request interviews for the vacancies the recruiters post at the fair. Interviews take place in the hotel. Schools attending job fairs come from all over the World. A job fair taking place in a particular country does not mean schools from that country or region predominate. Our teacher job fairs are in Johannesburg, Sydney, Bangkok (2), Hong Kong, London (2), Toronto, Vancouver, Cambridge MA, San Francisco, Bethesda (USA). 7. WHO CAN BECOME A CANDIDATE? Our candidates must be qualified to teach children in schools in their home country, and have experience in an independent school. We accept candidates of all nationalities. English proficiency is important. Experience of 2 years+ is preferred. 8. WHAT DOES IT COST TO BECOME A SEARCH CANDIDATE? The following fees are currently partially deferred for candidates living in South Africa intending to attend the Johannesburg job fair. After paying USD50 partial fee payment before being activated, you will be invoiced for the remaining USD175 only after you have begun your new job, after getting your first pay cheque. No job, no final fee. We charge a database access fee to candidates of 225 US Dollars. This is valid for up to three years. Attendance at your first job fair is free. Attendance at subsequent job fairs is 75 US Dollars. There is no placement fee when you get a job. We do not charge placement fees to our candidates. We charge the employing school the placement fee. The employing member school is not allowed to pass this on to the candidate. 9. WHAT IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS? Please click here to begin free application or go to any of the links to our website in this document and follow links for candidates. You will be taken to the page where you can start your application. Once you have competed and submitted this form, I review your application, and if you are considered an appropriate applicant, you are guided towards obtaining confidential references. Once you have four confidential references on file, and I have approved them, I activate you as a candidate, provided your application meets our standard. This means you can see and be seen by our 650+ member schools, receive daily email updates of all new openings on our database, and can be invited to attend our job fairs. 10. WHAT IS AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL? Our member schools are fee‐paying independent schools, teaching usually in English (some are bilingual), catering to the education needs of the expatriate community, and very often to those of the wealthier local community. The number of international schools worldwide is expanding exponentially. Our member schools are located in every inhabited region of the World. Some are located in developed countries, and others in less developed countries. In all cases, community expectations are high, and levels of resourcing and accommodation 3 are very advanced. The student body is usually internationally diverse, well motivated and well behaved. 11. WHAT CAN I EXPECT FROM AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, AS MY EMPLOYER? Schools differ in what they offer. Schools offer temporary contracts, usually of two years, renewable. This is not a back door to emigration – Search is not an emigration agency. Schools provide you and your family with flights from and to your home city (sometimes at contract start and end, but commonly each year), health insurance for you and your family, housing or housing allowance (less common in Western Europe), settling‐in allowance, good professional development funding. Small classes and a supportive collegial environment are also typical. International schools usually offer free education to the children of their foreign teachers – a perk of free private education. 12. WHAT IS A TYPICAL INTERNATIONAL TEACHING CAREER LIKE? Teachers in international schools often get the bug. Higher levels of salary and benefits than at home, greater savings potential than at home allowing domestic debts to be settled more quickly, the exhilaration of working and living in an internationally diverse professional and social context, and the opportunity to see the World and travel.… The majority of international teachers remain on the circuit for a substantial period. It is unusual to complete one contract and return home (but this is of course possible). People typically work in several different international schools during their international school career, staying at each on average from 3 to 5 years. Usually, they return comfortably to their home country later in their careers, having been able to prepare financially to do so whilst overseas. 13. HOW DOES MY SENIOR ASSOCIATE FIGURE IN THIS? A candidate registering with my office of Search Associates is with me for life. My role is not just to get you placed in your first international position. My role is to help look after your career, according to your own preferences. I am available to you for consultation and advice at any point, whether you are an activated candidate seeking a position, or a candidate placed in a school and needing qualified independent advice on a professional or career issue. Most of my candidates continuing on past their first international position return to me for assistance in securing subsequent placements internationally. 14. HOW DO I FIND OUT MORE? Email your questions to me, Gez Hayden on [email protected] Attend a free Information Seminar which I will conduct in Johannesburg/Pretoria, Durban, and Cape Town and Gaborone in July and October 2014. Email me for an invitation. Click this link www.searchassociates.com to read about our services – I am always happy to answer questions arising from your research. Go to the Facebook pages for my office of Search by clicking here . To learn a little about my job fairs on Facebook, click Search Johannesburg Job Fair and Search London‐January Job Fair Ready to begin applying? There is no commitment other than the time to complete the form (40 minutes). No need to ask permission. Begin your application by clicking here . You will need to enter your details, create a username and password and provide a working e‐mail address, and click “Create Account”. If you get stuck, email me for help, giving your name as you entered it and explaining your problem 4 SECTION 4 Search Associates Information Seminars In the table below are the dates and venues of the Search Associates Information Seminars I will present our services in South Africa in 2014. I do hope you can attend. This is your (free of charge and without obligation) opportunity to meet me, to find out more about how Search Associates can help you secure a rewarding international school teaching position, and to ask any questions you may have. Please choose ONE Seminar from those listed below, and email your choice (indicating City, date and time) to me by return – [email protected] I will then reserve your place, inform you of the venue and confirm your invitation. Please note: Information Seminars will last up to two hours, and will start promptly as published. SEARCH ASSOCIATES INFORMATION SEMINARS SOUTHERN AFRICA 2014 CITY Johannesburg Cape Town Durban Johannesburg Durban VENUE Indaba Hotel William Nicol, Fourways Cape Town Lodge Hotel 101 Buitengacht Holiday Inn Express Hotel 2 Ncondi Pl, Cnr Ntusi Rd (off Umhlanga Rocks Dr) Indaba Hotel William Nicol, Fourways Holiday Inn Express Hotel 2 Ncondi Pl, Cnr Ntusi Rd (off Umhlanga Rocks Dr) Gaborone Cape Town Lodge Hotel 101 Buitengacht Gaborone Sun Hotel Mafikeng TBA Cape Town DATE Mon June 23 Tue June 24 Wed June 25 TIME 19.00 ‐ 21.00 19.00 – 21.00 19.00 – 21.00 TBA 19.00 – 21.00 TBA 19.00 – 21.00 TBA 19.00 – 21.00 TBA 19.00 – 21.00 TBA 19.00 – 21.00 Please CLICK HERE TO REQUEST AN INVITATION specifying your name, the date and city Please see next page for Johannesburg 2014 job fair schedule. 5 SEARCH ASSOCIATES 2014 JOHANNESBURG JOB FAIR For Teachers and International Schools in Africa DATE Friday Dec 05 TIME 12.00 to 20.00 18.00 to 19.00 Saturday Dec 06 06:30 to 07.30 Registration Interview sign‐up and interviews Sunday Dec 07 Interviews 08.00 to 09.30 10.00 to 16.30 ACTIVITY Candidate Self Search Office: Lecture Room 9 Registration Candidate Orientation Candidate Lounge: Lecture Room 8 Search Office: Late Candidate Self Lecture Room 9 Registration Interview Sign‐ up Interviews 10.00 to 16.00 School Presentations 12.30 to 13.00 18.00 to 19.30 Lunch on the Go Recruiter & Candidate Mixer 08.00 to 16.00 Interviews Lunch on Candidate & Recruiter the Go Lounges 17.00 LOCATION COMMENT Receive Fair Packet and disk; review vacancies in Candidate Lounge. Make early contact with recruiters. How to make the most of the Fair ‐ candidates Receive Fair Packet and disk. View vacancies posted in Candidate Lounge. Make early contact with recruiters. Ingidini Suite Candidates approach schools in Sign‐up Room and fix interviews for Saturday and Sunday. Recruiter Hotel Rooms as advised at Sign‐up Lecture Rooms 6, 7 (& possibly Ingidini Suite) Candidate & Recruiter Lounges As arranged by recruiters and candidates Ingidini Suite All recruiters and candidates welcome. 30‐minute presentations by each school Snack lunch for recruiters and candidates Recruiter Hotel Rooms as advised at Sign‐up As arranged by recruiters Snack lunch for recruiters and candidates 12.30 to 13.00 FAIR CLOSES 6
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