“Missing the boat” on teaching posts
Written by Claire on May 13th, 2010 with no comments.- [+] Digg: Feature this article
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Interviews for September posts in England take place in Englsih schools throughout the spring - far earlier in the year than interviews in Irish schools. May and June are the busiest months for interviews, for those candidates interested in relocating.
I inform candidates of this each spring at the Teaching Fairs at Irish univeristies, in the hope that they won’t miss out on securing a full time post in England in September. Despite this, Uteach will still receive hundreds of CVs at the end of August, from candidates who chose to hold out for a post here in Ireland and unfortunatley failed to get one. August is too late for them to interview for a post in a school in England. Sadly, these candidates have missed the boat.
Each year there are talks of extra available teaching posts in Ireland and redundancies which would mean more opportunities for Irish teachers. Claims like these give hope to the thousands of unemployed Irish teachers scrambling for hours. I am certain, however, that there will not be enough posts and hours to go around and I urge Irish teachers to apply for a post in England. The jobs and the opportunities are there and hopefully in four of five years time the situation will have improved significantly here in Ireland and the situation will start to turn around. At the end of the day, it may be possible to secure a post here in Ireland for September 2010, but choosing not to apply for England and relying on this is surely a big gamble.
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