I invite candidates who have failed to secure a post here in Ireland to email a CV directly to me (claire@uteachrecruitment.com) and Uteach will do it’s best to find you a school in England.  The work is there… why not give it a go?

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.

It’s hard to imagine that teachers who are qualifying this year from universities in Ireland will find work when they are up against those who have experience.  We are being sent many CVs from teachers of subjects that are considered “shortage subjects” in England (Maths, Science or English).  Many of these candidates have been teaching at their schools for three or four years and have just found out that they are not being kept on in September.

Irish teachers are indeed facing a desperate situation.  It is a consolation that there are available posts in England for those willing to travel.  What’s the answer to the crisis here…?  Perhaps a start would be to put a cap on the ammount of teachers qualifying each year.  There are at least 1500 newly qualified teachers emerging from Irish universities this year, not including those in Northern Ireland.  We are working hard at the moment to ensure that all of our Irish applicants secure full time work in England for September 2010. 

Canada continues to be one of Uteach’s favourite countries to recruit teachers from.  Canadian teachers have an excellent reputation in UK schools and we are looking forward to getting as many high quality teachers on board this year as possible. 

We are back in Ontario and Alberta in March with Head Teachers from some of our partner schools who are very keen to meet and hire our Canadian applicants.  This is a really great way for teachers to secure UK jobs as they will get to meet the Head Teachers face to face as opposed to just speaking on the phone.  We look foward to our return to Canada (hopefully to warmer weather…)!

We reckon that our teachers would like to get to know one another and share their experiences of teaching in the UK.  Settling into a new area can be a slow process and it always helps to have extra contacts and people to have a pint with!   It will also be a good way for teachers to share ideas and resources.

To be invited to the socials you need only be teaching through Uteach Recruitment - we will do the rest!

The interview days are a great way for teachers to “get their foot in the door”, as they get to meet the actual head teachers in Ireland, before heading abroad.  After the interviews, Uteach gives the teachers the opportunity to go to visit and have a further interview with one or two schools.  90% of the teachers who attended the Cork or Dublin interviews were successful and over the next couple of weeks, will go to visit the schools.

Uteach are holding other interview days in Ireland this summer - get your CV in, to be considered for this great opportunity!