No interview??

carminaburana

Hi there,

Would really appreciate some advice on this! Have been working in a school for the past sixteen years, teaching a minority subject, which I am passionate about. Have upskilled, done Masters, and developed my IT skills etc. Contemplated a change of school, saw my ideal job in the paper, sent off CV, and have heard nothing!! Closing date was mid-June. Really expected interview at the very least, in light of my quals and experience. What should I do next? Any advice would be truly appreciated.

drusk

Ring the school and ask the secretary have interviews been held yet or not.

smcgiff

Did you have the opportunity to explain on your application why you were changing schools after 16 years - was it a promotion?

rainbowtrout

carminaburana wrote: »

Hi there,

Would really appreciate some advice on this! Have been working in a school for the past sixteen years, teaching a minority subject, which I am passionate about. Have upskilled, done Masters, and developed my IT skills etc. Contemplated a change of school, saw my ideal job in the paper, sent off CV, and have heard nothing!! Closing date was mid-June. Really expected interview at the very least, in light of my quals and experience. What should I do next? Any advice would be truly appreciated.

Schools are closed in July and they may not have been able to put an interview panel together in time. It could be August before the interviews are held.

There could also have been a person in the job already and they were just fulfilling requirements to give the person the job.

carminaburana

Thanks for the replies! Rang school, no answer!
I have been teaching in an all boys' school, and just fancied a change to either co-ed or all girls. I feel that girls would benefit possibly more from my particular skills rather than the lads, but the boys have really been great to work with too.

implausible

rainbowtrout wrote: »

There could also have been a person in the job already and they were just fulfilling requirements to give the person the job.

This is quite likely. I'd love to see statistics detailing how many of these advertised jobs are actually available.

OP, give the school a buzz. You'll find out either way. I remember doing this once and the secretary told me the interviews had already been held.....before the closing date:rolleyes:

rainbowtrout

deemark wrote: »

This is quite likely. I'd love to see statistics detailing how many of these advertised jobs are actually available.

OP, give the school a buzz. You'll find out either way. I remember doing this once and the secretary told me the interviews had already been held.....before the closing date:rolleyes:

Also if the OP is CID/Permanent I'd be wary about changing at the moment. So many teachers are losing their jobs. I'm not sure I'd fancy the lack of security.

carminaburana

Hi again, all!

Thought I would share outcome of my application with ye all! I eventually got through to school sec, who informed me that interviews had been held, and appointments had been made! Principal was on hols. I did not even receive acknowledgment of my application, despited the fact that I have Masters, H. Dip, and Six other prestigious Diplomas related to my subject area, and 16 yrs experience as teacher and examiner for SEC at all levels. It hurts a little! It seems they just ignored my CV. What is the procedure for appointments? I have looked at my union website for info in this area, can't find anything.
Thanks!

rainbowtrout

Well the chances are that when you're that well qualified and didn't get called for interview they were either a) swamped with applications and just didn't get through them all or b) had someone already lined up for the job/in the job and I reckon in situations like that people are only called for interview that won't be up to the mark. I mean say if there's a person in the school the last 5 years doing this job and it's being made permanent, calling you for interview would probably wipe out their chance of keeping their job as you have more experience. So they call people who have less experience so the person they want for the job will get it. That's what I imagine happens in those situations. It's not fair, but i'd say it's pretty common. I can understand why it happens too in some instances, if I worked hard to get and keep a job in a school but had to reinterview to be made permanent, I'd be pretty pissed off if it was handed to someone else after me putting in X amount of years work there.

implausible

It's a lousy system when you're the one applying for jobs. Schools shouldn't be forced to advertise when they have a suitable, qualified and proven teacher in a position.

The unions tend to turn a blind eye to this as it's common practice which favours their members in situ in schools.

That said OP, I empathise with your disappointment; it's a right pain in the árse to get your hopes up.