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Search Associates London-February 2009 Recruitment Fair Information for SCHOOL RECRUITERS

Primarily intended for large and well-known International Baccalaureate (PYP, MYP and/or DP) schools, this fair is open by invitation only to a maximum of 100 participating schools plus very carefully selected candidates of a wide range of nationalities.
Candidate places will be offered to highly recommended teachers and other specialists needed by schools, whose profile is very close to what the recruiting schools tell us they seek.
Organiser: Harry Deelman
Dates: 6-9 February 2009
  • Days for interviews are Saturday 7 February, Sunday 8 February, Monday 9 February 2009.
  • Evening arrival on Thursday 5 February is recommended.  Recruiters need the full day of Friday 6 February to review candidates' confidential references thoroughly.
Venue: The Novotel London West, 1 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London W6 8DR, England
Tel.: (from overseas) +44 20 8741 1555;  (within the UK): 020 8741 1555.
N.B. There is parking available at the hotel (cost £1.00 /hour for hotel guests; £3.00 /hour for non residents) or metered parking on the street nearby at £1.60 /hour Monday to Saturday (8.30 - 18.30), free on Sundays.  Public transport is recommended.  The Hammersmith tube (Subway / Underground) station is very near the hotel.  Hammersmith is on the Piccadilly line, which runs to / from London Heathrow Airport through central London.
If your school offers IB courses and you are keen to recruit at this Search-London (February 2009) IB Schools Fair and your school has not received an invitation yet, please contact Harry Deelman.
The number of recruiting schools will be limited to 100.  Priority will be given to the schools that recruited at this fair in each of the past few years but a Waiting List is being established.
How to Apply for a place as a Recruiter at Search Associates' London-February Fair:
  1. Download, print out and read the Search London-February 2009 Recruitment Fair Schedule & Conditions for Recruiters.
  2. Contact Harry Deelman to request an invitation.
  3. Once your invitation has been confirmed, register your school's vacancies electronically and add information about your school and its hiring policy to the Search Associates Schools Database.  This will allow teachers to see that you will be interviewing at the London-February Fair and will allow you password-protected access to the Search Associates Candidate Database to review teacher candidates' details in advance of the Fair - a free service to all schools attending at least one Search Associates Recruitment Fair.  Click here to begin this electronic registration procedure.

Note:  You complete the electronic registration ONCE only for ALL Search Associates Fairs.  Thereafter we request that you update the information on your school's vacancies regularly.  You will have password-protected access to your own school's online information in the Search Associates Schools Database.

Accommodation / Interview Rooms:
All recruiters must interview at the Novotel London West hotel, where Search Associates has arranged an advantageous room rate.  Absolute deadline for Novotel bookings: 1 January 2009, but best by early December - See Note below.
Hotel Booking (only after you have received a confirmed invitation to this fair):
  • Click Here to obtain the special Novotel Recruiter Accommodation Booking Form, needed for the Search Associates London-February 2009 Recruitment Fair.
  • Bookings must be made using the above form and sent directly to Reservations at the Novotel London West by fax or as an e-mail attachment.
    Fax:  (from overseas) +44 20 8741 2120;  (within the UK):  020 8741 2120.
    E-mail:  h0737@accor.com  (attention Mr Vishal Nair, Reservations Manager)
  • Your booking must be guaranteed by credit card.

Note:  Book your Novotel hotel accommodation EARLY (e.g. Sept/Oct 2008).  The hotel's deadline date for bookings is 1 January 2009, but few, if any, of the Search block of rooms will remain by that date so we strongly urge you to regard 14 December 2008 as the deadline!  Cancellations without penalty are possible up to a week before the guest's arrival date.

Visas: EC, Canadian, U.S. and most other passport holders travelling from overseas require no visa but, if in doubt, please check with your travel agent and/or your nearest British embassy / consulate in good time.

The 2009 Search Associates London-February Recruitment Fair is being partially sponsored by Nigel Nonkovic, Managing Director of Trinity Holdings International Ltd, a financial services company with a special interest in international education (email: nigel@trinityhi.com).

Also in this section:  Recruitment Fairs Introduction | Recruitment Fairs Schedule | Bangkok-January Fair | London-February Fair | London-Feb Fair Info for CANDIDATES | London-Feb Recruiting Schools | Dubai Fair | Bangkok-Spring Fair | London-May Fair