Job advertisements

whiteandlight

So it's that wonderful time of year again when we're all watching the papers like hawks and hoping for next year! Anyways I've a question that I've wondered about before.

If a job advertisement does not give any number of hours or mention the type of contract involved is it appropriate to contact the school to ask before filling out application forms/sending in CVs? You know the type of advertisement that lists a load of subjects with no specifications. There's one currently on education careers.ie and the referral is to the school website which has no further info!

I should have some hours in my current school next year but I'm still watching just in case I can get closer to full hours. I'm obviously not going to take a contract that's less hours than I'm on currently so I don't want to waste either mine or their time applying for something I wouldn't take,

wolfyboy555

Is there any particular days the independant has ads for education posts? Also what websites do you check? I've only really looked at educationposts.ie

seavill

Musicmental85 wrote: »

So it's that wonderful time of year again when we're all watching the papers like hawks and hoping for next year! Anyways I've a question that I've wondered about before.

If a job advertisement does not give any number of hours or mention the type of contract involved is it appropriate to contact the school to ask before filling out application forms/sending in CVs? You know the type of advertisement that lists a load of subjects with no specifications. There's one currently on education careers.ie and the referral is to the school website which has no further info!

I should have some hours in my current school next year but I'm still watching just in case I can get closer to full hours. I'm obviously not going to take a contract that's less hours than I'm on currently so I don't want to waste either mine or their time applying for something I wouldn't take,

I would say the problem is the info has just not been put up on the school website yet.

I would definitely ring the school if I were you and just put it across as you could not find the info on the website so are just looking for clarification.

You do not need to give your name or any details doing this so there is no harm in doing it at all

rainbowtrout

wolfyboy555 wrote: »

Is there any particular days the independant has ads for education posts? Also what websites do you check? I've only really looked at educationposts.ie

It's usually the indo on a thursday and the times on a friday.

educationposts.ie
educationcareers.ie

and start making a list of links of the various vec websites as vec jobs are usually listed there and the ads in the paper usually direct you to their website anyway.

Crazyteacher

You can subscribe to Limerick VEC and Kerry VEC and they'll email you job vacancy updates.

sitstill

Another good one is www.vecvacancies.ie for positions at Co Dublin VEC.

Seanchai

It's a complete joke that all 33 VECs in this state are so chaotic, inefficient, fissiparous, protective of their own turf and downright applicant unfriendly that they refuse to have a single website for all VEC vacancies in the state. It's rationally unjustified that potential applicants have to check numerous VEC websites each time in order to find out if jobs are going.

Every time I made an application to a VEC the inefficiency of that organisation was brought home to me by the unnecessary laboriousness of that process. Don't reduce them to 16; reduce them to 1 and make savings by having greater economies of scale in everything from stationery to the number of political appointees on each of the existing 33 committees.

spurious

Seanchai wrote: »

It's a complete joke that all 33 VECs in this state are so chaotic, inefficient, fissiparous, protective of their own turf and downright applicant unfriendly that they refuse to have a single website for all VEC vacancies in the state. It's rationally unjustified that potential applicants have to check numerous VEC websites each time in order to find out if jobs are going.

Every time I made an application to a VEC the inefficiency of that organisation was brought home to me by the unnecessary laboriousness of that process. Don't reduce them to 16; reduce them to 1 and make savings by having greater economies of scale in everything from stationery to the number of political appointees on each of the existing 33 committees.

Or put all the secondary schools under the local VEC - that would cut down even more duplication.

Seanchai

spurious wrote: »

Or put all the secondary schools under the local VEC - that would cut down even more duplication.

Yes! Now you're talking. And then stop state-funding privately-owned schools. And then make the entire system secular and reduce the headaches which the current officially pluralist system is going to create.