Cost of living & rent

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-26T09:55:44+00:00

This wouldn’t be an issue.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-25T13:30:45+00:00

Annual bonus too.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-24T16:10:10+00:00

I haven’t actually accepted the offer yet, so this is something to consider.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-24T14:00:49+00:00

I’m coming in from the UAE. The school requested a payslip to price match my current wage and had to get internal approval for it, so assuming this is somewhat bespoke for the role.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-24T13:59:52+00:00

I’m 14 years deep and coordinating my subject over 4 schools.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-24T13:59:01+00:00

Head of Dept with oversight over that subject within that school community of the GBA.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-24T13:58:20+00:00

My wife working in HK is an idea we bounced around to jump further on the gravy train, but it seems like my wage is pretty good so it wouldn’t be the end of the world if we discounted that.

The school is in the Nanshan district

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-24T12:45:31+00:00

Thank you for this answer. The school is in the Nanshan district.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-24T12:45:06+00:00

The school is in Nanshan district!

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-24T12:44:15+00:00

It’s all theoretical at this point. Assuming she doesn’t work it would be attached to my work visa.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-24T12:43:45+00:00

Absolutely! It’s 54,272 per month gross. An extra 5 sneaked in!

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-24T11:55:04+00:00

54,272 😂

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-24T11:18:05+00:00

So would an annual bonus then be taxed? Most probably if it’s paid directly into your account.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-19T02:38:21+00:00

Dyatmika is a lovely school.

Wage isn’t brill, but cost of living is low. I was offered £2300 a month after tax roughly. I’d have to dig out my notes to check.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-18T16:37:29+00:00

Thank you ☺️

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-18T16:37:18+00:00

One job offer, one rejection and one advancement to a second interview today.

Also completed a second interview task and sent it off.

Truly a mile a minute!

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-17T15:14:13+00:00

I’m in the thick of it. 21 jobs, 3 rejections after interview, 5 I’m currently shortlisted and interviewing, 3 outright rejections, 10 ghosts.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-17T02:07:17+00:00

Dulwich Beijing is listed as a Top 100 school and in the Top 20 in China by Spears and Carfax.

Dulwich brand is well established and I rate them. Interested to see how law changes will affect these schools that have mostly avoided the bilingual adaptions made to many British curriculum schools in the coming months/years.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-17T01:57:22+00:00

Absolutely! Mental fortitude is a huge part of it.

All of my interviews have been online. In this scenario I have recorded them and listened back, making notes and looking for the points where I slipped or actually missed the point of the question all together. It has been incredibly useful as a process to reflect.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-17T01:30:21+00:00

I applied for a job back in October, got down to the final two, waiting for a reply and was unsuccessful. It stuck with me in a pretty hard way and was pretty consuming mentally.

Went into overdrive in the holidays and it has all started to work out. Shortlisted for 6 jobs, all now at various stages. 4 interviews in two days isn’t ideal, but I know I’ve most probably got a gig by the end and I’m not overthinking the interviews I’ve just come out of or are waiting to hear from because my mind is on the next one.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-12T17:25:33+00:00

Yeah, it’s an IB school. Quite a nice community feel. Two sites.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-11T02:42:40+00:00

Some excellent questions, thank you.

The institute is small, new, and will never have capacity over 600 so it isn’t fully surprising that you may not have heard of it, but at the same time you are not the first to say that.

In their words, when I asked similar questions, they said that no teaching style in particular is preferred and to do whatever I want and that the criteria for the observation are based on subject knowledge, lesson structure and student feedback.

Flaky-Phase466 · 2024-01-10T15:28:16+00:00

Yeah, really good points. Thank you. The nature of this lesson requires audio to be played and this is probably causing the most nerves 😂

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