April 17 - 18, 2020

DUBAI
DEIRA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, FESTIVAL CITY, DUBAI

Fair Organizer: Bill Turner

This will be the second of two Dubai fairs run during this school year, and final event in the fair season. It is organized by Bill Turner and Alison Turner, who have recent leadership experience in 5 schools across the region, covering British, IB and American curricula. This fair is particularly appropriate for candidates looking for a position in the Middle East, Africa or Asia. The majority of the schools recruiting at the fair will come from those regions, though some schools might come from Europe as well. This is a late fair so will be a great chance for schools and candidates who have not yet found those perfect matches to spend plenty of face-to-face meeting time to help them make that big decision.

The Dubai April job fair is brand new!  It is intended to be the final big event of the fair season, and a great opportunity for schools and candidates who have not yet found the right fit to have plenty of face-to-face meeting time in order to get that decision made.

We anticipate that it will attract international schools of all kinds and worldwide - including British, American and IB schools - though principally from the Middle East. It will be suitable for a wide range of teachers, in all subject fields and at all levels.

Candidates will be welcome from all over the region. However, it is especially convenient for teachers based in the UAE and GCC who can reach Dubai within reasonable travelling time.

The fair is organised by Bill and Alison Turner. Candidates registered with any Search Associate are very welcome to request an invitation to register for a place.

Candidates wishing to attend the Dubai - April fair should contact Bill Turner (or, if not registered with the Middle East office, their sponsoring associate) as early as possible to request an invitation.     

The Dubai - April fair is held over a Friday/Saturday weekend. If at all possible, candidates need to be free to attend throughout both of these two very full days of meetings and interviews, and should make their travel and accommodation arrangements with this in mind.

2020 DUBAI APRIL JOB FAIR

Thank you so much for your interest in participating in our 2020 Dubai April job fair. We are really looking forward to seeing you!    

We are particularly excited about welcoming you to our first ever April fair in Festival City, alongside the famous Dubai Creek. We are grateful and delighted to be hosted by the fantastic Deira International School which will provide us all with plenty of space for the weekend. Festival City is near Dubai International Airport and has plenty of hotels, with lower priced options not far away in Deira.

This is to give you some brief general information about the event – more detailed guidance will be sent to you nearer the time.

As a brand new fair, we have no history to share! We tend to attract mostly schools from the Middle East, but also from Asia and Africa. 

As the fair approaches, please be sure to log in regularly to check which schools have booked to attend the fair and what vacancies if any they may have posted. We expect that many of the schools will register fairly late as their staffing picture clarifies during March.

Equally, if your plans change and you decide you won’t be attending the fair after all, please be sure to let us know as soon as you can, and/or log in and cancel your place.

If you have friends or colleagues who are not currently registered with us and who might be interested in attending the Dubai fair, please encourage them to contact us as soon as possible about registering.  We usually have a considerable number of teachers who contact us at the last minute, in the week of the fair, saying they would like to attend – but of course at that very late stage, because the registration process takes a little time, there’s no way we can accept them and they end up disappointed.  

Finally, please don’t rely exclusively on the fair as a source of potential job opportunities. You need also to be making regular, proactive use of our database to search for suitable vacancies and then apply for those that attract you.  Bear in mind that over half our successful candidates get their jobs not by attending any of our fairs but simply through effective use of our database being made by candidates and schools.

If you have any specific concerns or questions about the fair in the coming months please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Thank you!

Bill Turner

Alison Turner

DUBAI JOB FAIR  17 to 18 APRIL 2020

Hosted at: Deira International School, Dubai Festival City, PO Box 79043, UAE.   

NB Please do not phone the school for Fair-related questions. Email us (bturner@searchassociates.com) or, if really urgent, call or message us (+971 56 793 1108).

Arrival and departure

Friday 17 April and Saturday 18 April 2020 are the essential days to be present at the Fair.

If you live in the UAE you can simply drive to the school where there is plenty of parking.

If you are staying at The Holiday Inn Festival City there is a free shuttle bus service to the school leaving the hotel at 6.40am on Friday, and back again later in the day. On Saturday the shuttle bus will leave the Holiday Inn Festival City at 7.30am.

If you come by taxi please make sure you tell the driver: Deira International School in FESTIVAL CITY. (This is because Deira is the name of a different district of the city, which can be confusing!)

Candidate registration is at Deira International School between 7 - 8 am on Friday 17 April.   

Special arrangements can be made to cater for the needs of any candidates who, because of inescapable professional commitments, have to arrive late at the fair or leave early.

Candidates usually complete their interviews at some point on Saturday. Make sure you leave plenty of time on Saturday to complete all related business. The Fair closes at 6pm on Saturday. 

Candidate invitations for our 2020 Dubai April Job Fair

Candidates should ask their associate well in advance of the fair for an invitation to register.  

The deadline for candidate registration is Sunday 12 April 2020.

Click here for details of the schedule and conditions for candidates.//cdn.searchassociates.com/Fairs/Pages/124/2020AprilCandidateInformation.pdf

Festival City is, in normal traffic conditions, only 15 minutes from Dubai International Airport. Festival City is blessed with 3 hotels:

The Holiday Inn, The Crowne Plaza and The Intercontinental. We will shortly provide you with links for bookings at these hotels, though of course you can apply directly. 

This is a busy time of year so don't leave the booking until too late!

Be especially mindful that these hotels have other branches in the city. Make sure you book the FESTIVAL CITY branch!

There are many other hotels that are in the vicinity. A quick search will show you a wide range of possibilities. For example, you might want to check booking.com:

https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?aid=356980;label=gog235jc-landmark-XX-ae-dubaiNfestivalNcity-unspec-it-com-L%3Aen-O%3AosSx-B%3Asafari-N%3Ayes-S%3Abo-U%3Asalo-H%3As;sid=8e9cd3cd213b1300864b9db18196cd97;atlas_src=lp_map;landmark=19218&;map=1#map_opened)

Cheaper (at the time of writing) alternatives within 5 km of Festival City include, amongst others: Arabian Park Hotel, Nihal Palace Hotel, Rove City Centre, Rove Healthcare City, Reflections Hotel, Copthorne Hotel, Somewhere Hotel Apartment, Royal Continental Hotel, Tulip Creek Hotel Apartments, Ramee Royal Hotel. 

If you head to Deira the prices are cheaper still, and the hotels are still close to Dubai International Airport. However, Deira is a little further from Festival City - around 7km.

Room sharing

Candidates interested in possibly sharing a room at the Holiday Inn with another single candidate, in order to reduce costs, should contact Bill Turner well in advance of the fair. We will put you in direct contact with other candidates of the same gender who are interested in sharing, in order that you can then make the arrangements yourselves.

DUBAI JOB FAIR  17 to 18 APRIL 2020

Hosted at: Deira International School,  Dubai Festival City, PO Box 79043, UAE.   

NB Please do not phone the school for Fair-related questions. Email us (bturner@searchassociates.com) or, if really urgent, call or message us (+971 56 793 1108).

Thank you so much for your interest in participating in our 2020 Dubai April job fair. We are really looking forward to seeing you!    

Brand new fair!

We are particularly excited about welcoming you to our brand new fair - placed for the first time in April - in Festival City, alongside the famous Dubai Creek. We are grateful and delighted to be hosted by the fantastic Deira International School which will provide us all with plenty of space for the Fair. Festival City is near Dubai International Airport and has plenty of hotels, with lower priced options not far away in Deira. The Welcome Reception (for recruiters arriving on Thursday) and post-fair Recruiter Thank you Dinner will take place in the Intercontinental Hotel Festival City which is 5 minutes drive from DIS.

One fee - two fairs

For schools that attended our November 2019 Fair, we will not charge a second registration fee for our new April 2020 fair. (This assumes the same number of recruiters attending.)

Arrival and departure

Heads of schools and other school representatives are asked to register in the Candidate Lounge at Deira International School on Friday 17 April 2020 between 8 - 8.40am.       

 
Fair registration

Any school that has not already received an invitation to register online for the fair should email Bill Turner to request an invitation.  Early registration is greatly preferred, but of course we are entirely understanding of the need to be responsive to your specific recruitment needs, which we know sometimes results in a late registration. We will always do our best to accommodate your needs.  The fair registration fee is payable within 15 days of a school's online registration for the fair.   

Click here for details of the schedule and conditions for recruiters:

//cdn.searchassociates.com/Fairs/Pages/124/2020AprilRecruiterInformation.pdf

There is no single-use plastic

Eg: We provide large water bottles, and individual water bottles for candidates to keep. There are also paper cups.

We minimise the wasting of paper

Eg: Candidate and Recruiter folders are brown, recycled paper - not glossy, single use folders.

Eg: There are no hanging files for communication. Communication is done electronically via email.

Eg: We discourage schools from bringing glossy prospectuses - these are accessible on-line.